Asked by Damianah Locher

Chemical energy for respiration is stored in the bonds of (1 point)

A) oxygen molecules
B) water molecules
C) glucose molecules
D) carbon dioxide molecules

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
C) glucose molecules

Glucose (and other organic fuel molecules) stores chemical energy in its covalent bonds. During cellular respiration those bonds are broken and the released energy is used to make ATP; oxygen is the final electron acceptor and CO2 and H2O are products.