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What do plants need to under go respiration?

To carry out respiration plants need the same things as you do!

To carry out aerobic respiration they need a food source eg glucose, and oxygen:

glucose + oxygen ----> water + carbon dioxide + ENERGY

To carry out anaerobic respiration they ony need a source of food:

glucose ----> carbon dioxide + ethanol (alcohol) + ENERGY

It is important to realise that plants cary out respiration all of the time, just as your cells do. Also, remember that respiration is the release of energy from food, not breathing.

See

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology/greenplantsasorganisms/0photosynthesisrev6.shtml

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