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8) Animal Exchange & Transport Flashcards

1
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What factors affect the rate of diffusion?

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Temperature
Concentration gradient
Membrane surface area

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What is the surface area to volume ratios for most small organisms?

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High surface area to volume ratio

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Are multi-celled or single-celled organisms more likely to rely on diffusion?

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Single-celled organisms

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What would the surface area to volume ratio be for a cube with a volume of 8cm^3 and a surface area of 24cm^2?

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3:1

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What is Flick’s law?

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rate of diffusion = (surface area x concentration difference) / thickness of membrane

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6
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What are exchange surfaces?

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Surfaces adapted to maximise the efficiency of a gas and solute exchange across them

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7
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What adaptations do exchange surfaces have? (4)

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Ventilation
Blood supply
Large surface area
Thin membrane

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8
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Why does a thin membrane increase rate of diffusion?

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Reduced diffusion distance

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9
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Why does a large surface area increase rate of diffusion?

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More of a substance can diffuse at the same time

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10
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Why does a good blood supply increase rate of diffusion?

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Blood vessels replenish blood supply to maintain at high concentration gradient

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11
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Why does good ventilation increase rate of diffusion?

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A high concentration gradient is maintained

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12
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How are exchange surfaces ventilated?

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Through breathing

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13
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What are examples of exchange surfaces?

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Small intestine
Alveoli
Gills
Roots
Leaves
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14
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What do leaves exchange?

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Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

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15
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What do roots exchange?

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Water

Minerals

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16
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What do gills exchange?

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Oxygen dissolved in water

Carbon dioxide in bloodstream

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17
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What do alveoli exchange?

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Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

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18
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What does the small intestine exchange?

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Nutrients from digested food

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19
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What fluid is blood made up of?

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Plasma

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20
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What are tissues?

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Groups of similar cells that act together to perform a similar function

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21
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What is blood?

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A tissue

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22
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What are red blood cells also called?

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Erythrocytes

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23
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What are the two types of white blood cell?

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Phagocytes

Lymphocytes

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24
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What components are suspended in blood plasma?

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White blood cells
Red blood cells
Platelets

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25
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What are platelets responsible for?

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Blood clotting at wound sites

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26
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What are platelets?

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Small cell fragments without a nucleus

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27
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What are red blood cells responsible for?

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Transporting oxygen from the lungs to all body cells

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28
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What are white blood cells responsible for?

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Defending against infection

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29
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How are red blood cells adapated to their function?

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Haemoglobin
Small size
Bioconcave shape
No nucleus

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30
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Why don’t red blood cells have a nucleus?

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To have more room for haemoglobin to maximise oxygen carried

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31
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Why do red blood cells have a bioconcave shape?

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To increase their surface area

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32
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Why do red blood cells have a small size?

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To pass through tiny capillaries

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33
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What additional sub-cellular structure do white blood cells have compared to red blood cells?

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A nucleus

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34
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What is strange about white blood cells’ shape?

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It can change

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35
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Why can white blood cells change their shape?

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To squeeze through blood vessel walls into body tissues

To engulf harmful microorganisms

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36
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What are the 3 types of blood vessels?

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Capillaries
Arteries
Veins

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37
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What carries blood around the body?

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Blood vessels

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38
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What do arteries transport?

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Oxygenated blood from the heart to the body

39
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How have arteries adapted to perform their function?

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Thick muscle walls

Elastic fibres

40
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Why do artieres have thick muscular walls?

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To make them strong and able to cope with the high pressure blood pumped from the heart

41
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What is the only artery that doesn’t carry oxygenated blood?

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Pulmonary artery

42
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What do veins transport?

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Deoxygenated blood from the organs to the heart

43
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What is the only vein that doesn’t carry deoxygenated blood?

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Pulmonary vein

44
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How are veins different to arteries?

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Thinner walls due to lower pressure
Wider lumen
Valves

45
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Why do veins have valves?

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To prevent the backflow of blood

46
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What do arteries branch into?

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Capillaries

47
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When do veins form?

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When capillaries join up after passing through the body

48
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What waste product is exchanged in capillaries?

