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Science
Breathing and respiration

Starter quiz

  • Living organisms undergo cellular respiration to provide ______ for life processes.
    • 'energy' ✓
  • True or false? Respiration takes place all of the time.
    • True ✓
    • False
  • Who’s right?
    • Sam: Respiration involves chemical reactions that take place inside cells.
      Sam: Respiration involves chemical reactions that take place inside cells.  ✓
    • Laura: Respiration only takes place in muscle cells.
      Laura: Respiration only takes place in muscle cells.
    • Izzy: Respiration is the same as breathing.
      Izzy: Respiration is the same as breathing.
  • True or false? Glucose can be described as a fuel.
    • True ✓
    • False
  • True or false? Breathing and cellular respiration are the same thing.
    • True
    • False ✓
  • Match the process to its description.
    • Breathing
      ⇔
      A mechanical process not involving chemical reactions. ✓
    • Respiration
      ⇔
      Chemical reactions that take place to provide energy. ✓
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