The Energy Difference Between the Reactant Glucose and Oxygen Molecules

question 50

Multiple Choice

The energy difference between the reactant glucose and oxygen molecules and the product water and carbon dioxide is 686 kilocalories,yet the 36 ATP molecules produced are only storing 263 kilocalories in their outermost phosphate bond.The rest of the energy went

• A)to the ADP fragment of the ATP molecule.
• B)into providing the energy for life.
• C)to power the electron transport chain.
• D)to provide heat that is soon lost from the organism.
• E)nowhere,but was destroyed.

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