Which of the following lists contains only organisms that perform cellular respiration to survive?

A sunflower, a mushroom, and a rock

A bacterium, an oak tree, and a whale

A human, a fish, and a water molecule

A dormant seed, a burning candle, and a yeast cell

What is the primary function of cellular respiration in all living organisms?

To create complex sugars using sunlight

To convert food into usable energy for cell activities

To remove waste products from the body

To transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues

To release the oxygen they produce into the atmosphere for animals to breathe.

Because they need to break down the sugars they create to get energy for their own life functions like growth and repair.

To absorb water and essential minerals from the soil through their root systems.

So they have a way to get energy at night when there is no sunlight for photosynthesis.

It would be unable to synthesize new proteins.

It would stop absorbing nutrients from its environment.

It would run out of the usable energy needed for metabolic functions.

It would not be able to divide and reproduce.