Aerobic respiration
Respiring with oxygen
- Aerobic respiration uses oxygen to break down glucose.
- It releases a lot of energy from each glucose molecule.
- This is how your body works most of the time.
Practice
Aerobic respiration:
Aerobic respiration uses oxygen and releases a lot of energy from each glucose molecule.
The equations
- Word equation:
$$\text{glucose} + \text{oxygen} \rightarrow \text{carbon dioxide} + \text{water}$$
- (Supplement) Balanced chemical equation:
$$\mathrm{C_6H_{12}O_6 + 6O_2 \rightarrow 6CO_2 + 6H_2O}$$
Practice
The products of aerobic respiration are:
glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water.
Practice
Complete the balanced equation: C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6___ + 6H2O
Six molecules of carbon dioxide (6CO2) and six of water are produced.
You've got it
Key idea
- aerobic respiration uses oxygen and releases a lot of energy
- glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water
- balanced: $\mathrm{C_6H_{12}O_6 + 6O_2 \rightarrow 6CO_2 + 6H_2O}$ (Supplement)