What is cellular respiration?
Q: What is cellular respiration?
A: Cellular respiration is the process that cells use to break up sugars and get energy they can use. It takes in food and uses it to create ATP, a chemical which the cell uses for energy.
Q: What are the two types of respiration?
A: The two types of respiration are aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration. Aerobic respiration uses oxygen and produces more energy than anaerobic respiration, but does not produce lactic acid. Anaerobic respiration does not use oxygen, but produces lactic acid instead.
Q: What is the formula for aerobic cellular respiration?
A: The formula for aerobic cellular respiration is C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy (as ATP). The word equation for this is Glucose (sugar) + Oxygen → Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy (as ATP).
Q: How many stages does aerobic cellular respiration have?
A: Aerobic cellular respiation has four stages - glycolysis, Link reaction, Krebs cycle, and electron transport chain - each of which is important and could not happen without the one before it.
Q: What happens to carbon dioxide produced during aerobic cellular respiraton?
A: Carbon dioxide produced during aerobic cellular respiraton enters the circulatory system where it travels to the lungs where it is exchanged for oxygen.
Q: What type of waste product does anaerobic respiraton produce?
A: Anaerobic respiraton produces lactic acid as a waste product while aerobic respiraton produces carbon dioxide as a waste product.
