Meaning & History. Derived from the name of the Jordan river in Israel, which is derived from yarad meaning descend or flow down.eaning & History. Derived from the name of the Jordan river in Israel, which is derived from yarad meaning descend or flow down.
First, the glucose is broken down. Scientists refer to this step as glycolysis. Then, the second process, aerobic respiration breaks the remains of the glucose down further. During aerobic respiration, oxygen is reduced, donating an electron to hydrogen to form water. The entire process of cellular respiration oxidizes glucose.
The oxidation of glucose proceeds through many reactions, each catalyzed by a specific enzyme. As respiration is an enzyme-catalyzed process, its rate is highly dependent on environmental temperature and increases sharply with increases in temperature in the biological range of 0Â°C to 40Â°C.Although the process appears complex, the basic patterns can be described in simple terms as outlined in Figure 2-1.ell respiration is the process by which organisms oxidize food materials to CO2 and H2O. Energy is liberated during respiration since the C and H atoms in the fuel molecules are electron rich as compared to the C and H atoms in CO2 and H2O.