B4 Flashcards
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what is respiration?
transferring energy from the breakdown of glucose
how do plants make glucose
photosynthesis
how do animals make glucose
breaking down biomass
what is ATP
it stores the energy that is used for essential processes like breaking and making molecules, active transport and contracting muscles
why does cellular respiration occur continuously in all living cells
bcs organisms need the energy to survive
is respiration exothermic or endothermic
exothermic because it transfers energy to the environment
what is aerobic respiration
- plenty of oxygen available
- most efficient way of transferring energy from glucose
equation for aerobic respiration
glucose and oxygen –> carbon dioxide and water
where does aerobic respiration take place in eukaryotic cells
mitochondria bcs it contains most of the enzymes needed to control aerobic respiration reactions
how can u work out rate of respiration from substrate practical
volume of CO2/time
what is anaerobic respiration
respiration without oxygen
when does anaerobic respiration happen
when theres little or no oxygen available
where does anaerobic respiration
cytoplasm
anaerobic respiration in human cells
during vigorous exercise, he body cant supply enough
anaerobic respiration in plant cells
when the soil is waterlogged, therell be no oxygen for the roots so anaerobic
anaerobic respiration in bacterial cells
when bacteria is somewhere with a lack of oxygen
animals anaerobic respiration equation
glucose –> lactic acid
plants and some microorganisms anaerobic respiration equation
glucose –> ethanol and carbon dioxide
aerobic and anaerobic points for comparison:
conditions, input, outputs and ATP yield
conditions, input, outputs and ATP yield
aerobic: oxygen present, glucose and oxygen, carbon dioxide and water, 32 ATP per molecule of glucose
anaerobic: lack of oxygen, glucose, lactic acid/ethanol and carbon dioxide and 2 ATP per molecule of glucose
what is in the cell cycle
interphase and mitosis
what does the cell cycle do?
makes new cells for growth and repair
what is mitosis used for
to grow (by dividing) or replace cells that have been damaged
how to estimate number of cells after multiple divisions of mitosis
2^n
n=number of divisions
what could affect the total number of cells
cells could die or lack of food meaning the cells could divide at slower rate