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Which process turns glucose into energy? A. Breathing B. Cell division C. Cellular respiration D. Photosynthesis

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Answer:

C. Cellular respiration

Explanation:

The process of cellular respiration turns glucose into energy.

Cellular respiration is usually split into 3 steps: glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain.

Glycolysis breaks glucose down into 2 pyruvic acids and also produces 2 ATP.

The Krebs cycle then breaks these down into 4 CO2 molecules, electron carriers (FADH2 and NADH), and 2 molecules of ATP.

These electron carriers give up electrons and hydrogen ions in the ETC, creating enough energy to produce a net of 34 ATP.

You can see that the 3 steps of cellular respiration produce ATP (energy), and that is why the correct answer is cellular respiration.

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Cellular respiration turns glucose into energy.

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