Respiration is the process in which organisms exchange gases between their body cells and the environment. From plants and animals to prokaryotic bacteria, archaeans, eukaryotic protists, fungi, and animals, all living organisms undergo respiration. During normal human respiration, glucose reacts with oxygen to produce the energy needed for growth, repair and movement. Water and carbon dioxide are bi-products of respiration that need to be excreted.
Respiration could be defined as a metabolic biochemical process that takes place in all living cells of an organism where they produce energy by intake of oxygen and liberation of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of various organic substances. The energy produced is in the form of Adenosine-triphosphate or ATP which is also known as the energy molecule.
The different types of respiration:
Two types of respiration processes have been observed
Aerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration
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