KS3 Biology: 8B Respiration

KS3 Biology
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 energy which

comes from digested food.
Glucose from digested carbohydrate is an important
substance that contains stored chemical energy .
When glucose reacts with oxygen a lot of energy is

released.
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):
carbo
gluco oxyge n ener
se dioxid water gy
n
e
from the from the waste waste useful!

digestive breathing product product
system system exhaled exhaled
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:
carbo
fuel oxyge n
dioxid water
n
e
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
Summary activities
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The body’s transport system
The dissolved food and
oxygen needed for
respiration are carried lung
around the body by the s
circulation system.
includes the blood, blood
vessels, the heart and
the lungs.
Which part of the
circulation system
actually carries dissolved body’s
food and oxygen to the
body’s cells? 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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8B Respiration
Releasing energy
Summary activities
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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 exhaled air
nitrogen (78%) nitrogen (78%)

oxygen (21%) oxygen (17%)
carbon dioxide carbon dioxide
(0.04%) (4%)
other other
How could you test for the differences between inhaled and
exhaled air?
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Releasing energy
Summary activities
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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.
carbo
gluco oxyge n ener
se dioxid water
n gy
e
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:
gluco lactic ener

se acid gy
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Not enough oxygen!
gluco lactic ener
se acid gy
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.
carbo
lactic oxyge n
acid dioxid water
n
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Anaerobic respiration: word equation activity
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8B Respiration
Releasing energy
Summary activities
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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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The circulation system

The breathing system

The body needs a constant supply of energy which

When glucose reacts with oxygen a lot of energy is

from the from the waste waste useful!

This type of respiration is called aerobic respiration because

When something burns, heat and light energy are

However, combustion is different because it is not a

The circulation system

The breathing system

What happens to the pulse rate whilst

The circulation system

The breathing system

Breathing in is also known as inhalation. When you inhale

Each alveolus has a thin wall so that gas exchange between

inhaled air exhaled air

nitrogen (78%) nitrogen (78%)

The circulation system

The breathing system

gluco lactic ener

The circulation system

The breathing system

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