OCR Gateway GCSE Biology

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1.3 Respiration

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Which statement best summarises cellular respiration?

  • Stored chemical energy is transferred from organic molecules to ATP

  • Food is broken down into glucose

  • Oxygen diffuses into red blood cells

  • Energy in the form of ATP is used in metabolic processes

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Glucose is broken down in the chemical processes of aerobic respiration.

Which row of the table below shows the correct products of this breakdown?

  energy water lactic acid carbon dioxide
A X X X
B X X
C X X
D X

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Which statement best describes why our bodies heat-up when we exercise?

  • Our bodies take in heat from the surrounding environment

  • Cellular respiration is an exothermic reaction

  • There is a greater demand for oxygen when exercising

  • Cellular respiration is an endothermic reaction

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Which of the following processes would release the most energy in a cell from one molecule of glucose?

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Aerobic respiration in yeast

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Aerobic respiration in animals

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Aerobic respiration in plants

  • 2 only

  • 3 only

  • 1 & 3

  • All of the above

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The diagram below shows an experiment set up by a group of students to investigate respiration in standard baker's yeast.

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Which row of the table below correctly describes the contents of the flask after 20 hours?

  new compound gas evolved
A ethanol (alcohol) oxygen
B ethanol (alcohol) carbon dioxide
C lactic acid oxygen
D lactic acid carbon dioxide

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Which molecule is not a polymer?

  • DNA

  • Lipid

  • Protein

  • Starch

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This is a cell.

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Where does cellular respiration occur?

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What are proteins made of?

  • Amino acids

  • Fatty acids

  • Nucleotides

  • Sugars

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What is the word equation for aerobic respiration?

  • Carbon dioxide + water ➞ glucose + oxygen

  • Glucose + carbon dioxide ➞ oxygen + water

  • Glucose + oxygen ➞ carbon dioxide + water

  • Oxygen + water ➞ glucose + carbon dioxide

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What type of reactions are photosynthesis and respiration?

  photosynthesis respiration
A endothermic endothermic
B endothermic exothermic
C exothermic endothermic
D exothermic exothermic

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Which two substances are products of anaerobic respiration in yeast?

  • Carbon dioxide and ethanol

  • Carbon dioxide and water

  • Oxygen and ethanol

  • Oxygen and water

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Pond snails and pondweed are living in water in sealed test tubes.q2-paper1h-june2019-ocrgcsebio

Carbon dioxide dissolves in water and forms an acid.

In which test tube would the water become most acidic?

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

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The diagram shows positive results in two different food tests.q8-paper1h-june2019-ocrgcsebio

What do the results show in each tube?

  Tube 1 Tube 2
A sugar lipid
B starch sugar
C protein sugar
D starch protein

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Aerobic respiration occurs all the time in plant cells but photosynthesis only occurs in daylight.

Why is more energy released by a plant cell during the night?

  • Photosynthesis is endothermic taking in energy and aerobic respiration is exothermic.

  • Photosynthesis is exothermic taking in energy and aerobic respiration is endothermic.

  • Aerobic respiration is exothermic taking in energy and photosynthesis is endothermic.

  • Aerobic respiration is endothermic taking in energy and photosynthesis is exothermic.

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Which monomer is used to make proteins?

  • Amino acid

  • Fatty acid

  • Glucose

  • Glycerol

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When the enzyme lipase is mixed with a lipid which of the following will increase in concentration?

  • Amino acids

  • Fatty acids and glycerol

  • Glucose and fructose

  • Starch

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