Is respiration a chemical process?
Yes
How many cells in your body use respiration?
All of them.
Is respiration breathing?
It is not but chemical reactions in all cells in your body.
How does aerobic respiration work?
Glucose and oxygen turn into carbon dioxide and water in the mitochondria. This creates energy.
Do certain cells have more need for respiration than others?
Yes, a muscle cell needs more respiration, so more energy, so mitochondria in that cell than a cheek cell.
What is the main food type that helps with aerobic respiration?
Starch.
What does anaerobic respiration do?
It has no oxygen. Turn glucose to lactic acid. This means poison. This is the reason in runs you get cramps.
How would you get rid of lactic acid after anaerobic respiration?
Oxygen helps get rid of lactic acid. This is why you breath so much after a race.
How can you test for carbon dioxide?
Blow through a straw into cloudy lime juice, if it turns cloudy, it contains carbon dioxide.
Do plants also have respiration?
Yes, though in anaerobic respiration is releases alcohol. Some plants take nutrients from the soil, some take it from other animals such as the Venus Flytrap.
