Question

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despite its name, the pacific sea horse is actually a type of fish. its horse - shaped head gives it its name. this creature lives in the pacific waters off the west coast of the americas, from peru to southern california. like many other ocean fish, sea horses face the constant challenge of losing water to their saltier environment.
when the sea horse eats a meal, its body breaks down organic molecules in the food. some of those molecules enter cellular respiration, which ultimately produces the molecule atp
in which part of the sea horse’s cells is atp produced?
○ vacuoles
○ golgi bodies
○ lysosomes
○ mitochondria

Explanation:

To determine where ATP is produced in the sea horse's cells, we analyze the functions of each organelle:

• Vacuoles: Store substances, not ATP production.
• Golgi bodies: Modify and package proteins, not ATP production.
• Lysosomes: Digest waste, not ATP production.
• Mitochondria: Known as the "powerhouse" of the cell, where cellular respiration occurs to produce ATP.

Answer:

D. mitochondria