Cellular Respiration: Energy from Glucose
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Objective
I can describe how cells use cellular respiration to release energy from glucose.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Photosynthesis is how plants make their own food using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.
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Cellular respiration happens in the mitochondria of cells, using glucose and oxygen to release energy.
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Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are interconnected; photosynthesis produces oxygen and glucose that cellular respiration uses to produce carbon dioxide and water.
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Practice
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What two things are combined in the mitochondria during cellular respiration?
Explain in your own words how cellular respiration helps your body.
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“Describe the three things that cells need for cellular respiration and what they produce as a result.”
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