Enzymes And Respiration

Question 0

What is the equation for aerobic respiration?

Answer 0

Glucose + oxygen -> CO2 + water + energy

Question 1

What is respiration?

Answer 1

The process of releasing energy from glucose which goes on in every cell

Question 2

Where do most of the reactions for aerobic respiration take place?

Answer 2

In the mitochondria

Question 3

What are the four main things respiration releases energy for?

Answer 3

• to build up larger molecules from smaller ones
• in animals to allow muscles to contract
• in mammals and birds, energy is used to keep a steady body temperature
• in plants to build sugars, nitrates and other nutrients into amino acids, which are then built up into proteins