The energy-releasing metabolic process in which substrate is oxidised without an external electron acceptor is called
- glycolysis
- fermentation
- aerobic respiration
- photorespiration
Answer
(2) fermentation
Solution
In aerobic respiration oxygen acts as the final (external) electron acceptor.
As per NCERT, in fermentation (e.g., by yeast) the incomplete oxidation of glucose is achieved under anaerobic conditions, and NADH + H+ is reoxidised to NAD+ by the organic products of the same pathway (pyruvic acid or acetaldehyde).
⇒ Pyruvic acid is reduced to lactic acid, or acetaldehyde to ethanol; no external acceptor is needed.
∴ The process is fermentation.
Answer: (2)