Cellular Respiration

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What does metabolism mean?

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Converting food into energy.

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What is the waste gas given off by cellular respiration?

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Carbon dioxide.

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Which process provides humans with the glucose needed for cellular respiration?

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Digestion.

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What is the energy molecule produced during cellular respiration?

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ATP.

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What main food group do we get most of our energy from?

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Carbohydrates.

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What is cellular respiration?

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The process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy, carbon dioxide, and water.

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What is the role of oxygen in cellular respiration?

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Oxygen is used to help convert glucose into energy.

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What are the two main stages of cellular respiration?

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Glycolysis and the Krebs cycle.

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Where does cellular respiration occur in the cell?

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In the mitochondria.

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What is glycolysis?

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The first step of cellular respiration that breaks down glucose into pyruvate.