Aerobic Respiration

• word equation for aerobic respiration

  glucose + oxygen ----> ATP + carbon dioxide + water
• what is the type of respiration called that occurs in the presence of oxygen?

  Aerobic respiration
• What's the first stage of respiration called? describe what happens in this stage.

  Glycolysis (will always happen whether oxygen is present or not) happens in the cytoplasm,

  1. glucose is split into 2 molecules of pyruvate,
  2. the energy released from this process is used to make 2ATP from ADP + Pi
• describe stage 2 of respiration

  stage 2 occurs in the mitochondria,

  1. when oxygen is present, stage 2 can occur
  2. each pyruvate is broken down to carbon dioxide and water,
  3. releasing enough energy to yield a large number of ATP molecules