Biology
Aerobic Respiration
Quick fact
Aerobic respiration produces up to 36–38 molecules of ATP from a single glucose molecule—more than 15 times the energy yield of fermentation without oxygen.
Why this is interesting
Every breath you take delivers oxygen to trillions of microscopic factories inside your cells. But how exactly do those factories turn oxygen and the food you eat into the energy that lets you move, think, and live?