Respiration Flashcards
What is Aerobic respiration?
Respiration using O2 - most efficient way to release energy from glucose
Equation for Aerobic respiration
Glucose + Oxygen = Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
2 ways that animals use Aerobic respiration
To allow muscles to contract - so the can move
To keep body temperature steady
What is Anaerobic respiration?
Respiration without oxygen, incomplete breakdown of glucose, producing lactic acid
Equation for Anaerobic respiration
Glucose = Energy + Lactic acid
How do you repay oxygen debt?
Breathing hard - O2 into blood
What happens when blood flows through muscles?
Removal of lactic acid, by oxidising it to get Co2 and H2O
When high levels of C02 and lactic acid are detected in the blood by the brain, what happens?
Pulse and breathing rate stay high
What is respiration?
Process of releasing energy from glucose which occurs in every cell
