Question

This question has two parts.
A professional athlete often runs long distances. Some of the steps that enable the athlete to run are shown.

Step 1: The athlete eats food before running.
Step 2: The food is broken down into nutrients.
Step 3: Usable energy is produced from the nutrients.
Step 4: The athlete’s muscles use the energy to contract.



Part A
Which of the following provides a more accurate step than the one shown?

(1 point)
Responses

Step 1: The athlete completely digests food while chewing.
Step 1: The athlete completely digests food while chewing.

Step 3: Usable energy is produced from the nutrients during cellular respiration.
Step 3: Usable energy is produced from the nutrients during cellular respiration.

Step 2: The only food molecules broken down into nutrients are fat molecules.
Step 2: The only food molecules broken down into nutrients are fat molecules.

Step 4: The athlete’s muscles produce glucose when they use energy to contract.
Step 4: The athlete’s muscles produce glucose when they use energy to contract.
Question 2
Part B
The athlete begins a long-distance run.

Select from the drop-down menu to correctly complete the sentence.

(4 points)
As the athlete runs, the amount of
and
in the body decreases as cells make
. At the same time the amount of
produced by the body increases because it is a product of cellular respiration.

Answers

Answered by GPT-4o mini
**Part A**
The following provides a more accurate step than the ones shown:

**Step 3:** Usable energy is produced from the nutrients during cellular respiration.

This step accurately describes the process by which energy is extracted from nutrients.

**Part B**
As the athlete runs, the amount of **oxygen** and **glucose** in the body decreases as cells make **ATP** (adenosine triphosphate). At the same time, the amount of **carbon dioxide** produced by the body increases because it is a product of cellular respiration.

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