“Efficiency” of a respiration pathway refers to the

(a) number of steps in the pathway.
(b) amount of CO2 produced relative to the amount of carbohydrate entering the pathway.
(c) amount of H2O produced relative
to the amount of carbohydrate entering the pathway.
(d) amount of ATP energy produced relative to the energy content of the carbohydrate entering the pathway.


(d) amount of ATP energy produced relative to the energy content of the carbohydrate entering the pathway.

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Early in the 1900s, Svante Arrhenius proposed the concept of 

A. panspermia. B. spontaneous generation. C. autotroph theory. D. endosymbiosis.

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Which of the following processes produces the most ATP per molecule of glucose oxidized?

A) aerobic respiration B) alcoholic fermentation C) lactic acid fermentation

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One-thousandth of a meter is a

A) yard. B) millimeter (mm). C) micrometer (?m). D) nanometer (nm). E) centimeter (cm).

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