Star if you are an efficient converter of O2 to CO2?

Question

If you are an atheist please give a small lecture on why and how you evolved that ability, since we are all clearly expected to be biologists.

Answer 1

wrong section

Answer 2

Sorry, I am only slightly efficient converter. 1/2 star worth.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Peace and blessings be upon you.

All of us breathe ,take O2 and release  CO2 .

Of Course ,this is not by concidence ,but it is the God who created everything by wisdom and accuracy.

he is also the same God who make planets with the sun light take CO2 and release O2 , to create a balance.

Answer 5

Question -   As far as I know, oxygen regeneration and carbon dioxide

removal could be done as 12H2O + 6CO2->C6H12O6+H2O+6O2, however, since

the reaction requird alot of the energy, is there any way to lower the

energy to make the whole thing happen? Would it be help if there were

another reation going on at the same time to give of energy?

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Your chemical equation is not balanced. It should read:

             6 CO2 + 6 H2O ----> C6H12O6 + 6 O2

You will recognize that this is the back reaction of the combustion of a

carbohydrate, which is highly favored. Plants carry out the forward reaction

getting the energy from sunlight. You really cannot beat these energetics.

Vince Calder

CO2) is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state

Answer 6

......almost

Answer 7

I must not be that efficient since I dont use all the O2 I take in while breathing.

So no star for you.

Answer 8

I make methane, too.

Answer 9

Wrong forum.

Answer 10

Sorry, I don't have the background to evaluate if we are really all that efficient at converting O2 to CO2 or not.  However, I only star things that I think are particularly interesting and do not look at it as a status symbol.  I also think that seeking stars is a rather shallow pursuit.

Answer 11

Well I'm not sure if just breathing should earn either one of us any points.

Answer 12

Even more efficient since I quit smoking.  :-)

<--Ran up 46 flights of stairs this weekend.

Answer 13

Aerobic respiration requires oxygen in order to generate energy (ATP). It is the preferred method of pyruvate breakdown from glycolysis and requires that pyruvate enter the mitochondrion to be fully oxidized by the Krebs cycle. The product of this process is energy in the form of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate), by substrate-level phosphorylation, NADH and FADH2.

Simplified reaction: C6H12O6 (aq) + 6O2 (g) → 6CO2 (g) + 6H2O (l) ΔHc -2880 kJ

The reducing potential of NADH and FADH2 is converted to more ATP through an electron transport chain with oxygen as the "terminal electron acceptor". Most of the ATP produced by aerobic cellular respiration is made by oxidative phosphorylation. This works by the energy released in the consumption of pyruvate being used to create a chemiosmotic potential by pumping protons across a membrane. This potential is then used to drive ATP synthase and produce ATP from ADP. Biology textbooks often state that between 36-38 ATP molecules can be made per oxidised glucose molecule during cellular respiration (2 from glycolysis, 2 from the Krebs cycle, and about 32-34 from the electron transport system).[citation needed] Generally, 38 ATP molecules are formed from aerobic respiration.[citation needed] However, this maximum yield is never quite reached due to losses (leaky membranes) as well as the cost of moving pyruvate and ADP into the mitochondrial matrix.[citation needed]

Aerobic metabolism is 19 times more efficient than anaerobic metabolism (which yields 2 mol ATP per 1 mol glucose). They share the initial pathway of glycolysis but aerobic metabolism continues with the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. The post glycolytic reactions take place in the mitochondria in eukaryotic cells, and in the cytoplasm in prokaryotic cells

Answer 14

First I start with O2

Then I add on a C

CO2

Then I copy and paste.

CO2CO2CO2CO2CO2CO2CO2CO2CO2CO2CO2CO2CO...

Answer 15

Go pray for yourself that you will get smarter and become and atheist.

Answer 16

I think I tend to create more CH4.

Answer 17

I'm more efficient when I'm giving a dim-witted theist a verbal smack-down.

(lol at Manuel's answer!)

Answer 18

My VO2Max:

64.2 ml/min/kg

Measured by researchers at TWU.

VO2 Max is the max amount of oxygen my a person can consume per unit time and weight.  You can have it measured with a stress test and breath analyzer.  Average people have about 45 mL/min/kg.  Elite athletes can use about 65 to 72 mL/min/kg

Its not so much evolution as hard training.  Everyone can do the same with hard aerobic exercise combined with anaerobic threshold workouts.