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What is the difference between breathing and respiration?
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Breathing is an exchange of gases.
Respiration is a reaction in the celss to release energy. |
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Write out the equation for respiration.
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Glucose + oxygen -> carbon dioxide + water + ENERGY
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What part of the air do we take into our blood and why?
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Oxygen - needed for respiration in cells - it is carried by red blood cells (Haemoglobin)
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What do we breathe out that is a waste product from respiration?
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Carbon Dioxide (dissolved in plasma in blood)
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Where does carbon dioxide come from?
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Respiration in cells, waste product
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What carries the oxygen in our blood?
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Haemoglobin in red blood cells
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What is the function of white blood cells in our body?
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to fight disease - two type: lymphocytes make antibodies, and phagocytes digest germs
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What vessesl carry blood away from the heart?
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arteries
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What vessels carry blood back to our heart?
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veins
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What is the name of the vessel that has thin walls, which helps food, oxygen and waste pass through to neighbouring cells?
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Capillaries
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