Respiration – check your understanding
Answer these questions and then find the answers in the word
search opposite - you can use your books to help you.
1) Name the 3 main blood vessels involved in your circulatory
system.
2) Where is oxygen absorbed into the blood?
3) Where is glucose absorbed into the blood?
4) Where does respiration take place?
5) What is the equation for aerobic respiration?
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Answers these questions as fully as you can, the
answers to these are NOT in the word search.
1) In your own words, explain how anaerobic respiration is
different from aerobic respiration in animals.
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2) Write the equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast.
3) What is the main product from this reaction used for?
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Extension questions:
1) What is meant by the term “oxygen debt”?
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2) Why must lactic acid be broken down very quickly after
exercise?
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