A biologist was experimenting with a corn plant that had previously incorporated radioactive carbon into starch stored in its cells. She measured the radioactivity present in the following compounds:

Sugar extracted from the plant
CO2 produced by the plant
Alcohol, if produced by the plant

If she assumed that only aerobic respiration was occurring, where would she predict radioactivity would be found?

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A biologist was experimenting with a corn plant that had previously incorporated radioactive carbon into starch stored in its cells. She measured the radioactivity present in the following compounds:

Sugar extracted from the plant
CO2 produced by the plant
Alcohol, if produced by the plant

If she assumed that only aerobic respiration was occurring, where would she predict radioactivity would be found?

anonymous · Answer

a. CO2 only
b.CO2 and alcohol only
c. sugar and alcohol only
d. sugar and CO2 only
e. sugar, CO2, and alcohol

anonymous · Answer

why are the others wrong and why is the right one right

anonymous · Answer

i know that it has to to be Sugar and Co2 Only but i dont know why and why the others are not//....