Respiration
Respiration: Overview
This topic explains respiration, a process of oxidation of digested food by the oxygen inhaled during breathing. There can be aerobic and anaerobic respiration. During respiration, glucose is used to produce the energy within a cell, with the help of mitochondria.
Important Questions on Respiration
Write the flowchart to show the breakdown of glucose by various pathways in the cytoplasm of living organisms.
Write one function of bronchioles in respiration.
Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the bracket.
The volume of air that holds in the _____ after a forceful exhalation is called residual volume. (windpipe, lungs, heart)
The volume of air which remains still in the lung after the most forceful expiration is called tidal volume.
In intense conditions such as heavy exercises, muscles require too much energy. So this intense energy requirement during heavy exercise results in a lack of 'X' thereby causing the muscle cells to make product 'Y' through 'Z' respiration. The type of respiration mentioned as 'Z' is anaerobic or aerobic?
Yeast can be used to conduct the experiment related to anaerobic respiration.
During the process of anaerobic respiration, carbon dioxide is released. If it passes through the tube of lime water, the colour of lime water becomes pink.
The rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than that seen in terrestrial organisms because
Which of the following represents aerobic respiration?
Discuss different breathing organs of other animals except for human beings.
Explain the mechanism of breathing in human beings.
