Multiple Choice
Which of the following shows the correct steps of cellular respiration?
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11. Aerobic Respiration
Overview of Cellular Respiration
Multiple Choice
In which type of cell does cellular respiration occur?
A
Only plant cells because they contain chloroplasts
B
Only eukaryotic cells because only they have mitochondria
C
Only prokaryotic cells because they lack mitochondria
D
Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
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Understand that cellular respiration is the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy (ATP), carbon dioxide, and water.
Recognize that eukaryotic cells perform cellular respiration primarily in mitochondria, which are specialized organelles for this process.
Know that prokaryotic cells, which lack mitochondria, still perform cellular respiration but do so in the cytoplasm and across their plasma membrane.
Realize that chloroplasts are involved in photosynthesis, not cellular respiration, so the presence of chloroplasts in plant cells does not limit cellular respiration to only plant cells.
Conclude that cellular respiration occurs in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, although the location within the cell differs.
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