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This document contains a 35 question worksheet on the topic of respiration. The questions cover various types of respiration like aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration in yeast and muscles, and the reactants and products of each. It also contains related topics like gas exchange, energy release and experiments investigating respiration. The worksheet is for a Grade 9 IGCSE class and includes spaces to fill in the student and teacher names.

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Paper 2 Respiration

This document contains a 35 question worksheet on the topic of respiration. The questions cover various types of respiration like aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration in yeast and muscles, and the reactants and products of each. It also contains related topics like gas exchange, energy release and experiments investigating respiration. The worksheet is for a Grade 9 IGCSE class and includes spaces to fill in the student and teacher names.

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International 9-12 Academic Year 2020/2021

Second Semester
Worksheet No.( 6 )

Student Name: Grade / Sec : 9 IGCSE (1,2,3 and 4)


Subject / Topic : Respiration Date :
No of Pages : Teacher(s) Name: Sahar Smadi

Paper 2
1. What is produced by anaerobic respiration in yeast?

2. What is the word equation for aerobic respiration in plants?

3. During aerobic respiration glucose is broken down.


What is released in this process?
4. Which processes depend on the action of enzymes?
1 Digestion
2 Osmosis
3 Respiration

A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 1 only
D. 2 and 3

5. Which description of anaerobic respiration in yeast is correct?

6. What is produced by yeast during anaerobic respiration?


A. carbon dioxide and water
B. ethanol and carbon dioxide
C. ethanol and water
D. lactic acid
7. The diagram shows an experiment to investigate gas exchange in a leaf.

In which direction does the ink drop move and for what reason?

8. Which process releases the most energy from one molecule of glucose?
A. aerobic respiration
B. anaerobic respiration in muscle
C. anaerobic respiration in yeast
D. photosynthesis

9. The diagram shows apparatus used to investigate anaerobic respiration in


yeast.

What happens to the colored liquid?


A. moves rapidly to the left
B. moves slowly to the left
C. moves to the right
D. stays still
10. The list shows four metabolic processes.
1 carbon dioxide + water glucose + oxygen
2 glucose alcohol + carbon dioxide
3 glucose lactic acid
4 glucose + oxygen carbon dioxide + water
Which of these processes occur in muscles?
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 4 and 1

11. The graph shows the results of an experiment to investigate the rate of
respiration of an organism at different temperatures.

What explains the difference between the rate of respiration at 50°C and
that at 30 °C?
A. enzymes working faster at 50°C
B. enzymes working more slowly at 50°C
C. less oxygen available at 50°C
D. more oxygen available at 50°C
12. The diagram shows an experiment to investigate the respiration of
yeast.

Which gas is evolved and which new compound is present after 24 hours?

13. In which conditions do the leaves of a green plant respire?

14. Why does anaerobic respiration in muscles release less energy than
aerobic respiration?
A. Energy is lost in carbon dioxide.
B. Energy is lost in oxygen.
C. Energy remains trapped in ethanol.
D. Energy remains trapped in lactic acid.
15. Which word equation represents anaerobic respiration in human
muscle?
A. glucose → carbon dioxide + ethanol (alcohol)
B. glucose → carbon dioxide + lactic acid
C. glucose → ethanol (alcohol)
D. glucose → lactic acid

16. What are the products of anaerobic respiration in muscles?


A. ethanol and carbon dioxide
B. ethanol only
C. lactic acid and carbon dioxide
D. lactic acid only

17. Four metabolic reactions are shown.


1 carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen
2 glucose → ethanol + carbon dioxide
3 glucose → lactic acid
4 glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water
Which reactions take place in human cells to release energy?
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 and 4
D. 3 and 4
18. The graph shows the energy released by two animals through
respiration as the external temperature changes.

Which conclusion can be drawn from the graph?


A. Animals 1 and 2 release the least energy at 23°C.
B. Animal 2 always respires faster than animal 1.
C. As the temperature rises, respiration always increases.
D. The rate of respiration is the same for both animals at 23°C.

19. Four word equations are shown.


P carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen
Q glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water
R glucose → lactic acid
S glucose → alcohol + carbon dioxide

What are the equations for anaerobic respiration in humans and anaerobic
respiration in yeast?
20. What contains the greatest concentration of lactic acid?
A. a bottle of alcoholic drink
B. a loaf of freshly baked bread
C. muscle cells during vigorous exercise
D. yeast cells kept in glucose at 70°C for 30 minutes

21. Which process uses the greatest amount of energy?


A. gaseous diffusion
B. protein synthesis
C. respiration
D. starch digestion

22. Which chemical could be used to show that cells are respiring
aerobically?
A. Benedict’s solution
B. dilute sulfuric acid
C. ethanol
D. limewater

23. When does respiration take place in animals and plants?


24. An athlete takes part in a race. The graph shows her breathing rate
before, during and after the race.
At which point does her body contain the greatest amount of lactic acid?

25. What is produced by anaerobic respiration in a muscle?

26. Four test-tubes were set up as shown in the diagram and left in full
sunlight.
After several hours, which test-tube would contain the most dissolved
carbon dioxide?
27. Which process, inside cells, releases energy useful to the human
body?
A. digestion
B. excretion
C. mitosis
D. respiration

28. How are aerobic and anaerobic respirations similar?


A. Both involve breaking down glucose.
B. Both need a low concentration of oxygen.
C. In muscles, both produce carbon dioxide.
D. In yeast, both produce alcohol.

29. An experiment is set up to investigate the uptake of oxygen by


germinating seeds.

What happens to the levels at X and Y?


30. Yeast, warm water and substance Z were put into a test-tube. The
apparatus was then set up as shown. After a while, the lime water began to
go cloudy.

What is substance Z?
A. alcohol
B. carbon dioxide
C. glucose
D. oxygen

31. The table shows some of the features of respiration.


Which row is correct for anaerobic respiration?
32. Four words are shown below.
alcohol anaerobic sugar yeast
These words can be used in the spaces P, Q, R and S to complete the
sentence below. ‘In brewing and bread making, respiration takes place. The
micro-organism called ……P…… uses ……Q.….. as a source of food. The
product of this ……R…… respiration is ……S…… .’
Which combination of words correctly completes the sentences?

33. The diagram shows two experiments on the gaseous exchange in


small aerobic crustaceans.
Soda-lime absorbs carbon dioxide.

Which way does the liquid marker move?


34. An athlete runs a race. The graph shows how the concentration of
lactic acid in his leg muscles changes.

For how long did the athlete run?


A. 2 minutes
B. 4 minutes
C. 6 minutes
D. 10 minutes

35. The flow diagram shows what happens to food in humans. Which
stage shows human respiration?

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