Respiration

Question 1

What is respiration?

Answer 1

Respiration is the process in which energy is released from food

Question 2

What does ATP consist of?

Answer 2

1 adenosine attachedto 3 inorganic phosphate (pi) in a chain like fashion

Question 3

What is fermentation?

Answer 3

Respiration without oxygen

Question 4

What happens in respiration without oxygen in animal cells

Answer 4

In the cytoplasm, pyruvate gets broken down into lactate and when oxygen is present, the reaction can be reversed and continue on as aerobic respiration

Question 5

What happens in respiration without oxygen in plant and microbes

Answer 5

pyruvate is broken is broken down into ethanol and carbon dioxide and no energy is made. This reaction is irreversible

Question 6

What is aerobic respiration

Answer 6

In the cytoplasm glucose is broken down into 2 pyruvate (this is called glycolysis) and 2ATP is made. In the mitochondria pyruvate is broken down into water, carbon dioxide and16 ATP