Discover Biology G.C.E.

'N' Level Science: Textbook Answers Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Respiration in Humans

Quick Check (page 126)

Glucose + oxygen à carbon dioxide + water + large amount of energy

Test Yourself 10.1 (page 127)

Aerobic respiration Anaerobic respiration

Oxygen requirement Oxygen required Oxygen not required
Waste products formed Carbon dioxide and water Lactic acid
Amount of energy released Large amount Small amount

Investigation 10.1 (page 131)

5. A white precipitate has formed in the limewater in flask B. The limewater in flask A
remains clear.

6. Expired air contains more carbon dioxide than inspired air.

Investigation 10.2 (page 132)

3. Expired air has a higher temperature than inspired air.

Test Yourself 10.2 (page 132)

X – Low
Y – High
Z – High

Quick Check (page 134)

External nostrils à nasal passages à pharynx à larynx à trachea à bronchi à bronchioles

à alveoli in lungs

Test Yourself 10.3 (page 134)

Carbon monoxide, tar and irritants

Get It Right (page 136)

(a) False
In anaerobic respiration in humans, no carbon dioxide is released.
(b) False
Anaerobic respiration occurs in human muscles when muscular contractions are so
vigorous that maximum aerobic respiration is unable to release energy fast enough to
meet the demand.
(c) True
(d) True

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Let’s Review (page 136 – 137)

Section A: Multiple-Choice Questions

1. C
2. C
3. B

Section B: Structured Questions

1. (a) A – one-cell thick alveolar wall
B – thin film of moisture
C – red blood cell
(b) Oxygen dissolves in the film of moisture on the alveolar wall. Dissolved oxygen
diffuses through the alveolar wall into the blood capillary. Once inside the blood
capillary, oxygen combines with haemoglobin in the red blood cell to form
oxyhaemoglobin.
(c) Alveolar walls are one-celled thick, moist and well supplied with blood capillaries.

2. (a) B
(b) Emphysema
(c) Tar
(d) Carbon monoxide

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