Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

• In the context of cellular respiration and fermentation processes, carbon dioxide (( CO_2 )) is released during aerobic respiration in both plants and animals, as well as during alcoholic fermentation. However, lactate fermentation is a process that does not produce carbon dioxide.

Lactate fermentation, also known as lactic acid fermentation, occurs in some bacteria and animal cells (such as muscle cells) when oxygen is scarce. In this process, pyruvate, the end product of glycolysis, is reduced to lactate (lactic acid) by the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase. This process does not involve the release of ( CO_2 ).