I believe the answer is descriptive science
Descriptive research aim to produce a data that describe a condition. It doesn't trying to analyze the data and find correlation or causation. In this case, the scientist trying to make catalog of new species. The result should be a list that could describe the species of the species. There is no hypothesis or variable in this research.
Glycolysis, Krebs cycles and electron transport chain are the three steps of cellular respiration, for converting glucose into energy.