Respiration Flashcards

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What is respiration

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Respiration goes on in every cell in your body. It is the process of releasing energy from glucose

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What controls restoration

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Respiration is controlled by enzymes this means that the rate of respiration is affected by both temperature and pH

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When do you use aerobic respiration

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Aerobic respiration is what happens when there is plenty of oxygen available

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What is the equation for aerobic respiration

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Glucose plus oxygen equals carbon dioxide plus water plus energy

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When do you use anaerobic Respiration

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When you do really vigourous exercise your body can’t supply enough oxygen to your muscles for aerobic respiration even know your heart rate and breathing rate increases as much as they can. So your muscles have to start respiring anaerobically as well

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6
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Which is the best way to respire

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Aerobic respiration

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What is the disadvantage of anaerobic respiration

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Lactic acid is also produced the lactic acid build up in the muscles which gets painful and makes your muscles fatigued

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What is the word equation for anaerobic respiration

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Glucose equals lactic acid plus energy

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What is the respiratory quantity

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The RQ can tell you whether someone is respiring anaerobically or aerobically calculate this using equation equals amount of CO2 produced divided by the amount of O2 useds

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