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6. Respiration

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Total cards: 22•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Can energy be created

Back (Answer)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, and exists in a number of forms

#2
Front (Question)

Name the 8 forms of energy

Back (Answer)

Potential, kinetic, heat, electrical, light, sound, chemical, atomic

#3
Front (Question)

What do all cells need

Back (Answer)

Energy, life cannot be sustained without energy

#4
Front (Question)

What is the source of energy

Back (Answer)

The sun is the source of energy in all living things

#5
Front (Question)

How can food be discovered to have energy

Back (Answer)

If we burn food its energy is released as heat, like fuel All food contains energy

#6
Front (Question)

What is a more effective way of finding if food contains energy

Back (Answer)

By using a calorimeter, increased surface area on the coiled copper wire, heatproof platform keeps heat in, stirrer disperses heated water

#7
Front (Question)

Which contains more energy, carbohydrates, protein or lipids (fat)

Back (Answer)

LIPID - 32kj/g Protein - 17kj/g Carbohydrate - 16kj/g

#8
Front (Question)

How can energy be released

Back (Answer)

Respiration

#9
Front (Question)

What is the breakdown of glucose with oxygen present called

Back (Answer)

Aerobic respiration

#10
Front (Question)

Explain the dry mass experiment

Back (Answer)

Peas in vacuum flask, temps recorded at start and after being left for a few days

#11
Front (Question)

What does a respirometer do

Back (Answer)

A respirometer measures the rate at which an organism respired

#12
Front (Question)

How does a respirometer work

Back (Answer)

Liquid is sucked up tube by disappearance of oxygen Rate water moves = rate of respiration

#13
Front (Question)

What do respiring organisms produce

Back (Answer)

Water and carbon dioxide

#14
Front (Question)

What is ATP

Back (Answer)

Vitally important, as it is a source of immediate energy which all cells can access

#15
Front (Question)

How are the three Phosphates joined

Back (Answer)

By high energy bonds, which store the energy

#16
Front (Question)

What is the ATP equation

Back (Answer)

ADP + P(i) + energy ATP

#17
Front (Question)

What are the roles of ATP

Back (Answer)

To store and release energy To provide a link between energy releasing reactions and energy consuming reactions

#18
Front (Question)

What is aerobic respiration

Back (Answer)

Takes place in all cells and is essential to life Series of enzyme controlled reactions released in a controlled fashion Glucose + Oxygen > Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy

#19
Front (Question)

Describe glycolysis

Back (Answer)

Breakdown of glucose in the cytoplasm Anaerobic Breaks down to 2x pyruvate and 2 ATP are produced

#20
Front (Question)

Describe aerobic stage

Back (Answer)

Further breakdown of glucose in mitochondrion Oxygen required Kreb’s cycle - as pyruvate goes into cycle and through it, it loses 3x carbon dioxide Breaks down to 2x 18 (36) ATP, carbon dioxide, and water

#21
Front (Question)

What is the total ATP production

Back (Answer)

Glycolysis = 2 ATP Aerobic stage = 36 ATP TOTAL = 38 ATP

#22
Front (Question)

Describe fermentation

Back (Answer)

Less efficient, produces toxic waste Animal - In cytoplasm, anaerobic, 2 ATP produced - Pyruvate > Lactate - Reversible process, when oxygen is available - Oxygen debt, repaid by rapid breathing Plant - In cytoplasm, anaerobic, 2 ATP produced - Pyruvate > Ethanol + carbon dioxide - Irreversible process - Carbon dioxide is given off leaving only 2, when pyruvate needs 3