Question

Heterotrophs take in mass in the form of food. Food is either used to build molecules within the body or as fuel for cellular respiration. If used for cellular respiration, this mass will eventually be converted into carbon dioxide, __________, and ____________.

Answer 1

Water and ATP. This occurs because oxygen acts as the final electron acceptor in the Electron Transport Chain in oxidative phosphorylation, and ATP is produced via chemiosmosis when the H+ ions go down their concentration gradient to spin the turbines of ATP Synthase