Multiple choice

Which of the following is true regarding aerobic and anaerobic respiration?

  1. Aerobic respiration uses oxygen, anaerobic does not.

  2. Both anaerobic and aerobic respiration use oxygen

  3. Anaerobic respiration uses oxygen, aerobic does not.

  4. Neither aerobic nor anaerobic respiraiton use oxygen
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Explanation

The fundamental difference between the two processes is the requirement for oxygen; aerobic respiration uses oxygen as the final electron acceptor, while anaerobic does not.

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