NEETBotanyRespiration in Plants
What percentage of the energy in glucose is released during lactic acid and alcohol fermentation?
Options
- ALess than 5%
- BLess than 7%
- CAbout 10%
- DAbout 15%
Correct answer
B. Less than 7%
Step-by-step solution
In both lactic acid and alcohol fermentation not much energy is released ; less than seven per cent of the energy in glucose is released and not all of it is trapped as high energy bonds of ATP. Also, the processes are hazardous – either acid or alcohol is produced. Yeasts poison themselves to death when the concentration of alcohol reaches about 13 per cent