Anaerobic respiration
What Anaerobic respiration means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Respiration that releases less energy per glucose molecule and produces lactic acid in animal cells or ethanol and carbon dioxide in plant and yeast cells.
Occurs without oxygen and releases less energy; in animals it produces lactic acid, and in plants and yeast it produces ethanol and carbon dioxide.
Occurs without oxygen; in animals produces lactic acid, while in plants and yeast produces ethanol and carbon dioxide, transferring less energy.
Respiration that occurs without oxygen in the cytoplasm, where glucose is only partially broken down so less energy is transferred.
Glucose is broken down without oxygen when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, releasing some energy for muscle contraction.
Oxygen is absent, so glucose is only partially broken down and much less energy is transferred than in aerobic respiration.
Topics that use Anaerobic respiration
- Aerobic and anaerobic respiration (AQA GCSE)
- Key ideas (AQA GCSE)
- Metabolism (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Aerobic respiration
- Cellular respiration
- Respiration
- Action at a distance
- Activation energy
- Active site
- Adaptation
- Amino acids
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