weak topics!!!

• What is respiration not equivalent to?

  Breathing in and out
• What does respiration involve?

  Many reactions transferring energy for living processes
• What is the primary purpose of respiration?

  To transfer energy from glucose breakdown
• Where does respiration occur?

  In every cell of the body
• Do plants also undergo respiration?

  Yes, all living things respire
• What type of reaction is respiration?

  Exothermic
• What is metabolism?

  All chemical reactions in an organism
• What controls the chemical reactions in a cell?

  Enzymes
• How are many reactions in metabolism linked?

  To form bigger reactions
• What happens to larger molecules in some metabolic reactions?

  They are broken down into smaller ones
• What is glucose broken down into during respiration?

  Energy
• What is produced when excess protein is broken down?

  Urea
• How is urea excreted from the body?

  In urine
• What does the sum of all reactions in a cell represent?

  The organism's metabolism
• oxygen debt is the amount of extra oxygen the body needs to take in after exercise to restore to normal state by breaking down lactic acid and replenishing oxygen levels in the blood/muscles