Respiration

• Respiration


  The process of transferring energy from the breakdown of glucose (sugar)
• Respiration is not breathing in and breathing out
• Respiration involves many reactions that are really important as they transfer the energy
• Respiration goes on in every cell in your body continuously
• Respiration happens in plants too, as all living things respire
• Respiration is the process of transferring energy from glucose, which goes on in every cell
• Respiration


  The process of transferring energy
• Respiration is exothermic - it transfers energy to the environment
• Metabolism involves many reactions in a cell
• Many of these metabolic reactions are involved in respiration
• Respiration


  1. Transfers energy for all kinds of things

  2. To build up larger molecules from smaller ones

  3. In animals it's used to allow the muscles to contract

  4. In mammals and birds the energy is used to keep their body temperature steady in colder surroundings
• Respiration releases energy