Assignment Summary
In this assignment, you will gather evidence to construct an explanation of how energy and matter move
through the environment under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. You will then conduct additional guided
research to revise your explanation based on the new information you discover.
Background Information
Cellular respiration is a process that allows organisms to produce energy to maintain life. The process
involves a series of chemical reactions that use glucose and oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water,
and the high energy molecule, ATP. Organisms, including plants, undergo cellular respiration to create
energy that they can use to maintain life processes. Cellular respiration may be aerobic, a type of
respiration that requires oxygen, or anaerobic, a type of respiration that can occur in an environment with
no or minimal oxygen.