Respiration Flashcards
What is respiration?
Respiration is a chemical reaction and not breathing.
What is the word equation for respiration
Glucose+oxygen=water+carbon dioxide+energy
How do you get oxygen?
U get oxygen from breathing . The oxygen is put in the blood stream and carried around the body
Where does carbon dioxide go?
Carbon dioxide is a gas which is carried from the blood stream to the lungs. Then the carbon dioxide is exhaled
How is oxygen and other reactants such as glocose transported
It is transported by the circulatory system
How do you detect carbon dioxide ( test)and what colour does it change to?
It turns from colourless to milky white if carbon dioxide is present and the test is using limewater
What test is using hydrogencarbonate? And what colours does it turn to?
The colour changes when carbon dioxide is added / removed
When it is added it changes from red / orange to yellow
When it is removed it changes from red / orange to purple