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When a candle burns, oxygen from the air chemically combines with the molecules of candle wax. Chemical energy stored in the wax is converted and released as heat and light energy. In a similar way, cells use oxygen to release the chemical energy stored in sugar molecules. This process is called respiration. Through respiration, cells obtain the energy needed for all life processes. Air breathing animals aren't the only organisms that need oxygen. Plants, some bacteria, algae,

fish, other organisms need oxygen for respiration.

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What is the sum of all life process?

The sum of all life processes is metabolism.


Why is the Aerobic Respiration process important to the body?

Respiration is not the same as breathing. Breathing is called ventilation. On the other hand, respiration is a process, a chemical process where energy is released from substances such as glucose. To work, aerobic respiration needs oxygen and the energy created is used to allow muscles to contract in animals, and maintain a constant body temperature in mammals and birds.


Why is carbon dioxide important to the survival of life on earth name one other gas in the earth's atmosphere and explain its importance to living things?

Carbon dioxide is important for photosynthesis in plants, which is the process that produces oxygen and glucose for energy. Another important gas in Earth's atmosphere is oxygen, which is essential for the process of respiration in living organisms to produce energy for growth, metabolism, and other life processes.


What form of respiration was probably used by the earliest forms of life?

The earliest forms of life likely used anaerobic respiration, which does not require oxygen to produce energy. This process is less efficient than aerobic respiration but can still generate ATP for cellular processes.


What process provides the greatest yield of ATP for the life processes of the body?

Cellular respiration in the presence of oxygen, specifically aerobic respiration, provides the greatest yield of ATP for the life processes of the body. This process generates up to 36-38 ATP molecules per glucose molecule metabolized, making it highly efficient in producing energy for cellular activities.

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What do you mean by life process?

The processes which together perform the maintenance functions of the body are called life processes such as respiration,excretion,transportation etc; takes place.


What is the process by which plants release energy in food to carry on life processes?

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Why is the Aerobic Respiration process important to the body?

Respiration is not the same as breathing. Breathing is called ventilation. On the other hand, respiration is a process, a chemical process where energy is released from substances such as glucose. To work, aerobic respiration needs oxygen and the energy created is used to allow muscles to contract in animals, and maintain a constant body temperature in mammals and birds.


Why is carbon dioxide important to the survival of life on earth name one other gas in the earth's atmosphere and explain its importance to living things?

Carbon dioxide is important for photosynthesis in plants, which is the process that produces oxygen and glucose for energy. Another important gas in Earth's atmosphere is oxygen, which is essential for the process of respiration in living organisms to produce energy for growth, metabolism, and other life processes.


What are life process?

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What is the processes by which plants release energy to carry on life processes?

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What gas do animals need to carry out life processes?

Animals need oxygen to carry out life processes. Plants need carbon dioxide. Some animals and plants can use either if they need to.


What form of respiration was probably used by the earliest forms of life?

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