Getting the Energy your Body Needs

Understanding how muscles get energy

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1 How do we get energy? >

Rearrange the words and symbols on the cards on page 2 of this worksheet to make the respiration
equation.

2 Why do we need respiration? >>

Write a definition for each of these words (use a dictionary or the glossary in your Student Book):
a) respiration
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b) energy
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c) aerobic.
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Now write out the respiration equation and explain, in words, what it shows. Use all the words you
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3 Rearranging molecules >>>

We use symbols to represent atoms and molecules. For example, the symbol formula for the oxygen
molecule is O2.
a) Find the symbol formula for each of these molecules and explain what this tells us about what
each molecule contains:
i) glucose
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ii) carbon dioxide
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iii) water.
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b) Explain what has happened to each atom contained in glucose after respiration has taken place.
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oxygen water gluose

(energy) Æ   carbon dioxide

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