A. Natural Selection. This is because the weeds that are not resistant to it die out before they can reproduce, but the resistant ones grow to maturity and then reproduce, passing down the resistance gene. Over time, the resistance gene would become a normal thing in weeds, while the non-resistant gene would not exist anyone, since the gene could not be passed on.
The stage of cellular respiration that uses high-energy electrons like that is called the "electron transport chain".