in anaerobic respiration is it alcohol or lactic acid?
is carbon dioxide also present?

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Anaerobic respiration : respiration occurs in absence of oxygen. The End products are lactic acid or alcohol depend upon the species that is undergoing resipation. Lactic acid is the end product of anaerobic respiration in bacteria and in animals while as ethanol is the end product of anaerobic respiration in fungi like yeast.

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The following is a simplified diagram showing the fate of glucose during aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Identify the end products that are formed at stages indicated A, B, C and D. Identify the correct option from those given below.

Question 1
Sometimes when we do heavy exercise, anaerobic respiration takes place in our muscle cells. What is produced during this process?

(a) Alcohol and lactic acid
(b) Alcohol and $C O_{2}$
(c) Lactic acid and $C O_{2}$
(d) Lactic acid only

Lactic acid is produced in anaerobic respiration.

Mention if the following statements are true or false. If false, rewrite them correctly.

(a) Aerobic respiration of one mole of glucose yields 138 ATP

(b) Anaerobic respiration in plants yields lactic acid.

(d) All leaves of a green plant normally respire anaerobically at night.

Q. In the process of anaerobic respiration .......... is a

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carbon compound which gets converted into ........... carbon compound called the lactic acid.

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in anaerobic respiration is it alcohol or lactic acid?is carbon dioxide also present?

in anaerobic respiration is it alcohol or lactic acid?
is carbon dioxide also present?