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, What is respiration?
Respiration is the process by which organisms extract the
energy stored in complex molecules and use it to generate
adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
In this way they obtain energy to fuel their metabolic pathways.
ATP provides the ATP
immediate source of
energy for biological
processes such as active
transport, movement and
metabolism.
3 of 39 © Boardworks Ltd 2009
,2 of 39 © Boardworks Ltd 2009
, What is respiration?
Respiration is the process by which organisms extract the
energy stored in complex molecules and use it to generate
adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
In this way they obtain energy to fuel their metabolic pathways.
ATP provides the ATP
immediate source of
energy for biological
processes such as active
transport, movement and
metabolism.
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