Biology · Respiration
Which one among the following statements about the breakdown of glucose in organisms is NOT correct?
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- 1ATP is synthesized during cellular respiration and used to fuel various life processes.
- 2When the terminal phosphate linkage in ATP is broken using water, energy equivalent to 30.5 kJ/mol is consumed.✓
- 3Aerobic respiration takes place in the mitochondria and produces more energy compared to anaerobic respiration.
- 4The break-down of glucose, a six-carbon molecule, into a three-carbon molecule called pyruvate, takes place in cytoplasm.
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When the terminal phosphate linkage in ATP is broken using water, energy equivalent to 30.5 kJ/mol is consumed.
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