Aerobic Respiration

Question 0

What is the equation for aerobic respiration?

Answer 0

Glucose+oxygen –> carbon dioxide + water+ energy

Question 1

What is aerobic respiration?

Answer 1

Respiration that occurs in the presence of oxygen

Question 2

When is aerobic respiration used?

Answer 2

When you are doing an activity for a long period of time. E.g running or cycling

Question 3

What is the pathway of air?

Answer 3

1. ) enter mouth
2. ) enter pharynx (throat)
3. ) enter trachea (windpipe)
4. ) enter brochi
5. ) enter bronchioles
6. ) enter alveoli *gaseous exchange takes place in the capillaries.

Question 4

What is the action of breathing?

Answer 4

1. ) your diaphragm contracts (flattens)
2. ) your intercostal muscles contract
3. ) your chest cavity increases and so the pressure is reduced causing the air to be sucked into the lungs
4. ) the diaphragm and intercostal muscles then relax
5. ) the chest cavity reduces in size and so the pressure is increased so the air is squeezed out.