Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration
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Anaerobic
Absence of Oxygen
Aerobic
Presence of Oxygen
What is Respiration?
Respiration is the act of breathing, and has two purposes. The first is the movement of oxygen from the surrounding environment into the cells within the body and the removal of carbon dioxide from the body into the environment. The second purpose of respiration is to use oxygen to break down sugar and provide the body with energy.
Aerobic Respiration
This is the process of cellular respiration with the goal of producing energy from food. Aerobic respiration takes place in the presence of Oxygen it its products are water and carbon dioxide. This type of respiration is the most common in plants and animals. A sugar get's split up and made into a pyruvate which is run through a cycle. This cycle produces some energy and feeds the final process which produces the most energy and the end products.
Anaerobic Respiration
This type of respiration is the process of breaking down sugars to generate energy. It takes place in the absence of oxygen meaning that when the body can't breathe, this process activates to provide your muscles with energy. To go into a little bit of detail, Anaerobic respiration is the aerobic catabolism of nutrients to carbon dioxide, water, and energy. It includes an electron transport system in which the final electron acceptor is molecular oxygen.