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C6H12O6 + 6O2 - 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy

Respiration is the process by which cells produce energy through the breakdown of glucose and oxygen. Aerobic respiration requires oxygen and produces 38 ATP molecules per glucose molecule through glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and electron transport chain. Anaerobic respiration does not require oxygen and produces only 2 ATP molecules per glucose through glycolysis and fermentation of pyruvate into either alcohol or lactic acid. Both aerobic and anaerobic respiration begin with glycolysis but have different final electron acceptors and energy yields.

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C6H12O6 + 6O2 - 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy

Respiration is the process by which cells produce energy through the breakdown of glucose and oxygen. Aerobic respiration requires oxygen and produces 38 ATP molecules per glucose molecule through glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and electron transport chain. Anaerobic respiration does not require oxygen and produces only 2 ATP molecules per glucose through glycolysis and fermentation of pyruvate into either alcohol or lactic acid. Both aerobic and anaerobic respiration begin with glycolysis but have different final electron acceptors and energy yields.

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Why do we need to breathe?

How can oxygen provide energy for our bodies?

Respiration is the process of complex organic synthesis into simpler compounds


accompanied by the process of releasing a certain amount of energy in the form of ATP
(Adenosine Tri Phosphate).

The energy produced from the respiration process comes from chemical potential energy in the
form of chemical bonds.

Respiration of this energy formation is carried out in cells, namely mitochondria.

Respiratory system is divided into 2

1. Aerobic respiration

- Aerobic respiration is respiration that requires oxygen

- The chemical reaction is as follows.

C6H12O6 + 6O2–> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy


In the process of cell respiration, the fuel is hexose sugar. And requires free oxygen to produce
energy of 38 ATP

- Energy Formation Stage

1. Glycolysis, the process of breaking down glucose into pyruvic acid.

2. oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvic acid, which is a breakdown of pyruvic acid to acetyl Co-A.

3. the citric acid cycle, which is the cycle of changing the acetyl Co-A into an electron acceptor and
releasing an energy source.

4. Electron transfer, which is the largest energy formation mechanism in the cell respiration process
that produces byproducts in the form of water.

2. Anaerobic respiration (fermentation)

- Anaerobic respiration is respiration that does not require oxygen

- Divided into two namely alcoholic fermentation and lactic acid fermentation

- The stage of energy formation.

1. Glycolysis trajectory.
2. Formation of alcohol (alcoholic fermentation) or formation of lactic acid (lactic acid fermentation).

3. The last electron acceptor is not oxygen, but alcohol and or lactic acid molecules.

4. The energy produced is 2 ATP molecules for each glucose molecule

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