How does cellular respiration happen?

Explanation:

Hello there! Cellular respiration is the process in which the body breaks down sugar, glucose, within the body. When this glucose is broken down it will be transformed into ATP, Adenosine triphosphate, the energy used within almost all bodily processes. Although the means by which the body breaks down this sugar is rather complex it would be easiest to understand the chemical reactions that make up the process.

one of the many chemical reactions in cellular respiration is as follows:

C6H12O6+6O2⟶6CO2+6H2O+Energy

In the reaction above we see a sugar, C6H12O6, reacting with carbon dioxide. When these two products completely react they will produce water, H2O, carbon dioxide, CO2, and ATP, labeled as energy.

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