1. Write a word equation for aerobic respiration.
2.
What do plants use the energy from respiration for?
3.
What type of molecules control the rate of reactions inside cells?
4.
What part of the cell do most stages of aerobic respiration take place in?
5.
Why does anaerobic respiration release so much less energy than aerobic respiration?
6.
When does anaerobic respiration take place?
7.
What is the product of anaerobic respiration?
8.
Why do birds and mammals have a higher rate of respiration than reptiles and fish?
9.
What’s the importance of ATP in the body?
10.
Why do muscle cells have lots of mitochondria?
11.
Why do athletes ‘carb load’ before a big race?
12.
What’s the difference between anaerobic and aerobic respiration? Which one do people do?
13.
What happens to muscles when they undergo long periods of hard activity? Why?
14. What is glycolysis? What does it do? Write an equation for it
15.
What would happen if our muscles performed alcoholic fermentation instead of lactic acid fermentation when
we work out?