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Which of the following best explains why aerobic respiration is more energy efficient than anaerobic respiration?

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With oxygen, organisms can break down glucose all the way to carbon dioxide. This releases enough energy to produce up to 38 ATP molecules. Thus, aerobic respiration releases much more energy than anaerobic respiration.

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