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Respiration and Food Production Flashcards

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1
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Why do living organisms respire?

A

To produce energy(ATP)

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2
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Where does aerobic respiration happen?

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Mitochondria

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3
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Where does anaerobic respiration occur?

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Cytoplasm

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4
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What are the different types of respiration?

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Anaerobic and aerobic

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What is the word equation for aerobic respiration in animals?

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glucose + oxygen -> carbon dioxide and water(+energy(ATP))

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6
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What is the chemical/symbol equation for aerobic respiration?

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C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O

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7
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How are the reactants for aerobic respiration obtained?

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glucose via digestion
oxygen via breathing

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8
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Why would there be more mitochondria in a muscle cell than in a cheek cell?

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A muscle cell needs to work more which means in needs to contract more which requires more energy which requires more respiration which requires more mitochondria

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9
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Why does breathing rate increase when humans exercise?

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Humans exercise more
more muscle contraction
more energy needed
more aerobic respiration
more oxygen needed

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what is the word equation for anaerobic respiration in animals

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glucose -> lactic acid

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How is lactic acid broken down and what is the word equation

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Lactic acid is broken down with oxygen
lactic acid + oxygen -> carbon dioxide + water

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12
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Why is lactic acid toxic

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  • Due to low pH which lowers pH in cells which denatures enzymes
  • Causes muscle cramp and fatigue
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13
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where is excess lactic acid taken?

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To the liver to process the toxic lactic acid

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14
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Why do you breathe heavily after excercising?

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Because of the oxygen debt which is built up in you muscles which need to be repaid

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What does oxygen do to lactic acid?

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oxidise it into carbon dioxide and water

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16
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What is the anaerobic respiration in plants and fungi?

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glucose -> ethanol + carbon dioxide (+energy (ATP))

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17
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How do plants obtain carbon dioxide and oxygen?

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diffusion through stomata controlled by guard cells

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18
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Why do more stomata mean that there are more gas exchanges?

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Greater SA:V ratio

19
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What are examples of yeast products

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bread, wine, beer, quorn

20
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What are the parts in a yeast cell?

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budding, nucleus, cytoplasm, cell wall, cell membrane, vacuole and food storage granules

21
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What are the factors affecting the rate of respiration?

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Temperature, pH, ethanol concentration(or lactic acid), glucose concentration

22
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Why does temperature affect the rate of respiraton

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Higher temperature leads to more kinetic energy and more collisions to form more enzyme substrate complexes. If too high temperature, enzymes denature

23
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Why does pH affect the rate of respiration?

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If not optimum pH, enzymes denature

24
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Why does ethanol (or lactic acid) concentration affect the rate of respiration?

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Ethanol or lactic acid is a toxic waste product produced in anaerobic respiration which eventually kills cells

25
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Why does the concentration of glucose affect the rate of respiration?

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Glucose is a substrate needed for respiration which increases the number of enzyme substrate complexes, which increase the rate of respiration till the limiting factor is the concentration of enzymes

26
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Why is ethanol toxic?

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Ethanol is toxic because it dissolves most bacteria’s, viruses’ and fungi’s cell walls and denatures the proteins

27
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Why does bread need to be heated

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  • fungi or bacteria will start respiring anaerobically and will eventually die due to the ethanol concentration there will be and high temperatures which will denature enzymes
  • This will make carbon dioxide which will rise the bread
  • The ethanol will be burnt so that the bread is not alcoholic
28
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Why does bread rise?

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Because fermentation produces carbon dioxide which is trapped in air bubbles causing the bread to rise

29
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What are fermenters?

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Fermenters are machines used to grow fungi and other micro-organisms

30
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What different parts are there in a fermenter?

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A nutrient input, a water jacket, an air inlet, a motor, a temperature and pH probe, a stirring paddle and a harvest line

31
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What is the use of a nutrient input

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to provide glucose and nitrates and amino acids

32
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what does a water jacket do?

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Keep the temperature at optimum

33
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What does the air inlet do?

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  • prevents contamination
  • provides oxygen
34
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What does the motor do?

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turns stirring paddles

35
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What does temperature and pH probes do?

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measure the temperature and the pH

36
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what do stirring paddles do?

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mix the contents to make sure that all microorganisms have equal nutrients

37
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What is the harvest line

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Where the produces of fermentation are released

38
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What is penicillin?

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an anti-biotic fungi produced by penicillium which can be found naturally or grown in a fermenter

39
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What happens to the fermenter before use

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fermenters are sterilised with steam before use to that unwanted organisms are killed and removes competition and contamination

40
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What are the steps in making yogurt

A

Milk is pasteurised at 85-95 degrees for 15 minutes
milk is homogenised
milk is cooled to 40 degrees and lactobacillus is added
mixture is incubated where fermentation occurs
yogurt is stirred and cooled to 5 degrees
Flavouring and colorant can be added

41
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What is pasteurising

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when heating kills any other microorganism as high temperatures denature enzymes

42
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what is homogenised?

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when fat globules are dispersed evenly

43
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why is milk cooled to 40 degrees and lactobacillus is added?

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lactobacillus: lactose + water -> lactic acid
lowers pH of the milk
milk proteins coagulate as they denature
coagulation of milk proteins makes the yogurt thicken

44
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Why is thick milk cooled to 5 degrees

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so that microbial growth is slowed down.

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