Humans cannot survive more than about 5 or so minutes withou…

Humans cannot survive more than about 5 or so minutes without permanent damage if all of their cells are doing fermentation rather than regular cellular respiration. Why does it make sense that fermentation alone is not sufficient to keep most of your cells alive?

You are a scientist researching chemicals that affect corn p…

You are a scientist researching chemicals that affect corn plants. Among the chemicals that you have tested on your corn plants is one that, once applied to a plant, causes it to lose all of its chlorophyll, stop photosynthesizing, and eventually die. With a little more research, you are able to determine that its mode of action is to halt the production of carotenoids in the plant. (3 pts) a) Why are carotenoids important in plants?  b) Why would losing carotenoids cause the issues listed above?