Life and the Carbon Cycle During respiration, what do consumers such as animals release? food O water O oxygen O carbon dioxide k12.com earust getindex/to cen/603405c26efabfbc6e d320_034745d0-9138-4e4b-9863-0c05df be610d/conceptid/SC0113BX_Summ​

Mitochondria produce atp, a high energy compound. atp is used for all sorts of enzyme-mediated reactions, such as making proteins/nucleotides/etc, certain compounds cross the cell membrane, muscles move, etc.  without this source of energy, a cell will die. it will not be able to repair itself, defend against pathogens, etc.

C) to ensure each new cell has an exact copy of the dna