what is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic?

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anonymous · Answer

Aerobic requires oxygen, anaerobic does not.

cathyangs · Answer

EX: aerobic is running. Anaerobic is golf.

anonymous · Answer

Aerobic respiration..?anaerobic respiration?

cathyangs · Answer

um...Like aerobic is when you used oxygen to generate ATP, and anaerobic doesn't use oxygen. It does use the electron transfer chain. here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_respiration

trancenova · Answer

So just think "Aerobic".. sounds kinda like air, so it occurs where air or rather oxygen is available (can help you remember it).

Anaerobic occurs where there is no oxygen available so the organism has to respire in a different way without any oxygen. Aerobic is with oxygen.

cathyangs · Answer

This is slightly related...not really. I heard somewhere that a photosynthetic organism, if left in an 100% oxygen environment, will eventually begin to use cellular respiration (or something like it) and take in oxygen and release CO2...is this true?

anonymous · Answer

wow thanks great answers!

anonymous · Answer

yeaa i think thats true..

anonymous · Answer

whaaat?