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Respiration
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is released of energy from the breakdown of food molecules in the presence of oxygen
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Why is energy so important?
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Without the ability to produce and use energy, living things would cease to exisit. Cells use energy for virtually everything they do. Energy is required to build proteins, to pump ions across the cell membrane to copy genetic info. and even more. Energy is produced from the food you eat.
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Alcoholic fermentation
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causes bread dough to rise.
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Kreb Cycle
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The chemical bonds in pyrvic acid are broken in a series of reactions.
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Glycolysis
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the series of reactions in which a molecule of glucose is broken down
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Lactic acid fermentation
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occurs when you engage in vigorous exercise
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photosynthesis
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process by which green plants use energy of sunlight to produce carbohydrates.
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ATP
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energy-storage compound in cells
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