AEROBICAND ANAEROBIC

RESPIRATION
For General Biology 1/ Grade 11
Quarter 2/ Week 4
 FOREWORD

This learning kit will serve as a guide for students in understanding

cellular respiration which is considered as one of the metabolic processes
occurring among living organisms. All organisms require energy in order to
perform various life processes. This energy used by the cells is in the form of
ATP. Through respiration energy is harnessed from the food taken in.

This kit will enable students to familiarize the various

significant events and stages involved in the production of energy as well as the
essential elements needed for the process to occur.

Moreover, students shall be able to distinguish the difference

between aerobic and anaerobic type of respiration and relate it to actual
commonly observed phenomenon.

OBJECTIVE:
K : Define aerobic and anaerobic respiration
S: Differentiate aerobic and anaerobic respiration
A: Recognize the importance of aerobic and anaerobic respiration in our daily
life.

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 LEARNING COMPETENCY

➢ Differentiate aerobic from anaerobic respiration

(STEM_BIO11/12- IIa-j-6)

I. WHAT HAPPENED
Challenge Yourself

Activity 1:
Direction: True or False: Write T if the statement if correct and F if the
statement is wrong. Write your answer in your notebook.
__________1. Anaerobic respiration occurs only in the cytoplasm of a
cell.
__________ 2. Only 2 ATPs are formed during anaerobic respiration
___________3. Aerobic respiration takes place in the presence of oxygen.
___________4. The end products of aerobic respiration are carbon
dioxide, water, and energy.
___________5. Aerobic respiration is comparatively longer than anaerobic
respiration.

II. WHAT I NEED TO KNOW DISCUSSION

What is Aerobic Respiration?

Aerobic respiration is a set of metabolic reactions that take place in
the presence of oxygen, occurring in a cell to convert chemical
energy into ATPs.
• Aerobic respiration takes place in all plants, animals, birds, and humans, except for
some primitive prokaryotes.
• In aerobic respiration, oxygen acts as an electron acceptor w hich helps
produce ATPs more effectively and more quickly.

• The double bond in the oxygen has higher energy than other bonds which aids to pr
oduce more ATPs.

• It is the preferred method of degradation of pyruvate after glycolysis

where the pyruvate then enters the mitochondria to be fully oxidized during the
Kreb’s cycl e.
• The process of aerobic respiration is utilized for the oxidation of
carbohydrates, but products from fats and proteins are also used as
reactants.
• Carbon dioxide gas and water are the two products of aerobic respiration along with the
energy that is used to add a third phosphate group to ADP and form ATP.
• Other energy-rich molecules like NADH and FADH2 are converted into ATP via electron
transport chain with oxygen and protons.
• During aerobic respiration, most ATPs are produced during oxidative phosphorylation
where the energy of oxygen molecule is used to pump protons out of the membrane.
• The passage of protons creates a potential that is then used to initiate ATP synthase and
produce ATP from ADP and a phosphate group.
• Ideally, a total of 38 ATPs are produced at the end of the aerobic respiration. However,
some energy is lost due to leaking of the membrane or the cost of moving pyruvate
through the cell, as a result of which about 2930 ATPs are only produced.
• Aerobic respiration results in complete oxidation of carbohydrate molecules which take
place in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells as the enzymes for the process are present
there.

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What is Anaerobic Respiration?

Anaerobic respiration is a process of cellular respiration where the

high energy electron acceptor is neither oxygen nor pyruvate derivatives.

Anaerobic respiration is the process of creating energy without the

presence of oxygen. Sometimes the body can’t supply the muscles with
the oxygen it needs to create energy – such as in a sprinting situation.
Without the process of anaerobic respiration there may be no energy
supplied to muscles in times of high demand.
• In anaerobic respiration, the electron acceptor can be sulfate ion (SO 4–) or
nitrate ion (NO3–) or a variety of other molecules.
• Some archaea, called methanogens, are known to use carbon dioxide as the
electron acceptor, producing methane as a byproduct.
• Similarly, another group of purple sulfur bacteria uses sulfate as an electron
acceptor, thus producing hydrogen sulfide as a byproduct.
• These organisms reside in low-oxygen environments and thus opt for anaerobic
pathways to break down the chemical fuels.
• Anaerobic respiration is similar to aerobic respiration in that the molecules
enter the electron transport chain to pass the 5 electrons to the final electron
acceptor.
• The final electron acceptors involved in anaerobic respiration have a smaller
reduction potential than oxygen molecules which results in less energy
production.
• Anaerobic respiration, however, is essential for biogeochemical cycles of
carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur.
• The nitrate that acts as an electron acceptor in anaerobic respiration produces
nitrogen gas as a by-product, and this
process is the only route for fixed nitrogen to reach the atmosphere.

• Fermentation is another pathway for anaerobic respiration, where the only

energy extraction pathway is glycolysis, and the pyruvate is not further oxidized
via the citric acid cycle.

• The energy-rich molecule, NADH, is also not utilized during fermentation.

• Anaerobic respiration takes place in many environments like freshwater, soil,
deep -sea surfaces. Some microbes in oxygenated environments also utilize
anaerobic respiration
because oxygen cannot readily diffuse through their surface.

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Activity II
I. Draw and label the parts of the Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration.
Write it in a 1 whole short bond paper.

Rubrics:
All parts are properly labelled – 10
Completion -- 5 Creativity -- 5
Total 20

III. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Brain Challenge!
II. Direction: Write A if it’s Aerobic and An if it’s Anaerobic. Write your
answers in your notebook.
1. Incomplete oxidation of carbohydrates takes place during
anaerobic respiration.
2. After glycolysis, occurs in the mitochondria of eukaryotes
and cytoplasm of prokaryotes.
3. Some other electron acceptors like sulfur and nitrogen are
required along with the carbohydrates.
4. Occurs only in the cytoplasm of a cell.
5. There is an exchange of gases during aerobic respiration
where oxygen is absorbed, and carbon dioxide is released.

II. Essay: Discuss the answer to the following questions. Write

the answers in your notebook.
1. Why aerobic and anaerobic respiration important in our daily
life?

Rubrics:
Application of the topic -10
Clarity of answer -5
Total 15
REFERENCES
Webpages:

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Microbe Notes: Sapkota, Anupama: July 10, 2020 ;11
Differences between Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration,
(Accessed November 11, 2020)

© 2020, BYJU'S. All rights reserved. Aerobic And Anaerobic Respiration

https://byjus.com/biology/aerobic-anaerobicrespiration/ (Accessed
November 14, 2020)

Daniel Baker, Anaerobic Respiration, accessed last

November 14,2020,
https://teachmephysiology.com/biochemistry/atpproduction/
anaerobic-respiration/

SYNOPSIS

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This Self learning kit deals with the fundamental
difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration
is the usage of

oxygen in the process of cellular respiration. Aerobic

respiration, as the name suggests, is the process of
producing the energy required by cells using
oxygen. The byproduct of this process produces
carbon

dioxide along with ATP – the energy currency of the

cells. Anaerobic respirati on is similar to
aerobic respiration, except, the process happens
without the presence of oxygen. Consequently, the
by-products of

this process are lactic acid and ATP.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

DEXTER JUNE G. TAGACTAC, is a licensed professional

teacher. He is a graduate of St. Paul University
Dumaguete, with the degree of Bachelor of Secondary
Education Major in Biological Science. He is currently
teaching at Negros Oriental High School as a Senior High
Science teacher. He is currently studying Master of Arts in
Science Teaching.

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