Question

What is the strategy of the plants to oxidise glucose?

• A. Oxidise glucose in several large steps
• B. Oxidise glucose in several small steps
• C. Reduce glucose in several large steps
• D. Reduce glucose in several small steps

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Oxidise glucose in several small steps

• The strategy that the plant cell uses is to catabolise the glucose molecule in such a way that not all the liberated energy goes out as heat.

• The key is to oxidise glucose, not in one step but several small steps.