In which process do animals turn food energy into a form their bodies can use?
If you have not read the photosynthesis section, turn to it now, as it will help you to understand this page on respiration. The process by which animals make use of food is called respiration. By this process the animals free the energy captured by plants and other photosynthesizing organisms.They use this energy for maintaining their bodies, breathing, digesting, moving, growing, and reproducing.In the photosynthesis section we saw how plants build themselves by capturing the carbon in carbon dioxide.he picture does not show the energy that is released and used by the animal. We know that it is there, though, because the animal is alive and looking pretty frisky! Things to Remember: Plants use carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to make glucose. Plants release water and oxygen that animals breathe in.