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iGCSE Biology (0610)-12.1 Respiration – iGCSE Style Questions Paper 3

Question

(a) Define the term respiration.
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   (b) A rowing machine is a piece of apparatus that is used in many fitness centres.
          Fig. 4.1 shows a man training on a rowing machine. The man in the photograph has his arms
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          Use Fig. 4.2 to describe how the hand is moved closer to the chest during the rowing stroke.
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(c) The man has an intense workout on the rowing machine.
        Fig. 4.3 shows his oxygen uptake before and during the exercise.

(i) Explain why there is a steep increase in the man’s oxygen consumption at the start of the
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(ii) It took 10 minutes after the man had stopped rowing for his oxygen consumption to
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        On Fig. 4.3 draw a line between 20 minutes and 35 minutes to show the change in
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(iii) Explain why the man’s oxygen consumption did not return to the resting value
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Question

Choose words from the list to complete the sentences about respiration.
Each word may be used once, more than once or not at all.

alcohol    carbon    dioxide    glucose  
glycerol     lactic     acid     oxygen     water
During exercise muscle cells can respire anaerobically and convert ………………………………………..
to ……………………………………….. .
When yeast cells respire anaerobically they produce ……………………………………….. and
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