WAEC Biology 2005 Question 17

Question 17

Respiration

The role of ATP include all the following activities except

  1. A.provision of energy to do work in living organisms
  2. B.transmission of nerve impulse
  3. C.keeping the body warm in homoithermic animals
  4. D.producing water during aerobic respiration
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (producing water during aerobic respiration)

Explanation

ATP stores and supplies energy for work, nerve impulses and body heat; the water of aerobic respiration is formed when hydrogen combines with oxygen, not by ATP.