What is the difference between respiration and fermentation?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: The main difference between respiration and fermentation is that respiration generates more ATP as compare to fermentation and that respiration uses Oxygen that is no used by fermentation.

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If the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in a man's blood plasma decreased below that in his red blood cells, what would be the result?

A. More oxygen would diffuse into his red blood cells and be transported throughout his body. B. Oxygen would diffuse out of his red blood cells, and less oxygen would be transported throughout his body. C. The concentration of oxygen would be the same in red blood cells and blood plasma.

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In a test tube, a particular DNA polymerase has an error rate of 1 mistake in every 106 bases copied. Why is the mutation rate in a cell that uses this DNA polymerase much lower?

A) The polymerase is more careful in replicating regions where genes exist. B) Repair mechanisms correct errors made by the polymerase. C) Not all mutations can be detected easily. D) The DNA polymerase has no proofreading function. E) Mutations do not occur if mutagens are not present.

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Chloroplasts

a. resemble photosynthetic bacteria. b. utilize the same pigments regardless of what organism they are in. c. apparently evolved from mitochondria. d. utilize DNA derived from the nucleus. e. are all of these

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Put the stages of infection in order starting with the first stage at the top:

a. Prodrome b. Convalescent period c. Incubation period d. Acute period

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