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Caron dioxide

49
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What useful products are exchanged in capillaries?

A

Food

Oxygen

50
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Why do capillaries have very thin walls?

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To allow the rate of diffusion to be quicker

51
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What do arteries branch into?

A

Capillaries

52
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What in the heart acts as a pacemaker?

A

A group of cells in the right atrium

53
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What are the lower chambers of the heart called?

A

Ventricles

54
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What are the higher chambers of the heart called?

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Atria

55
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How is the left ventricle different to the right ventricle?

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Thicker walls as blood is forced out at a high pressure

56
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What are the stages of a heart beat?

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1) Blood enters heart via atria
2) Once filled, atria contract and force blood to ventricles
3) When ventricles contract, blood exits the hearts

57
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What are the most important blood vessels?

A

Aorta
Vena Cava
Pulmonary artery
Plumonary vein

58
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What does the vena cava do?

A

Supply the heart with deoxygenated blood from the body

59
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What does the pulmonary vein do?

A

Supply the heart with oxygenated blood from the lungs

60
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What does the aorta do?

A

Supply the body with oxygenated blood from the heart

61
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What does the pulmonary artery do?

A

Supply the lungs with deoxygenated blood from the heart

62
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What do the coronary arteries do?

A

Supply the heart muscle with oxygenated blood

63
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What is cardiac output?

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The volume of blood pumped each minute

64
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What is the calculation for cardiac output?

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cardiac output = heart rate x stroke volume

65
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What is stroke volume?

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The volume of blood pumped out per beat

66
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What is heart rate?

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The number of heart beats per minute

67
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What are the 3 key components of the human circulatory system?

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Blood vessels
Blood
Heart

68
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Why is the human circulatory system ‘double’?

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Blood passes through the heart twice per circuit

69
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What is the human passage of oxygen?

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Mouth/nose –> trachea –> bronchi –> bronchioles –> alveoli

70
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Where does gaseous exchange take place?

A

Alveoli

71
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What surrounds alveoli?

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A capillary network

72
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What are alveoli?

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Tiny air sacs in the lungs

73
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How are alveoli adapted to be efficient at exchanging substances?

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Large surface area

Surrounded by capillaries

74
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What are benefits of capillaries surrounding alveoli?

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Rich oxygen supply

Small distance for gases to diffuse

75
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How do oxygen and carbon dioxide move between the air and blood?

A

Diffusion

76
Q

What 4 reasons do cells and organisms need energy for?

A

Construction
Contraction
Homeostasis
Cellular respiration

77
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What cells does respiration happen in?

A

Every living cell

78
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What is energy used for in construction?

A

Making larger molecules from smaller molecules

79
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What are proteins made from in plants and animals?

A

Amino acids

80
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What is joined together to produce starch in plants?

A

Glucose molecules

81
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What type of reaction is respiration?

A

Exothermic

82
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What are the 2 types of respiration?

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Aerobic

Anaerobic

83
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What is the word equation for anaerobic respiration in animals?

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Glucose –> lactic acid

84
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When does anaerboic respiration happen?

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When insufficient oxygen reaches the muscles during intense activity

85
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What is the word equation for aerobic respiration?

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Glucose + oxygen –> carbon dioxide + water (+ energy)

86
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What is the symbol equation for aerobic respiration?

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C6H12O6 + 6O2 –> 6CO2 + 6H2O (+ energy)

87
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Where does aerobic respiration occur?

A

Mitochondria

88
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What is the word equation for anaerobic respiration in plant and yeast cells?

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Glucose –> ethanol + carbon dioxide

89
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What is fermentation?

A

Anaerobic respiration of yeast cells

90
Q

What is fermentation of yeast cells used for?

A

Bread and alcohol production

91
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What happens to glucose during respiration?

A

Aerobic- fully breaks down

Anaerobic- partially breaks down

92
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What does aerobic respiration produce more of compared to anaerobic respiration?

A

Energy

ATP

93
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What is a unit of energy?

A

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

94
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What piece of equipment is used to measure respiration rate?

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Respirometer

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