Anaerobic Energy Production

Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration are the two ways of creating energy in your body. Anaerobic Respiration doesn't use oxygen, while the other one, aerobic respiration, does.

Anaerobic respiration in muscles. Glucose is not completely broken down, so much less energy is released than during aerobic respiration. There is a build-up of lactic acid in the muscles during vigorous exercise. The lactic acid needs to be oxidised to carbon dioxide and water later.

- Anaerobic Respiration is when the body doesn't use oxygen to gain energy

- Aerobic Respiration is when the body does use oxygen to gain energy

- There are two types of Anaerobic Respiration

     - Lactic Acid Fermentation: Is released from the muscles when they cannot get enough oxygen

     - Alcoholic Fermentation: Is released when the organism cannot get enough oxygen, and so it makes sugars in oxygen; takes place in yeast

What I learned from this topic is that energy can be produced in two different ways. The first one being aerobic respiration, in which oxygen is taken in by the body to create energy. The second one being anaerobic respiration, in which oxygen cannot be taken into the body fast enough, and so the body comes up with two other ways to make energy. These two ways are: Lactic Acid Fermentation and Alcoholic Fermentation. 

Was this something you already knew about? No, not until this year
How did you like this objective? I enjoyed it, because now I understand how the body produces energy when there is not enough oxygen
How can it be applied outside of biology? When we are exercising, we know to stop and take a breath when in pain because we know oxygen is the way our body gets an appropriate amount of energy

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My notes from Mr. Black's Class