Respiration 4
Respiration 4
Respiration 4
7 (a) The initial stages of respiration convert one molecule of glucose into two molecules of a For
3C compound. Examiner’s
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(iii) the total number of ATP molecules formed during these stages.
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(b) Most of the ATP formed in respiration is produced within the mitochondria by oxidative
phosphorylation.
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(ii) Explain why carbon dioxide is produced when mitochondria are incubated with For
pyruvate but not when they are incubated with glucose. Examiner’s
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(iii) Explain why, in the presence of cyanide, lactate is produced but carbon dioxide
is not.
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