Which statement describes glycolysis?

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This process splits glucose in half and produces 2 ATPs for each glucose.
This process uses energy captured from electrons flowing to oxygen to produce most of the ATPs in cellular respiration.
• This process converts pyruvic acid to acetyl CoA.
This process joins 2 pyruvic acid molecules into a molecule of glucose.
• This process produces some ATP and carbon dioxide in the mitochondrion.

Answer 1

The statement that describes glycolysis is:

"This process splits glucose in half and produces 2 ATPs for each glucose."

Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose into two molecules of pyruvate, producing a net gain of 2 ATP molecules and 2 NADH molecules in the process. The other statements describe different processes involved in cellular respiration, such as the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation.