Explain briefly the process of glycolysis.

Important Questions on Respiration in Plants

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 5 - Respiration in Plants>Questions>Q 8

Why is the respiratory pathway referred to as an amphibolic pathway? Explain.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 5 - Respiration in Plants>Questions>Q 9

We commonly call ATP the energy currency of the cell. Can you think of some other energy carriers present in a cell? Name any two.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 5 - Respiration in Plants>Questions>Q 10

ATP produced during glycolysis is a result of substrate level phosphorylation. Explain.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 5 - Respiration in Plants>Questions>Q 11

Do you know of any step in Krebs cycle where there is a substrate level phosphorylation? Explain.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 5 - Respiration in Plants>Questions>Q 12

When a substrate is being metabolised, why doesn't all the energy that is produced get released in one step? 

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 5 - Respiration in Plants>Questions>Q 12

 When a substrate is being metabolised, the energy is released in multiple steps. What is the advantage of the step-wise release of energy?

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 5 - Respiration in Plants>Questions>Q 13

Respiration requires O₂. How did the first cells on Earth manage to survive in an atmosphere that lacked oxygen?

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 5 - Respiration in Plants>Questions>Q 14

The energy yield in terms of ATP is higher in aerobic respiration than during anaerobic respiration. Explain.