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Question
Answer the following questions.
a) Why some living organisms have to perform anaerobic respiration?
b) Give examples of such living organisms.
c) What are the two steps of anaerobic respiration?
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Solution
a) Some organisms cannot live in presence of oxygen, hence they have to perform anaerobic respiration for energy production.
b) Yeast, seeds submerged in water, our muscle cells while exercising.
c) Glycolysis and fermentation are two steps of anaerobic respiration.
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