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What happens to the glucose that the plants produce during photosynthesis?
The produced glucose will become food for the plant.
Why are plants the ultimate source of food?
Only plants can use the sun's energy to produce chemical energy in the form of glucose, which is then eaten by other animals.
Where is glucose stored in a cell?
glucose is stored in fat it is not stored as anything else other than glucose in fat. This is why people are fat because they take in too much glucose and it is not burned off through exercise so instead of the body wasting it, it stores it as fat
In the absence of oxygen a yeast cell undergoes fermentation and uses 100 molecules of glucose How much net ATP will be generated?
during anaerobic respiration each glucose molecule produces 2 ATP energy so 100 molecules of glucose will produce 200ATP energy 1 glucose------> 2 pyruvate--------> 2C2H5OH + 2CO2 + 2 ATP energy
What makes cellulose different from starch?
You can eat starch, but you can't digest cellulose. Your body contains enzymes that will break starch down into glucose to fuel your body. But we humans don't have enzymes that can break down cellulose. Some animals do, like termites, who eat wood, or cattle, who eat grass, and break down cellulose in their four-chambered stomachs. So unless you're a termite or a cow, don't try to nourish yourself on woodchips. Cellulose is a lot stronger than starch. Starch is practically useless as a material, but celluose is strong enough to make fibers from, and hence rope, clothing, etc. Cellulose doesn't dissolve in water the way starch will, and doesn't break down as easily. Breaking down or dissolving in water just would be a little too inconvenient for something we use to make clothes. Not to mention, a good soaking rain would wash away all the wooden houses, park benches, and playground equipment if cellulose were soluble in water.
What elements are in starches and surgars?
Starches and sugars, like all carbohydrates, are made of the elements Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen in the ratio 1C:2H:1O, Cn(H2O)n. From this empirical formula, it looks like carbohydrates are hydrates of carbon, that is, some form of carbon with water molecules attached. They are much more complicated than that, but the name "carbohydrate" stuck. By the way, starch is a polymer of glucose, meaning that it's a long string of glucose units stuck end to end. It generally has many branches and used for food storage. Cellulose is also a polymer of glucose, but because of the way the glucose parts are arranged, it tends to form a fibrous structure, so it's much stronger and used for support. Animals lack the enzyme required to break cellulose back into glucose, so most can't access much of the energy available in plants, especially the cellulose-rich woody parts. Some animals, however, have bacteria in their digestive tract, like cows and termites. For them, cellulose is food.
What do glycogen cellulose and starch all have in common?
Starch and cellulose are two common carbohydrates. Both are macromolecules with molecular weights in the hundreds of thousands. Both are polymers (hence "polysaccharides"); that is, each is built from repeating units, monomers, much as a chain is built from its links. The monomers of both starch and cellulose are the same: units of the sugar glucose. Starch contains alpha-glucose as monomer, whereas cellulose contains beta-glucose.
Which is more stable alpha-fructose of beta-fructose?
Beta is more stable. It is in the equatorial position. When glucose is in monomeric form this does not matter much but when polymerized. Alpha produces starch (OH Down) and Beta produces cellulose (OH UP).
Should you use a blood glucose test daily if you have too much insulin?
should I use blood glucose test daily if I have produce too much insulin
How much ATP can you produce with mitochondria?
Per glucose 38 can be produced. It is by aerobic resppiration
Does glucose build muscles?
no, because glucose is a form of sugar, and sugar is energy, and energy is pretty much fat.
What happens to the glucose that the plants produce during photosynthesis?
The produced glucose will become food for the plant.
Is plants or meats harder to digest?
Humans' storage form of energy is a six carbon sugar called glucose. Our cells can easily break glucose down into ATP, the main energy that powers our cells. Plants' storage form of energy is starch, which we can also break down, however you eat the whole plant, not just its starch, and plants also contain cellulose, a structual carbohydrate that your body cannot breakdown into ATP. While starch can be converted to glucose, it requires more energy to do so, and cellulose cannot be converted at all. So in short, your body breaks down meat more easily because it's energy is already stored in a form which your body can process most easily.
The fermentation of glucose takes place according to the following equation C6H12O6 equals 2C2H5OH 2CO2. How much glucose will be used to produce 500g of ethyl alcohol?
844.59g
How much the cost invovled to produce a specific form of animation?
Which form?
Why are plants the ultimate source of food?
Only plants can use the sun's energy to produce chemical energy in the form of glucose, which is then eaten by other animals.
Where does the carbon end up in plants?
Much of the Oxygen is released in the form of O2. The Carbon is incorporated in various organic compounds such as sugars, fats, proteins, DNA, RNA, cellulose, lipids, and etc.
