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Lina20 [59]
3 years ago
13

What would happen if mitochondria were absent?

Biology
2 answers:
Ilya [14]3 years ago
6 0
There would be no energy.
Mitochondria break down food and convert it to ATP for the body to use.
If mitochondria were absent, eating food would be useless, it would not provide nutrition.
Wewaii [24]3 years ago
3 0
The organism would die. The mitochondria converts sugar into energy, and without it the cell would not be able to function.
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