All living things respire to
release energy from food
Respiration: The process of
releasing energy from glucose,
which goes on in every cell
Aerobic respiration
Respiration using oxygen
Most efficient way to
release energy from glucose
Goes on all the time in plants & animals
Most reactions happen
inside mitochondria
Glucose + oxygen ---> carbon dioxide + water + ENERGY
Energy released is used to...
Build up larger molecules
from smaller ones
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Like proteins from amino acids
(In animals) allow muscles to contract
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Which allows them to move about
(In mammals & birds)
keep body temp. steady
(In plants) build sugars, nitrates & other
nutrients into amino acids, then proteins
Exercise increases heart rate
Muscles made of muscle cells -
aerobically respire to contract muscles
Increase in muscle activity requires more glucose
& oxygen to be supplied & extra carbon dioxide
to be removed - blood has to flow at faster rate
Physical activity increases...
Breathing rate & makes you breathe more
deeply - to meet demand for extra oxgen
Speed at which heart pumps
Glycogen is used during exercise
Some glucose from food stored as glycogen
Glycogen mainly stored in liver
- each muscle has own store
During vigorous exercise, muscles use glucose
rapidly - some of the glycogen is converted back
to glucose (to provide more energy)
Anaerobic respiration
Respiration without oxygen
Doesn't release as much energy as aerobic
Incomplete breakdown of glucose
Glucose ---> ENERGY + lactic acid
Causes lactic acid build up in muscles
- painful & causes muscle fatigue
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Muscle fatigue: when muscles get tired & stop contracting efficiently
Can allow use of muscles for longer
Leads to oxygen debt
Have to 'repay' oxygen that
didn't reach muscles in time
Have to breathe hard for a while
after stopping to get more oxgygen
into blood - blood flows through
muscles to remove lactic acid by
oxidising it to carbon dioxide & water
While high levels of carbon
dioxide & lactic acid detected -
pulse & breathing rate stay high