Aerobic Respiration.
Aerobic respiration is the process in which the use of air/oxygen in particular is needed for converting glucose to energy. As Aerobic respiration requires the inhalation of oxygen/air, it is referred to aerobic because it means anything involving the use of air.
The aerobic respiration process happens in this following way and is set out like an equation: Glucose + Oxygen > Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy. |
Respiration.
Respiration is the action of breathing for the animal and is a process in living organisms which involves the production of energy mostly from the intake of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances. In the process of respiration, it breaks down glucose to create energy in order to be used for things in the body for example cell repair, building molecules such as amino acids into protein, growth and maintains body temperature.
In conclusion, as an example to show how anaerobic respiration works is that during a period of intensive exercise, the muscles of an animal are unable to respire as they are not provided with enough oxygen from the heart and lungs so anaerobic respiration takes place. Not as large amount of energy is produced from anaerobic respiration because of its poor efficiency and this is caused by the glucose only being slightly broke down due to an insufficient oxygen supply. Unfortunately, a negative side to anaerobic respiration is that a harmful chemical called lactic acid is produced which will build up, stopping muscles which leads up to causing cramps in the long run and is quite painful. In order to dispose of lactic acid in the body, a large amount of oxygen is needed and this oxygen usage is referred to as an oxygen debt.
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Anaerobic Respiration.
Anaerobic respiration is the type of respiration that does not use oxygen and is used where there is not enough oxygen for aerobic respiration. As opposed to aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration does not require the involvement of oxygen and the situation in which this process becomes required for the body is when the oxygen supply is low in the animal.
When not enough oxygen is available for the animal for conducting aerobic respiration, the animal will make use of the anaerobic respiration to get the energy required by them for sustenance and also, compared to aerobic oxygen is not used for the breakdown of glucose. The anaerobic respiration process happens in this following way and is set out like an equation: Glucose > Lactic Acid + Energy. The equation above evidently shows that the glucose is broken down without any use of oxygen to release energy and produce lactic acid as a by-product in comparison to the carbon dioxide and water. |