4.4 - Exercise

Question 1

Which type of respiration is more efficient, aerobic or anaerobic?

Aerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

justify your answer

Answer 1

aerobic

it produces more energy

Question 2

Which type of respiration requires oxygen, aerobic or anaerobic?

Aerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

Answer 2

Aerobic respiration requires oxygen.

Question 3

Which type of respiration leads to an oxygen debt, aerobic or anaerobic?

Answer 3

Anaerobic

Question 4

Which type of respiration leads to the build up of lactic acid, aerobic or anaerobic?

justify your answer

Answer 4

anaerobic

Because during anaerobic respiration, there’s no oxygen to fully break down glucose, so animal cells convert glucose into lactic acid to release some energy.

Question 5

Which organ in the body removes the lactic acid from the blood.

Answer 5

Liver

Question 6

To measure a persons _________ rate, we can count how many times their chest rises and falls in a given amount of time.

Answer 6

breathing