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What is the process that releases energy by breaking down food molecules in the presence of oxygen?

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Photosynthesis releases oxygen into the atmosphere and cellular respiration uses the oxygen to release energy from food. The process that releases energy from food molecules by producing ATP in the absence of oxygen.
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