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Cellular
Respiration
The Source of Energy
 GLUCOSE is the primary source for all the
energy in your body.

 YOU EAT……Your body breaks down the

starches you eat into glucose, a simple
sugar.
 Two Kinds of Respiration
 Cellular respiration can be done with or
without oxygen…

 Aerobic Respiration: requires oxygen

 Anaerobic Respiration: does not

require oxygen
 Anaerobic Respiration

 Step #1: Split the Glucose up into two

smaller molecules called Pyruvic Acids…
Pyruvic acid is a 3 Carbon compound

 If there is no oxygen available, one of two

things can happen to the pyruvic acids…
 Fermentation – Two Kinds
 Alcoholic Fermentation (Single celled/Plants)
 Making Alcohol
 Bacteria/ Yeast cells do this…
 Human Uses? Beer-making, Distilling, Brewing, etc…

 Lactic Acid Fermentation (Animals)

 Making Lactic Acid
 Human cells do this… in their muscles with out oxygen
 Human Effects? Muscle fatigue after weight-lifting or running…
 FEEL THE BURN!!!!
 Step #1 - Glycolysis
 Glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm

 It requires splitting glucose into 2

Pyruvic Acids…just like fermentation

 By doing this, you get 2 ATP molecules

 Aerobic Respiration
What happens if there is O2 ??

 Respiration using oxygen is a 3 Step

Process…

 The good thing is, you get almost 20x

more energy than anaerobic…
 Step #2-The Krebs Cycle
 Pyruvic acid is changed into 2 ATPS
 A.K.A-
 Citric Acid Cycle
 Step #3 – Electron Transport
Chain

 Hydrogen ions from pyruvic acid are

bounced around inside the mitochondria…
like a chain reaction or a relay race…

 32 ATP’s are made by the end of the

chain reaction…
 The Grand Finale
 Adding it all up:
 ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION:
 Yields ONLY 4 molecules of ATP per 1
molecule of Glucose 

 AEROBIC RESPIRATION
 Glycolysis = 2 ATP’s
 Krebs Cycle = 2 ATP’s
 Electron Transport Chain = 32 ATP’s
 TOTAL = 36 ATP’s for every Glucose! 