Asked by jacob

The main difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration is that
A.
anaerobic respiration generates ATP, and aerobic respiration does not.
B.
aerobic respiration generates ATP, and anaerobic respiration does not.
C.
anaerobic respiration requires oxygen, and aerobic respiration does not.
D.
aerobic respiration requires oxygen, and anaerobic respiration does not.

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D. Aerobic respiration requires oxygen, and anaerobic respiration does not.

Briefly: both produce ATP from organic fuels, but aerobic uses O2 as the terminal electron acceptor (yielding much more ATP), while anaerobic processes use other acceptors or fermentation pathways and yield less ATP.