Question

Distinguish between the following:

Aerobic respiration and Anaerobic respiration

Answer 1

	Aerobic respiration	Anaerobic respiration
1.	It uses oxygen for deriving energy.	It occurs in the absence of oxygen.
2.	It occurs in cytoplasm and mitochondria.	It occurs in cytoplasm.
3.	The end products of aerobic respiration are carbon dioxide and water.	The end products of fermentation are ethyl alcohol and carbon-dioxide.
4.	Complete oxidation of respiratory substrate takes place.	Incomplete oxidation of respiratory substrate takes place.
5.	36–38 ATP molecules are produced.	Only 2 ATP molecules are produced.