Question

question 4 (5 points)
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glycolysis is a ten - step process that breaks down glucose into
a) two molecules of pyruvate.
b) nad+
c) adp.
d) fad.

Explanation:

Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate. In this ten - step process, one molecule of glucose (a 6 - carbon sugar) is broken down into two molecules of pyruvate (a 3 - carbon compound). NAD⁺ is a coenzyme that gets reduced during glycolysis, ADP is converted to ATP, and FAD is involved in later stages of cellular respiration (like the citric acid cycle and electron transport chain), not the direct product of glucose breakdown in glycolysis. So the correct answer is the option that states glycolysis breaks glucose into two molecules of pyruvate.

Answer:

A) two molecules of pyruvate