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When you breathe, you take in lots of gases; the main one of importance for humans is oxygen. Oxygen is the key element involved in cellular respiration, which takes place in the mitochondria of your cells, which converts glucose (food) to ATP (energy).

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Differentiate breathing from respiration?

Breathing is the physical act of inhaling and exhaling air, while respiration is the process by which cells obtain energy through the breakdown of glucose in the presence of oxygen. Breathing is a component of respiration, as it helps deliver oxygen to the cells and remove carbon dioxide produced during cellular respiration.


What is the difference from respiration and breathing?

Internal Respiration: Is changing food (glucose) into energy. External Respiration: Is breathing in and out.


What is the relationship between the processes of breathing and cellular respiration?

Respiration and breathing are the same thing.


What respiration is what we know as breathing?

want is respiration?


Is respiration defined as breathing?

Cellular respiration and breathing are 2 separate things. Breathing is a process of inhaling oxygen into lungs and cellular respiration is a process of burning glucose in presence of oxygen to get energy. Hope this helps


What is the exchange of air in the body called?

breathing but breathing along with cellular respiration would be called respiration


What is the diffences between respiration and breathing?

respiration happens inside the body and breathing happens outside the body


What describes breathing?

respiration


Is respiration and breathing same process?

Repiration and Breathing are not the same process. Respiration is converting glucose to useable energy.


How do you use respiration in a sentence?

Breathing is one form of respiration.


The term respiration in animals simply refers to what?

breathing


What is the process called when the carbon dioxide leaves the animal?

breathing