Respiration Flashcards

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Energy

A

Something has energy if it has the ability to make something happen when that energy is transferred.

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Respiration

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The process of living things in which oxygen is used to release the energy in food.

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3
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Glucose

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A simple sugar molecule

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4
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Aerobic respiration

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Respiration that involves oxygen.

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5
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Reactant

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The starting substance in a chemical reaction.

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which energy from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water are used by green plants to produce glucose and oxygen.

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Product

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A substance formed from a chemical reaction.

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Germinating

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Beginning to grow into a plant from a seed

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9
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Mitochondria

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The structures in a cell that produce energy.

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10
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Membrane

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The layer around the cell that control substances entering and leaving the cell.

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Enzymes

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A substance that enables a chemical process in a living organism.

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12
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Digestive system

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A group of organs that together enable the digestion of food

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Breathing system

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Takes oxygen into the body and passes carbon dioxide out.

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Circulatory system

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The heart and blood vessels that transport essential substances around the body in blood.

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15
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Phloem

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A tissue made up of long tubes that transport glucose made in leaves of a plant to other parts.

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Stomata

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Tiny pores on the underneath surface of a leaf through which gases can move in and out.

17
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Lactic acid

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A substance produced in anaerobic respiration which builds during vigorous exercise and causes an aching or burning feeling in the muscles.

18
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Oxygen debt

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The oxygen needs to break down lactic acid produced as a result of vigorous exercise.

19
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Glycogen

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A storage molecule formed from a chain of Lucas’s units and often stored in the liver.

20
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Fermentation

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Type of anaerobic respiration that produces ethanol and carbon dioxide

21
Q

Microbe

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Tiny organism like bacteria, fungi and viruses that can only be seen by a microscope

22
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Yeast

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A unicellular (single-celled) fungus

23
Q

Brewing

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Cereal grains are soaked in water and fermented with yeast.

24
Q

Fossil fuel

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Coal, natural gas and oil that were formed from the compressed remains of plants and other organisms that died millions of years ago.

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Dependent variable
The variable that is measured in an investigation.
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Catalyst
Substance that speeds up a chemical reaction