Respiration for Year 10s [Copy and paste this section into your project document]

This is an ICT research project to conclude the Humans as Organisms topic.

You are asked to produce a printed report, not more than four pages long, to show what you have found out. This should not be a pile of printed webpages, but a selection of information you have found and pasted into a Word folder and saved on the server.

1. Please explain the meaning of Aerobic and Anaerobic respiration.

2. Include the word equations:

a. Aerobic Respiration
glucose + oxygen = carbon dioxide + water (+ energy transferred)

b. Anaerobic respiration
glucose + oxygen = lactic acid (+ energy released)

3. Select words from the following list to complete the paragraph below:

molecules, all; large; temperature; smaller; contract; plants

Respiration is a process that takes place in .......... living cells.
Respiration transfers energy from food .......................... in animals and .........................
The energy from respiration is used to make .......................... molecules from .............. ones, to let muscles ................. and keep a constant body .............................

4. Select words from the following list to complete the paragraph below:

cramp; energy; shortage; oxygen; lactic; acid; respiring

Anaerobic respiration in humans produces ................ from glucose without needing .............
This means that when there is a ......................... of oxygen, cells can carry on .................. for a short time.
Anaerobic respiration releases ............. as a waste. This is a mild ........... and can cause .........

5. Fermentation. Explain what it is. Give the word equation.

Here are the websites recommended:

Aerobic Respiration

Sambal's Respiration page