Class 11 Botany simulations · Respiration in Plants

ATP balance sheet of respiration

Break down glucose aerobically or by fermentation and add up the ATP made at each stage.

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What to notice

Most ATP comes from oxidising NADH and FADH₂ in the electron transport system, which needs oxygen.

Key relation

Aerobic: net 38 ATP per glucose (NCERT) ; fermentation: net 2 ATP

Try this

Switch to fermentation. Where does the ATP come from now?

What you can change

• Pathway: choose Aerobic respiration, Alcoholic fermentation (yeast), Lactic acid fermentation (muscle)
• Glucose molecules: 1 to 10

More in Respiration in Plants

• Electron transport and ATP synthase
• Respiratory quotient (RQ)

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