The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon dioxide, water and energy takes place in
(a) cytoplasm. (c) chloroplast.
(b) mitochondria. (d) nucleus.
(b) Mitochondria
The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon dioxide, water and energy takes place in mitochondrial matrix. And, this reaction takes place in krebs cycle also known as tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle).
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?
How is the amount of urine produced regulated?
What are the different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organisms?
What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?
What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?
What are the components of the transport system in highly organised plants?
What would be the consequences of a deficiency of haemoglobin in our bodies?
What are outside raw materials used for by an organism?
What advantage over an aquatic organism does a terrestrial organism have with regard to obtaining oxygen for respiration?
Where do plants get each of the raw materials required for photosynthesis?
Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
What is a good source of energy?
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?
What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?
Why does the sky appear dark instead of blue to an astronaut?
How could the Modern Periodic Table remove various anomalies of Mendeléev’s Periodic Table?
How do auxins promote the growth of a tendril around a support?
Which one of the following types of medicines is used for treating indigestion?
(a) Antibiotic
(b) Analgesic
(c) Antacid
(d) Antiseptic
Why is a normal eye not able to see clearly the objects placed closer than 25 cm?
What is the role of the seminal vesicles and the prostate gland?
Why do you think the noble gases are placed in a separate group?
Why do HCl, HNO3, etc., show acidic characters in aqueous solutions while solutions of compounds like alcohol and glucose do not show acidic character?
Which of the following is not a part of the female reproductive system in human beings?
(a) Ovary
(b) Uterus
(c) Vas deferens
(d) Fallopian tube
When a 12 V battery is connected across an unknown resistor, there is a current of 2.5 mA in the circuit. Find the value of the resistance of the resistor.