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Which molecules do cells need to release energy? (Can you make it look like 7th grade writing please well if you can)

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Cells need oxygen and glucose.

Without oxygen, electron transport chain cannot take place and the cells cannot get the energy they need (since the cell uses oxygen to break down glucose which os what produces energy). When the cells cannot perform their function, they die.

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