Aerobic Respiration

What are the waste products of aerobic respiration?

• water

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• glucose

What gas diffuses from the alveoli into the red blood cells.

• water

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• glucose

Why do cells need to carry out respiration?

• To release energy

• To produce water

• To produce carbon dioxide

• To stay alive

What reactants are needed for aerobic respiration.

• oxygen and water

• glucose and oxygen

• water and carbon dioxide

• glucose and carbon dioxide

Where does respiration happen?

• inside cells; in the cell membrane

• inside cells; in the chloroplasts

• inside cells; in the chlorophyll

• inside cells; in the mitochondria

Plants also carry out aerobic respiration.

• True

• False

Plants produce carbon dioxide at night when they are respiring and not photosynthesising.

• True

• False

When talking about respiration, aerobic means...

• without oxygen

• with oxygen

• with glucose

• without glucose

What processes are needed for glucose to get from your food to your cells? (in the correct order!)

• absorption, digestion, diffusion

• digestion, absorption, circulation, diffusion

• digestion, circulation, diffusion

• circulation, absorption, digestion

What carries oxygen around the body?

• the blood; white blood cells

• the blood; red blood cells

• the blood; blood plasma

• the blood; platelets