Statement A: In the flow of energy across earth’s subsystems, 100% of radiant energy is transformed into glucose by photosynthesis and into ATP by aerobic cellular respiration. Statement B: Heat is always lost in the transformation of ATP, a chemical energy, into kinetic energy by flying insect.   Both statements A and B are correct Statement A is correct, statement B is incorrect. Statement A is incorrect, statement B is correct Neither statement A nor statement B is correct.

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Statement A: In the flow of energy across earth’s subsystems, 100% of radiant energy is transformed into glucose by photosynthesis and into ATP by aerobic cellular respiration.

Statement B: Heat is always lost in the transformation of ATP, a chemical energy, into kinetic energy by flying insect.

 

  1. Both statements A and B are correct
  2. Statement A is correct, statement B is incorrect.
  3. Statement A is incorrect, statement B is correct
  4. Neither statement A nor statement B is correct.
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