Question

Compare Aerobic respiration and Anaerobic respiration

Answer 1

Aerobic respiration	Anaerobic respiration
(a) It takes place in higher organisms.	It takes place in lower organisms.
(b) It takes place in cytoplasm and mitochondria.	It takes place in cytoplasm.
(c) It involves the participation of free molecular oxygen.	It does not involve participation of free molecular oxygen.
(d) Oxidation of food is complete.	Oxidation of food is incomplete.
(e) It produces CO2 and H2O.	It produces CO2 and C2H5 OH.
(f) It releases more energy, i.e. 38 ATP.	It releases less energy, i.e. 2 ATP.
(g) Overall equation: C6 H12O6 + 6O2→6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy	Overall equation: C6H12O6 → 2C2H5 OH + 2CO2 + Energy