Respiration

• Respiration?

  chemical process that involves the breakdown of nutrient molecules in order to release the energy stored
• types of respiration?

  Aerobic: takes place with oxygen

  Anaerobic: takes place without oxygen
• in aerobic respiration, most of the reaction takes place in mitochondria
• in anaerobic respiration, much energy is released from each glucose molecule than aerobic
• uses of energy in humans?

  • growth
  • protein synthesis
  • active transport
• word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen -> carbon dioxide + water
• word equation for anaerobic respiration: glucose -> alcohol + carbon dioxide