A wet mount slide from a sample of Elodea leaf cells and a slide from a sample of red blood cells were initially examined using
a light microscope. The remaining portions of the two cells samples were then placed into a 20% sucrose solution. After 30 minutes, the cells were again examined using a light microscope. Which
statements best describes their appearance?
Your answer:
A. The leaf cells had undergone plasmolysis while the red blood cells had shriveled.
B. The leaf cells were swolle and turgid while the red blood cells remain unchanged.
C. Both the leaf cells and the rat blood cells had swollen and burst.
The first step of cellular respiration is called "glycolysis", this is where glucose is oxidized and converted into 2 molecules of pyruvate, a 3-carbon molecule.
