Respiration

Question 1

What is respiration?

Answer 1

the process of transferring energy from glucose ( a sugar)

it goes on in every cell in all living organisms all the time

Question 2

What happens during respiration?

Answer 2

the energy transferred by respiration cant be used directly by cells so it makes a substance called ATP

ATP stores the neergy needed for many cell processes

respiration is exothermic reaction - it releases energy

Question 3

What is a substrate?

Answer 3

a molecule that is broken down in respiration

Question 4

What are the two types of respiration?

Answer 4

aerobic and anaerobic

Question 5

What is aerobic respiration?

Answer 5

needs plenty of oxygen

aerobic means with oxygen so aerobic respiration is respiration with oxygen

aerobic respiration produces lots of ATP - 32 molecules per molecule of glucose

equation = glucose + oxygen -> carbon dioxide + water

Question 6

What is anaerobic respiration?

Answer 6

without oxygen

so anaerobic respiration happens without oxygen

this transfers much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic - just 2 molecules of atp are produced