Cellular respiration
What Cellular respiration means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The controlled release of energy from organic compounds such as glucose, broken down in enzyme-controlled reactions.
An exothermic reaction that transfers energy from glucose and occurs continuously in living cells.
Topics that use Cellular respiration
- Aerobic and anaerobic respiration (AQA GCSE)
- Key ideas (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Anaerobic respiration
- Action at a distance
- Activation energy
- Active site
- Adaptation
- Aerobic respiration
- Balanced symbol equation
- Carbon and nitrogen cycles
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