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How do organisms use oxygen

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Answer: Almost all living things need oxygen. They use this oxygen during the process of creating energy in living cells... Animals form other half of the oxygen cycle. We breathe in oxygen which we use to break carbohydrates down into energy in a process called respiration.

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Organisms that use oxygen need it for cellular respiration, in which energy is released from glucose. Energy is needed by the organism for growth, mobility and reproduction.

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