Cellular Respiration Hypothesis

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My guiding question is “What type(s) of sugar do you think are best for cellular respiration and why?”. My hypothesis was “Monosaccharides sugars will be the best for cellular respiration.”. My hypothesis was incorrect. My group tested lactose, a disaccharide, and the other groups tested glucose (monosaccharides) and sucrose (a disaccharide) A monosaccharide has have one basic sugar, disaccharides have 2, and polysaccharides have 3 or more.. I figured that since glucose was already simplified, it would be the best for cellular respiration. But actually sucrose, a disaccharide, is the best. CO2 is used to measure cellular respiration, because cellular respiration takes in oxygen and lets out carbon dioxide. Sugar and oxygen give out water,carbon