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Respiration
Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |