Describe cellular respiration as an essential, continuous exothermic reaction occurring in all living cells to supply energy.
Compare and contrast the mechanisms, reactants, and products of aerobic respiration (using oxygen) and anaerobic respiration (without oxygen).
Recognize that organisms utilize the energy transferred from respiration for chemical synthesis, movement, and thermoregulation.
Represent aerobic respiration using accurate word and balanced symbol equations.
Understand that anaerobic respiration in muscles results in the incomplete oxidation of glucose, producing lactic acid and transferring significantly less energy.
Explain the concept of oxygen debt as the additional oxygen required post-exercise to react with and remove accumulated lactic acid.
