Aeronic And Anaerobic Respiration

Question 1

What is the equation for aerobic respiration?

Answer 1

Glucose + oxygen = carbon dioxide + water

Question 2

What type of respiration is aerobic respiration?

Answer 2

Cellular respiration

Question 3

What is aerobic respiration?

Answer 3

A series of chemical reactions

Question 4

Where does aerobic respiration take place?

Answer 4

Inside the mitochondria

Question 5

What type of process is aerobic respiration?

Answer 5

Exothermic process

Question 6

What are the advantages of anaerobic respiration?

Answer 6

-Anaerobic respiration is useful for muscle cells - releases energy to allow muscles to contract
-Can continue in organisms that have no/very limited oxygen supply

Question 7

What are the disadvantages of anaerobic respiration?

Answer 7

-Anaerobic respiration releases meds energy from each molecule of glucose than aerobic respiration
-Lactic acid is not removed from body- cusses pain

Question 8

What are the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?

Answer 8

• aerobic respiration requires oxygen
• aerobic respiration releases lots of energy and anaerobic produces less
• aerobic respiration breaks down completely and anaerobic only breaks down to lactic acid