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What fraction of the energy in glucose is released in fermentation?
ALess than seven per cent
BAbout fifty per cent
CAbout ninety per cent
DNearly all of it
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Less than seven per cent
Fermentation only partly breaks down glucose, so under seven percent of its energy is freed.
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