In: Biology
For each of the following answer choices explain why the specific choice is incorrect or correct. Give a detailed explanation with relevant outside information for your justification of a choice of falsification. Each falsification or justification should be no less than a paragraph each.
The energy released during oxidation of glucose to CO2 and water is high and can produce many molecules of NADH. Why then are only few molecules of NADH made during glycolysis when it appears that many more could be formed?
A. Most of the free energy available from the oxidation of glucose is used in the production of ATP in glycolysis.
B. Glycolysis is a very inefficient reaction, with much of the energy of glucose released as heat.
C. Most of the free energy available from the oxidation of glucose remains in pyruvate, one of the products of glycolysis.
D. There is no CO2 or water produced as products of glycolysis.