What’s the function of cellular respiration
Biology · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Explanation: cellular respiration, the process by which organisms combine oxygen with foodstuff molecules, diverting the chemical energy in these substances into life-sustaining activities and discarding, as waste products, carbon dioxide and water.
The main purpose is to turn food into usable chemical energy called ATP. Your body can use ATP as a source of energy to function.
Formula: C6H12O6 + 6O2→ 6CO2 + 6H2O+ATP(energy)
In foods such as carbohydrates, there is stored chemical energy that the body can't use right away.
Cellular respiration is the process by which cells in plants and animals break down sugar and turn it into energy, which is the used to perform work at the cellular level.