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Respiration
Identify the functions of energy in living organisms, which include muscle movement, protein formation, cell reproduction, growth, and maintaining a stable body temperature.
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- Identify the functions of energy in living organisms, which include muscle movement, protein formation, cell reproduction, growth, and maintaining a stable body temperature.
- Explain aerobic respiration as the series of chemical processes in cells that utilize oxygen to decompose nutrient molecules for energy release.
- Provide the word equation for aerobic respiration, which is: glucose plus oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water.
- Present the balanced symbol equation for aerobic respiration as: C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O.
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