Which of the following is the most efficient substance to complete cellular respiration? Sugar
Fat
Protein
Necleic acid
Plz help

Sugar

Explanation:

The correct answer would be sugar.

Respiration generally involves the metabolic breakdown of carbohydrates to generate energy (in the form of ATP). It is a multi-step process that can summarily be represented by the equation below:

As a rule of thumb, the higher the respiratory quotient of a substrate, the higher the energy that will be generated if such a substrate is utilized for respiration. By definition, the respiratory quotient of a substrate is the ratio of carbon dioxide to oxygen produced or consumed to breakdown the substrate.

Carbohydrates are known to have the highest respiratory quotient while other molecules follow in varying degrees. Other substances apart from carbohydrates have to undergo one or two metabolic processes before they can enter the respiratory pathway, thereby reducing their efficiencies when compared to carbohydrates.

coal is not sustainable because it will one day run out.

a fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ancient photosynthesis.[1] the age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years.[2] fossil fuels contain high percentages of carbon and include petroleum, coal, and natural gas.[3] other commonly used derivatives include kerosene and propane. fossil fuels range from volatile materials with low carbon to hydrogen ratios like methane, to liquids like petroleum, to nonvolatile materials composed of almost pure carbon, like anthracite coal. methane can be found in hydrocarbon fields either alone, associated with oil, or in the form of methane clathrates.

the theory that fossil fuels formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants by exposure to heat and pressure in the earth's crust over millions of years was first introduced by andreas libavius "in his 1597 alchemia [alchymia]" and later by mikhail lomonosov "as early as 1757 and certainly by 1763".[4] the first use of the term "fossil fuel" was by the german chemist caspar neumann, in english translation in 1759.[5]

in 2017 the world's primary energy sources consisted of petroleum (34%), coal (28%), natural gas (23%), amounting to an 85% share for fossil fuels in primary energy consumption in the world.[6] non-fossil sources in 2006 included nuclear (8.5%), hydroelectric (6.3%), and others (geothermal, solar, tidal, wind, wood, waste) amounting to 0.9%.[7] world energy consumption was growing at about 2.3% per year. in 2015 about 18% of worldwide consumption was from renewable sources.[8]