alleryStart learning →Cellular respiration in mitochondria uses which gas and releases which gas?
AUses carbon dioxide, releases oxygen
BUses nitrogen, releases carbon dioxide
CUses oxygen, releases carbon dioxide
DUses oxygen, releases pure nitrogen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Uses oxygen, releases carbon dioxide
1. Cellular respiration makes ATP using the chemical energy found in glucose and other nutrients.
2. Inside mitochondria that process consumes oxygen.
3. It produces carbon dioxide as a waste product, and this is the carbon dioxide exhaled with every breath.
4. Consuming carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen describes photosynthesis instead, which runs in chloroplasts.
5. Respiration uses oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Cell Structure", section 4.3 Eukaryotic Cells_
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