Respiration

• Every cell needs energy to stay alive
• GLucose is broken down in a series of reactions called respiration
• Reactions are sped up using enzymes as biological catalysts
• Where does aerobic respiration occur?

  Mitochondira
• What gas is required for aerobic respiration?

  Oxygen
• What is a waste product of aerobic respiration?

  Water, Carbon Dioxide
• What controls the chemical reactions of respiration?

  Enzymes
• What is the word equation for aerobic respiration?


  Glucose + Oxygen --> Carbon Dioxide + Water + ATP energy
• Why is disinfectant needed when investigating germinating peas?

  To kill microbes and bacteria