Question

during cellular respiration, which of the following is equal to the total number of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in water and carbon dioxide?

Answer 1

Total number of oxygen atoms in carbon dioxide and water

Answer 2

Answer:

The question lacks options but the total number of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in water and carbon dioxide equals the total number of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms in glucose and oxygen.

Explanation:

Cellular respiration is a metabolic reaction that involves reactants and products. Cellular respiration is the process by which living cells obtain energy (ATP) by combining oxygen and glucose to produce carbondioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) as waste products. The chemical equation of the reaction is:

C6H12O6 + 6O2 ---> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP

The total number of Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), and Oxygen (O) atoms in the products i.e. water (6H2O) and Carbondioxide (6CO2) always equals the number of atoms in these three elements in the reactants i.e glucose (C6H12O6) and oxygen (6O2). This forms a balanced equation.