Question

What do we use the energy released in respiration for?

Answer 1

Some of the energy released in respiration is used to make larger molecules from smaller ones, to enable muscles to contract and to keep temperature steady.

Answer 2

Some of the energy released in respiration is used to make larger molecules from smaller ones, to enable muscles to contract and to keep temperature steady. Some of the energy released in respiration in plants is used to make amino acids and proteins. c Food provides the amino acids needed to make body proteins.