Anaerobic respiration doesn't use oxygen1) Anaerobic just means without oxygen
2) Anaerobic respiration takes place in animal and plant cells and some microorganisms when there's very little or no oxygen. For example:
Human cells- when you do really vigorous exercise your body can't supply enough oxygen to your muscle cells for aerobic respiration so they have to start respiring anaerobically.
Plant cells- if the soil a plant's growing in becomes waterlogged there'll be no oxygen available for the roots- the root cells will have to respire anaerobically.
Bacterial cells- Bacteria can get under your skin through puncture wounds caused by things like nails. There's very little oxygen under your skin so only bacteria that can respire anaerobically can survive there.

Energy is always released during anaerobic respiration but the products of the reactions are different depending on the type of cell it happens in

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GCSE Chemistry Note on GCSE Biology, Module B4, created by Kian Patel on 24/11/2020.