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Respiration
Chapter 6
Question | Answer |
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What is respiration | The release of energy from food |
cellular respiration takes place in | the mitochondrion of a cell |
aerobic respiration uses | oxygen |
anaerobic respiration | does not use oxygen |
Energy is | the ability to do work |
work is done when | a body is moving |
reactants in respiration are | glucose and oxygen |
products in respiration are | Carbon dioxide and water |
products of anaerobic respiration in fermentation are | ethanol and carbon dioxide |
anaerobic respiration in muscles | causes lactic acid to form |
respiration can be described as a | biochemical process |
factors which affect respiration are | glucose availability, oxygen availability and temperature |
an enzyme is | a biological catalyst |
a catalyst | speeds up a chemical reaction but is not used up in the reaction |
the enzyme amylase | breaks down starch into maltose |
organism used in respiration investigations | yeast |