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During cellular respiration, four total ATP are produced when pyruvic acid is created. What else is produced as a result of this reaction?(1 point) Responses water water oxygen oxygen sugar sugar heat
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During cellular respiration, specifically in the glycolysis stage where pyruvic acid is produced from glucose, a total of 4 ATP are generated (2 net ATP, since 2 are consumed). In addition to ATP, the process also produces NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), which carries electrons to the electron transport chain. However, since your options are limited to "water," "oxygen," "sugar," "heat," and "none of the above," the direct and relevant byproducts from the glycolysis stage are none of those listed, as water and oxygen are primarily produced in later stages of cellular respiration, while sugar is the reactant that is broken down. Heat is a byproduct of metabolic reactions but is not specifically tied to the production of pyruvic acid.
Therefore, based on your provided options, the best fitting answer would be "heat," if looking for a byproduct from cellular respiration overall. However, for the specific reaction of glycolysis that produces pyruvic acid, your listed options may not directly correspond to the most common byproducts.
Therefore, based on your provided options, the best fitting answer would be "heat," if looking for a byproduct from cellular respiration overall. However, for the specific reaction of glycolysis that produces pyruvic acid, your listed options may not directly correspond to the most common byproducts.