Subject: General Science
Book: NCERT Science Class 7
Respiration is the process of breaking down food to release energy.
- **Types of Respiration**:
1. **Aerobic respiration**: Requires oxygen (Example: Humans, most animals).
2. **Anaerobic respiration**: Does not require oxygen (Example: Yeast, some bacteria).
- **Respiration in Humans**:
- Inhalation: Taking in oxygen-rich air.
- Exhalation: Releasing carbon dioxide.
- Lungs help in gaseous exchange.
- **Respiration in Other Organisms**:
- Fish use gills to breathe.
- Earthworms breathe through their skin.
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5. How is respiration in plants different from animals?
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