The breakdown of glucose in process of respiration is a multiple step process.
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The breakdown of glucose is essentially a multiple step process. Some steps occur in the cytoplasm of the cell and some inside the mitochondria.
Respiration is an energy releasing and enzymatically controlled catabolic process which involves a step-wise oxidative breakdown of organic substances inside living cells. In this statement about respiration explain the meaning of
(i) Step-wise oxidative breakdown
(ii) Organic substances (used as substrates).
The first step of cellular respiration involves the breakdown of glucose into a three-carbon compound called pyruvate.
The described step occurs in which part of the cell?
Choose the option that correctly sorts the statements given below into two categories: Breathing and respiration.
1. Physical process
2. Chemical process
3. Takes place with the help of lungs
4. Takes place in cells
5. Exchange of gases
6. Breakdown of glucose