Chapter 7 Cellular Respirtaion

Cellular Respiration is a series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into a usable form of energy called ATP.

All organisms require energy to survive.

Energy is in the chemical bonds in food molecules.

Glucose molecules break down during cellular respiration.

*This process requires oxygen, produces water & carbon dioxide as waste products. This occurs in the cytoplasm & mitochondria of cells.

If your body did not break down the food you eat through cellular respiration, you would not have energy to do anything.

Plants produce sugar, but without cellular respiration, plants could not grow, reproduce, or repair tissue.