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What are the tasks that living cells require energy for?
What are the tasks that living cells require energy for?
Assembling polymers, pumping substances across membranes, moving, and reproducing
What is the ultimate source of energy stored in the organic molecules of food?
What is the ultimate source of energy stored in the organic molecules of food?
The sun
How does respiration break down the fuel obtained from organic molecules of food?
How does respiration break down the fuel obtained from organic molecules of food?
By using oxygen (O2) and undergoing catabolic pathways to yield energy through the oxidation of organic fuels
Living cells do not require energy from outside sources to perform their tasks.
Living cells do not require energy from outside sources to perform their tasks.
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The energy stored in the organic molecules of food ultimately comes from the moon.
The energy stored in the organic molecules of food ultimately comes from the moon.
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Catabolic pathways yield energy by reducing organic fuels.
Catabolic pathways yield energy by reducing organic fuels.
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