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Respiration And Photosythesis Year 10 Flashcards

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Equation for photosynthesis (words)

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Carbon dioxide + water —> glucose + oxygen
Light energy
Chlorophyll

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Equation for photosynthesis (formula)

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6CO2 + 6H2O —> C6H12O6 + 6O2

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What happens to Carbon Dioxide during photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide diffuses in from the air through the stomata of the leaf

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What happens to water during photosynthesis

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Water from the soil absorbed by the root hair cells (large SA) by osmosis

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What happens to glucose during photosynthesis

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Used in respiration (releases energy) converted into starch. Used to produce fat - or oil for storage, cellulose to strengthen cell walls and provide protein

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What happens to oxygen during photosynthesis

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Some used in respiration net production of oxygen

Oxygen diffused out of leaf through stomata

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Why does a leaf have a flat, thin, large surface area

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To absorb maximum light energy

Thin so gases (CO2) can diffuse to the palisade cells quickly and easily

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Why does a leaf contain chlorophyll

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To absorb light for photosynthesis

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Why do leaves have a network of veins

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To transport water and minerals to the leaf (xylem) and carbohydrates away from the leaf (phloem)

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Why do leaves have a waxy layer

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Waxy layer and upper epidermis are translucent to allow light to pass through to the palisade cells

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What you can you do to test if photosynthesis has taken place

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Leaves can be tested for starch by using iodine

Turns from yellow to blue black

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The inverse square law

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Light is proportional to 1/distance (d) ^2

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Factors limiting the rate of photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide, as levels increase so does the rate of photosynthesis
Temperature, as temp increases, so does rate until 45*C
Light intensity

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Hydroponics

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Artificial growing system that uses water instead of soil, the roots are given minerals in a controlled manner
Crops sold to supermarkets

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Advantages of hydroponics

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5 times the yield compared to growing on a field
No need for weed killers or pest killers
Less harmful to environment (eutrophication)
Can monitor and manipulate O2 and minerals

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Disadvantages of hydroponics

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More workers so more costly
Computers and monitoring systems can be costly
Expensive to start up business

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Small holding

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Small area of land where different crops grown
Beans always grown because they contain nitrate (leguminous) needed for other plants to grow
Every year plants rotated and planted in place of crop before so they all get nutrients needed to grow

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Arable farming

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Farms crops (wheat and oil seed rape) in area of large land 
After harvest, stubble plunged back into ground 
Fertiliser is added to keep mineral levels right
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What is respiration

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Releasing energy from food

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Equation for aerobic respiration (word)

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Oxygen + glucose —> Carbon Dioxide + water (+energy)

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Equation for aerobic respiration (formula)

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6O2 + C6H12O6 —> 6CO2 + 6H2O

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What is aerobic respiration and where does it take place

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Takes place in every living cell or specialised membranes
Enzyme controlled reaction
Reaction transfers energy from glucose into energy (exothermic)

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What are the membranes in eukaryotes and prokaryotes involved in aerobic respiration

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Eukaryotes- the membranes are in the mitochondria

Prokaryotes- the membranes are called mesosomes

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Oxygen in aerobic respiration

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Breathed in through lungs —> blood —> circulates, diffuses into all cells

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Glucose in aerobic respiration
Digested into digestive system —> absorbed into blood —> diffuses into cells
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Carbon dioxide in aerobic respiration
Produced by respiration in cells, diffuses into blood then carried around body to alveoli, then diffuses into lungs and breathed out
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Water in aerobic respiration
Produced by cells in respiration, diffuses out into blood by osmosis, circulates around body then excess removed through sweat, urine and breath
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Use of energy in aerobic respiration
Used for contraction of muscles, active transport, chemical reactions within cells, cell division and protein synthesis
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Role of cytoplasm in aerobic respiration
Where enzymes are made, locations of reactions in aerobic respiration
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Role of nucleus in aerobic respiration
Holds genetic code for enzymes involved in respiration
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Role of mitochondria in aerobic respiration
Contains enzymes for aerobic respiration
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Roll of cell membrane in aerobic respiration
Allows gases and water to pass freely into and out of cell. Controls passage of other molecules
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What are mitochondria
Small rod shaped organelles found in most eukaryotic cells. | Folded inner membrane-large surface area for enzymes involved in aerobic respiration
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What does the number of mitochondria in a cell show
How active the cell is
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muscles
Use of lost of energy for movement, support, breathing and circulation Muscle tissue made of protein fibres that occur in big blocks or groups called muscles Contract to cause movement, relax when role is finished
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Effect of exercise on muscles
Contract using energy from respiration Contain many mitochondria Contain glycogen stores
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What is glycogen
Carbohydrate that is rapidly hydrolysed into glucose
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Change of heart and lung functions during exercise
Increase in heart rate, breathing rate and breath volume Glycogen stores in muscles converted to glucose for cellular respiration Flow of oxygenated blood to muscles increases
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What's the function of glycogen
The store of energy that can be converted back to glucose to be used for cellular respiration
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Why do muscles contain a store of glycogen when most other body tissues don't?
Normal cells get glucose form diffusion and muscles work hardest so need a store of glycogen for contraction
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What is anaerobic respiration
Respiration without oxygen During vigorous exercise cells become short of oxygen because not supplied fast enough bust energy can still be obtained through glucose but without the oxygen
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Equation for anaerobic respiration
Glucose —> lactic acid + energy (small amounts)
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Muscle fatigue
Muscle fibres become fatigued after carrying out long exercise Stop contracting efficiently Very short of oxygen so switch to anaerobic respiration
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Efficiency of anaerobic respiration
Not as efficient Less energy is released than during aerobic respiration Without oxygen, the break down of glucose molecule is incomplete
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Oxygen debt
After exercise heart and breathing rate remain high Length of time out of breath depends on fitness Lactic acid can't be breathed out Lactic acid has to be broken down needing oxygen. Known as oxygen debt
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Equation for oxygen debt
Lactic acid + oxygen —> Carbon Dioxide + water
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Role of liver in breakdown of lactic acid
As lactic acid accumulates in muscle cells, it enter bloodstream. Liver soaks up circulating lactate, when resting, liver is busy oxidising lactic acid into carbon dioxide and water
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How do the arteries supplying the leg muscle alter the rate of blood flow through them during exercise
The arteries dilate to allow more blood flow
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How does an increase in heart rate help a student during exercise
Muscles use more energy and more energy is released Muscles respire faster and supply more oxygen and glucose They remove CO2 lactic acid and heat to cool the muscle cells
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What is metabolism
Sum of all reactions in a cell or the body Energy transferred by respiration in cells is used by the organism for the continual enzyme controlled process of metabolism that synthesise new molecules
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Types of metabolism
There are hundreds of chemical reactions taking place in our body at any one time

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