Respiration

By: Jason Greene, Tea Corson, Kara Heenan, Katarina Backo

What is Respiration

Organisms break down glucose to release carbon dioxide and water.

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The chemical energy in glucose (sugar) make high-energy ATP.

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ATP helps us perform daily tasks.

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Vocab

• Mitochondrion - any of various round or long cellular organelles of most eukaryotes that are found outside the nucleus, produce energy for the cell through cellular respiration, and are rich in fats, proteins and enzymes.
• Krebs Cycle - a sequence of reactions in the living organism in which oxidation of acetic acid or acetyl equivalent provides energy for storage in phosphate bonds (as in ATP).
• Cristae - the infoldings or inward projections of the inner membrane of the mitochondrion
• Glucose - a type of sugar that is found in plants and fruits

In the [human] organism

Respiration is

achieved through

the mouth, nose,

trachea, and

diaphragm.

Another name for it

is ventilatory system.

In the [human] cell.

Lets take apart respiration piece by piece.

• First way to ATP: Starts with Electrons that carry NADH and Glycolysis combine to make at ATP

• Second way to ATP: Starts with Glycolysis to krebs Cycle to make ATP

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• Third way to ATP: Glycolysis to krebs cycle to Electrons transport chain makes ATP.

Function

The function is to add 0₂ (Oxygen) and glucose to make ATP which is energy.

Equation

C₆H₁₂O₆+6O₂→ 6CO₂+6H₂O+Energy (ATP)