NEETBotanyRespiration in Plants
What is cellular respiration?
Options
- ASynthesis of food materials within the cell
- BMechanism of breakdown of food materials within the cell to release energy
- CAbsorption of nutrients
- DConversion of light energy into chemical energy
Correct answer
B. Mechanism of breakdown of food materials within the cell to release energy
Step-by-step solution
Saprophytes like fungi are dependent on dead and decaying matter. What is important to recognize is that ultimately all the food that is respired for life processes comes from photosynthesis. This chapter deals with cellular respiration or the mechanism of breakdown of food materials within the cell to release energy, and the trapping of this energy for synthesis of ATP