He kupu hei whakaahua i ngā rauropi mā te hāora rawa e ora ai, hei whakaahua hoki i ngā tukanga koiora e tutuki ai mā te hāora. He rauropi ā-hāora ngā tipu me ngā kīrehe katoa, me ētahi moroiti. Mā te hāora e wewete te pūngao o roto i ngā kai a te rauropi, pērā i te kūhuka.
A word used to describe an organism which requires oxygen to survive, or a biological process which requires oxygen. All plants and animals and some micro-organisms are aerobic. Oxygen releases the energy in the organism’s food, such as glucose.