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Cellular respiration - Energy from glucose

Q.

You eat a sweet and juicy grape. Explain how a molecule of glucose from that grape can be used to move your little finger.

 

Audiences:

Undergraduate

Topics:

Biology,  V & C Core Concept 4: Energy and Matter Pathways and Transformations,  V & C Core Concept 5: Systems,  Diagnostic Question Cluster

Background Information

The following question is modified from BioDQC (Diagnostic Question Cluster) project. This is an open response version of such a question. We use this question in introductory biology courses. It is intended to see if students can trace energy.

Associated Publications

Automated Writing Assessments Measure Undergraduate Learning after Completion of a Computer-Based Cellular Respiration Tutorial

Juli Uhl, Kamali Sripathi, Eli Meir, John Merrill, Mark Urban-Lurain, Kevin Haudek, 2021

Question Instructions

We recommend that you administer these questions as homework and preface the question with these instructions for students:

"For the following question, please respond to the best of your knowledge and using only the information in the question and what you know. Please do not refer to any outside sources (textbooks, notes, internet, etc.). Any reasonable attempt to answer the question will be awarded full credit."

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