I keep getting “Glycolysis” questions wrong in Respiration in Plants. What's the trap?
thinking glycolysis needs oxygen.
The usual trap: thinking glycolysis needs oxygen. How to avoid it: glycolysis is anaerobic and happens in the cytoplasm, oxygen or not. Go back to the definition — the splitting of glucose into two pyruvate molecules in the cytoplasm, giving a net of 2 ATP.
Key point
Glycolysis
Common mistake
thinking glycolysis needs oxygen.
Memory tip
glycolysis is anaerobic and happens in the cytoplasm, oxygen or not.
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