To extract energy from carbohydrates, glucose is oxidized through several metabolic processes, resulting in end products of carb
on dioxide, water, and ATP. Choose the item that has the steps involved in glucose oxidation in the correct order. (Assume an aerobic environment is present.)
Aerobic oxidation of glucose is coupled to the synthesis of as many as 36 molecules of ATP: Glycolysis, the initial stage of glucose metabolism, takes place in the cytosol and does not involve molecular O2. It produces a small amount of ATP and the three-carbon compound pyruvate.
CO2 molecules can vibrate in ways that simpler nitrogen and oxygen molecules cannot, which allows CO2 molecules to capture the IR photons. Greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect play an important role in Earth's climate.
