What are the similarities and differences between cellular respiration and fermentation?
Cellular respiration is the process that cells use to transfer energy from the organic molecules in food to ATP. The following equation summarizes the chemical changes that occur in cellular respiration of the monosaccharide glucose when oxygen is available. C6H12O6 + 6 O2 it gives CO2 + 6 H2O + ATP glucose oxygen carbon water energy gas dioxide gas Cellular respiration that uses O2 is called aerobic respiration. Most of the time, the cells in our bodies use aerobic respiration: When oxygen is not available, cells can use a process called fermentation to keep making energy. This is called anaerobic respiration. (The “an” in front of aerobic means “not aerobic”.) there are two types of fermentation: 1..lactate fermentation (e.g. in muscles when an animal exercises hard) and 2..alcoholic fermentation (e.g. by yeast to make wine and beer). Fermentation has two disadvantages compared to aerobic respiration. Fermentation produces much less ATP than aerobic respiration, and fermentation prod
