Question

When an athlete is nearing the end of a race and her cells are low on oxygen, which of the following is likely to occur in her cells so that glycolysis can continue to produce ATP?

cell-to-cell communication

DNA synthesis

protein synthesis

fermentation

Answer 1

Your answer would be D. Fermentation.


When there is not enough oxygen in your body, your body will start a process called Fermentation. During that process it produces Glycolysis and NADH.

Answer 2

The right answer is fermentation

Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces energy in the form of ATP from sugars such as glucose and in the absence of oxygen (anaerobic). We distinguish between alcoholic fermentation and lactic fermentation.

Most anaerobic organisms use fermentation to obtain chemical energy. There are different types of fermentation depending on the metabolic pathway used. Thus, we speak of alcoholic fermentation to that of ethanol production, lactic acid fermentation which generates lactic acid, acid-mixed fermentation for the production of lactic acid, ethanol and propionic acid, and fermentation. butyric acid to which it generates butyric acid.