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What is cellular respiration? Use complete sentences to explain how the mass of carbon is conserved during cellular respiration.


Heres what I have so far. I don't really know how to answer the other part:

Cellular respiration is a set of processes that convert biochemical energy from glucose into chemical energy.

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Cellular respiration is  a set of processes that convert biochemical energy from glucose into an energy molecule that is stored for later use. In this process, when you consume food one molecule of glucose is turned into about 38 molecules of ATP. Well, even though the chemical energy in glucose is being converted to the cellular energy in ATP, the nutrition remains the same. Energy is neither created nor destroyed. Cellular respiration begins in a cell's cytoplasm, where the glucose molecule is initially broken down. The rest of the process mostly happens in the mitochondria, a-k-a the power house of a cell.This is important because during cellular respiration, lots of chemical reactions are happening in the inner membrane to convert glucose into ATP. So your cells already used the glucose from the food you consume and made some ATP, but the rest of the food is basically useless to your body. And as an efficient machine, your body will eliminate it in a concise and timely manner.

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6 carbon atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms and 18 oxygen atoms are conserved during cellular respiration.

What is Cellular Respiration ?

Cellular respiration is the process by which cells obtain energy from glucose.

It can be represented by a chemical reaction which, when balanced, obeys the Law of Conservation of Matter:

C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6 O₂ -> 6 CO₂ + 6 H₂O

Th number of atoms of reactants equals the number of atoms of products :

  • 6 carbon atoms,
  • 12 hydrogen atoms,
  • 18 oxygen atoms

No atoms are created or destroyed in this process, they're just rearranged into different molecules.

We often hear the term "burn" to describe glucose being used by living things for energy.

When a substance burns, matter is conserved. It might seem like the burned substance is completely consumed because the products, CO₂ and water, are both produced in the gaseous form and are colorless and invisible.

Hence 6 carbon atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms and 18 oxygen atoms are conserved during cellular respiration.

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