Aerobic Respiration Class 10

Respiration is the chemical process that supplies the body with energy for all other life processes.

Respiration provides energy to all the processes in living organisms like growth and repair of cells, muscle contraction, protein synthesis, sending nerve impulses, absorbing molecules and active transport etc.

Respiration happens in all living cells. Not just animal cells but also blood cells.

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There are two types of respiration:

Aerobic Respiration

Anaerobic Respiration

Define Aerobic Respiration

Aerobic Respiration can be defined as the process in which a large amount of energy is released in the presence of oxygen (air) from the breakdown of food substances.

Aerobic respiration can be summarized in the form of the equation is given below

what is aerobic respiration class 10 — Aerobic Respiration formulae

Process of Aerobic Respiration

Aerobic Respiration process starts in the cytoplasm and continues in the mitochondria of the cell.
Water and carbon dioxide are produced as waste products.
The energy released during this process is used for all other life processes. The release of energy in Aerobic Respiration is much more than in Anaerobic Respiration.
Energy which is released in the process of Aerobic respiration is ATP molecule.
ATP is the source of energy which is stored for later use by the body to carry out life processes.
Aerobic respiration happens all the time in all cells, usually in the Mitochondria.

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