aerobic respiration

Question 1

what is respiration

Answer 1

glucose from the food you eat reacting with oxygen to transfer energy to your cells

Question 2

what is the word equation for aerobic respiration

Answer 2

glucose+oxygen->carbon dioxide+water (+energy
(reactants) (products)

Question 3

where does respiration occur

Answer 3

in the mitochondria in your cells

Question 4

how does glucose get to your cells

Answer 4

during digestion, carbohydrates break down into glucose molecules. they then get absorbed into the blood stream by the villi in the small intestine. it the diffuses into your cells for respiration

Question 5

how does oxygen get to your cells

Answer 5

when breathing in, oxygen fill the alveoli in your lungs and the oxygen diffuses into your bloodstream. oxygen joins to your red blood cells and the oxygen diffuses into the cells that need it

Question 6

how does carbon dioxide leave the body

Answer 6

when you exhale. it diffuses out of your cells and into the blood. the blood transports the carbon dioxide into your lungs where it diffuses into the alveoli and is exhaled