Respiration (Cambridge O Level Biology)

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A student investigated respiration in yeast. They set up the experiment as shown in the diagram below.

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Every 30 minutes they replaced the water with the same volume but it was 10 oC warmer and counted the bubbles given off in 2 minutes. 

What are the independent and dependent variables in this experiment?

  independent dependent
A number of bubbles time
B time number of bubbles
C water temperature number of bubbles
D water temperature volume of water

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Which of the following do humans require energy for?

  1. Producing proteins
  2. Cell division
  3. Generation of nerve impulses
  4. Maintaining body temperature
  • 1 & 3

  • 2, 3 & 4

  • 4 only

  • All of the above

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The graph below shows the results of an investigation into how the rate of respiration of an organism is affected by changing the temperature.

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Which of the following statements would explain the difference between the rate of respiration at 10 °C and that at 30 °C?

  • Enzyme activity is higher at 30 °C because more frequent collisions are occurring than at 10 °C.

  • Enzyme activity at 30 °C is lower because the bonds holding an enzyme together are altered at higher temperatures.

  • Enzyme activity is at its optimum at 30 °C, meaning the rate is at its highest.

  • Enzyme activity is lower at 10 °C because the enzymes are denatured and therefore unable to bind to their substrates.

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