Title: Compare the energy needed to make glucose with that produced in cellular respiration Post by: kylieestone on Jul 27, 2016 compare the energy needed to make glucose with that produced in cellular respiration
Title: Re: Compare the energy needed to make glucose with that produced in cellular respiration Post by: psyche360 on Jul 28, 2016 18 ATP are necessary for making a glucose.
Title: Re: Compare the energy needed to make glucose with that produced in cellular respiration Post by: Othello2 on Aug 5, 2016 18 ATP are necessary for making a glucose. thats not true at all. to break down glucose you need 2 ATP to break it down. which gives you 4 ATP so you end up with a net gain of 2. the rest of cellular respiration doesn;t really require energy it just requires oxygen. SO in theory it requires energy since it takes more energy to breathe than to not breathe. basically what you need to know is that when u burn glucose you only create 2 ATP and when u go through the whole process you create 32-36 ATP (depending on the text book you read) |