EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Aerobic Respiration: It is the process of cellular respiration that takes place in the presence of oxygen gas to produce energy from food. This type of respiration is common in most of the plants and animals, birds, humans, and other mammals. In this process, water and carbon dioxide are produced as end products.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aerobic cells and organisms need oxygen in order to perform aerobic cellular respiration. Oxygen is the end electron acceptor in the electron transport chain, and is necessary to maintain the flow of electrons and thus create the hydrogen ion gradient needed for ATP synthase to function.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oxygen is an essential requirement for aerobic respiration but it has role only at the terminal stage of the process. Oxygen drives the whole process by removing hydrogen from the system. Oxygen acts as the final acceptor of hydrogen.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aerobes are organisms that can survive and grow in the presence of oxygen while anaerobes did not require oxygen for survival and growth. All aerobes can produce ATP with or without oxygen (though they may need oxygen for survival. However some anaerobes are harmed by the presence of oxygen (obligate anaerobes).