Question

What types of organisms perform cellular respiration?

Answer 1

• Eukaryotes, including all multicellular organisms and some single-celled organisms, use aerobic respiration to produce energy.
• Prokaryotic organisms such as bacteria and archaebacteria can use other forms of respiration, which are somewhat less efficient.

Answer 2

All living beings perform cellular respiration to turn organic molecules into energy.

Explanation:

• The chemical process of breaking down food molecules to produce energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate is known as cellular respiration (ATP).
• This mechanism allows the organism to use energy from food molecules to carry out life processes. Cellular respiration occurs in both, presence and absence of oxygen.
• Cellular respiration in the presence of oxygen is called aerobic respiration. Example - All the animals including humans and, birds, insects, grasshoppers, etc.
• Anaerobic respiration takes place when oxygen is not present or present in very low amounts. Prokaryotes, including some species of bacteria and archaea, use anaerobic respiration.