Question

Cellular respiration takes place mainly in the nucleus of a cell and produces carbon dioxide. True or false

Answer 1

False. Cellular respiration primarily takes place in the mitochondria of a cell, not the nucleus. The mitochondria are often referred to as the powerhouses of the cell because they generate the bulk of the cell's supply of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is used as a source of chemical energy. During this process, oxygen is used to convert the biochemical energy from nutrients into ATP, and carbon dioxide is produced as a waste product.