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Oxidative phosphorylation is best described as:

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Correct Answer: A. the process in which ATP is formed as electrons are transferred from electron carriers to oxygen.
Oxidative phosphorylation is defined by A; B may be true but it is an inadequate description of oxidative phosphorylation; C describes the intermediate step between glycolysis and the Krebs cycle; D describes the Krebs cycle.
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