Both animals and plants carry out cellular respiration. Cells in both animals and plants contain organelles called mitochondria, where cellular respiration happens. Cellular respiration uses glucose and oxygen to produce a chemical energy source in the form of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) molecules along with water and carbon dioxide. ATP is used to sustain the processes needed for life. You may remember that photosynthesis uses water and carbon dioxide in the presence of chlorophyll and sunlight to produce glucose and oxygen in plants. Plants and animals then use the glucose as food, along with oxygen, to transform energy in the process of cellular respiration.
Using only the reactants you have already constructed, create the products of cellular respiration. Use your student reference sheet to refer to the structures of the two products.