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Aerobic respiration

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Exothermic reaction in which glucose is broken down using oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water and release energy for the cells

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Anaerobic respiration

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Exothermic reaction in which glucose is broken down in the absence of oxygen to produce lactic acid in animals and ethanol and carbon dioxide in plants an dyeast. A small amlunt of energy is transferred for the cells

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Endothermic reaction

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Reaction that requires a transfer of energy from the environment

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Exothermic reaction

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Reaction that transfers energy to the environment

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Glycogen

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Carbonhydrate store in animals

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Lactic acid

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End product of anaerobic respiration in animal cells

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Oxygen debt

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Extra oxygen that must be taken into the body after excerciss has stopped to complete the aerobic respiration of lactic acid

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