Cellular respiration
I can describe what cellular respiration is and explain why it happens in all living organisms all the time.
Cellular respiration
I can describe what cellular respiration is and explain why it happens in all living organisms all the time.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Cellular respiration is a chemical process that uses glucose, from food, as a fuel to provide energy for life processes.
- Examples of life processes that require energy from cellular respiration.
- Cellular respiration happens in all living organisms all the time to provide the energy to keep them alive.
- Differences between breathing and respiration.
Keywords
Cell - A cell is the smallest living building block of an organism.
Cellular respiration - Cellular respiration is a chemical process that uses glucose, from food, as a fuel to provide energy for life processes.
Glucose - Glucose is a sugar that our cells use as fuel for cellular respiration.
Breathing - Breathing is the process in which air is moved in and out of the lungs.
Mitochondria - Mitochondria are cell organelles in which cellular respiration takes place in animals and plants.
Common misconception
Thinking that only animals respire, and that plants only photosynthesise (and do not respire).
This lesson uses examples of plants respiring in order to address this misconception.
Licence
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
This causes air to move into the lungs.
This causes air to move out of the lungs.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
is where respiration takes place in plants and animals.
is where respiration takes place in bacteria.
