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8B Respiration
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8B Respiration
Releasing energy
The circulation system
The breathing system
Anaerobic respiration
Summary activities
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How is digested food used by the body?
The body needs a constant supply of
comes from digested food.
energy
which
Glucose from digested carbohydrate is an important
substance that contains stored chemical energy .
When glucose reacts with oxygen a lot of
released.
energy is
In the body’s cells, glucose and oxygen react to release
energy . Some of this is released as heat and the rest is
used by the cells.
The release of energy from glucose is called…
respiration
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What is respiration?
Respiration is the process that the body uses to release
energy from digested food (glucose):
glucose
from the
digestive
system
oxygen
carbon
dioxide
water
energy
from the
breathing
system
waste
product
exhaled
waste
product
exhaled
useful!
This type of respiration is called aerobic respiration because
energy is released with oxygen.
How do the glucose and oxygen needed for aerobic
respiration get to the all the body’s cells?
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Aerobic respiration: word equation activity
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Comparing respiration and combustion
Burning is the reaction between a fuel and oxygen.
This reaction is called combustion:
fuel
oxygen
carbon
dioxide
water
When something burns, heat and light energy are
released and carbon dioxide and water are also produced,
so combustion is similar to respiration.
However, combustion is different because it is not a
controlled reaction. Respiration is a controlled reaction
which slowly releases energy from food in the body’s cells
and the cells do not catch fire!
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8B Respiration
Releasing energy
The circulation system
The breathing system
Anaerobic respiration
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The body’s transport system
The dissolved food and
oxygen needed for
respiration are carried
around the body by the
circulation system.
lungs
The circulation system
includes the blood, blood
vessels, the heart and
the lungs.
Which part of the
circulation system
actually carries dissolved
food and oxygen to the
body’s cells?
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Blood
The blood carries oxygen and dissolved food to all the body’s
cells so that respiration can take place.
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Your beating heart
The heart is made of very special
muscle called cardiac muscle.
This is because it has to keep
beating for the whole of a
person’s life!
If you tried to do the same action
repeatedly (like the heart does),
your muscles would get tired and
after a while stop working.
For example, if you keep clenching and unclenching your
hand, it will get tired and may even start to get cramp.
Why is it important for respiration that the heart keeps
beating?
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Different types of activity
What happens to the pulse rate whilst
someone is running?
The body needs to release more energy:
 so oxygen and glucose need to reach
muscle cells quickly;
 so blood is pumped around the body faster;
 so the pulse is faster.
What happens to the pulse rate whilst
someone is sleeping?
The body needs to release less energy:
 so oxygen and glucose need to reach muscle cells slowly;
 so blood is pumped around the body slower;
 so the pulse is slower.
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Releasing energy
The circulation system
The breathing system
Anaerobic respiration
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What is breathing?
The breathing system is used by the body
to get the oxygen needed for respiration.
It is also use to get rid of the waste product
of respiration, the gas carbon dioxide.
Breathing in and breathing out are separate
processes in the body:
Breathing in is also known as inhalation. When you inhale
you breathe in air, including oxygen, into your lungs.
Breathing out is also known as exhalation. When you
exhale you breathe out the contents of our lungs and getting
rid of the waste gas carbon dioxide.
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Inhalation
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The alveoli
In the lungs, oxygen travels to thousands of tiny air sacs
called alveoli. These are covered with tiny blood vessels.
The alveoli give the lungs a huge surface area which is equal
in size to the area of a tennis court!
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Gas exchange
Gas exchange takes place in the alveoli – oxygen is transferred
into the blood and carbon dioxide moves out of the blood.
Each alveolus has a thin wall so that gas exchange between
the lungs and the blood can take place quickly.
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Exhalation
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Comparing inhaled and exhaled air
What are the differences between inhaled and exhaled air?
inhaled air
nitrogen (78%)
oxygen (21%)
carbon dioxide (0.04%)
other
exhaled air
nitrogen (78%)
oxygen (17%)
carbon dioxide (4%)
other
How could you test for the differences between inhaled and
exhaled air?
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Releasing energy
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Anaerobic respiration
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Aerobic and anaerobic respiration
Aerobic respiration
When the body is able to supply the cells with the oxygen and
glucose that they need, it carries out aerobic respiration.
glucose
oxygen
carbon
dioxide
water
energy
Anaerobic respiration
When the body cannot supply the cells with the oxygen
needed to break down glucose, then it has to carry out
anaerobic respiration. Energy is released without oxygen:
glucose
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Not enough oxygen!
glucose
lactic
acid
energy
When anaerobic respiration takes place, the lactic acid
produced soaks the muscle cells and prevents muscles from
doing their job. This causes fatigue and sometimes cramp.
After activity that has lead to anaerobic
respiration, the person involved pants
and breathes heavily.
This happens because they need lots of
oxygen to get rid of lactic acid that has
built up in their body.
lactic
acid
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oxygen
carbon
dioxide
water
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Anaerobic respiration: word equation activity
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8B Respiration
Releasing energy
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Anaerobic respiration
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Glossary
 aerobic – The type of respiration that occurs with oxygen.
 alveoli – Tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange
takes place.
 anaerobic – The type of respiration that occurs without
oxygen.
 exhalation – The process of breathing out.
 glucose – A type of sugar that the body releases energy
from during respiration.
 inhalation – The process of breathing in.
 respiration – The process that the body uses to release
energy from digested food.
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Multiple-choice quiz
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