Station 1: The Equation! Station 2: Breathing Data
Girls
What are the two reactants? What are the main differences between the amounts of
Glucose +Oxygen each gas we ‘breathe in’ and ‘breathe out’?
More oxygen is taken in during exercise as less is
What are the two/three products? breathed out
More Carbon Dioxide is breathed out during exercise
Carbon Dioxide +Water +(Energy) and not exercising.
Nitrogen stays the same
Finished Equation: Increased amount of water vapour is present when we
breathe out.
Glucose +Oxygen  Carbon Dioxide +Water +(Energy) Why do we breathe more deeply and more frequently
after exercise?
Challenge: Symbol equation As the build of the toxic lactic acid has to be broken
down into carbon dioxide and water by oxygen. So we
C6H12O6 + 6 O2  6 H2O + 6 CO2 + (Energy) need to get the oxygen in and the carbon dioxide out.
Glucose is stored in the liver as glycogen, this is
converted back to glucose when exercising, why?
As glucose is a reactant of respiration and during
exercise you need to respire more so need more glucose
to release the energy.
Challenge: How does O2 and CO2 move in and out of
cells?
Via diffusion- High concentration to a low
concentration.
Station 4: Food Labels Station 5: Picture Link
How do we measure the energy content of foods? How energy is used in our body?
List at least 3 ways-
In kilo joules Movement
Growth/Repair
Which types of foods contain the most energy per Building new molecules
100g? Maintaining body temperature
Fatty foods, Carbohydrates, crisps, chocolate foods with
a high sugar or fat content. Why is respiration constant even when we’re asleep?
Would a person need, more or less energy in a hot As our cells are always working and completing a
country? Why? function and therefore require energy.
Station 3: Boys VS.
What is the difference in their energy intake?
The boy takes in a lot more energy.
Calculated the difference between the two.
Why do you think this is?
Boys tend to be of a bigger structure and therefore
have more cells and need a larger supply of glucose to
keep them moving.
He looks more active compared to girl and a more
active person will require more energy to carry out their
activities.
The girl is smaller than him and therefore doesn’t
require the same amount of energy.
Challenge: What type of person would need more
energy and why? Do the same for less energy?
A very active adult- They are bigger and they are highly
active which requires more energy.
A baby as they are growing but they are much smaller
and less active.
Station 6: Testing for the products of respiration
What happened to the Limewater when you blew into
it? Why did this happen?
It went from clear to cloudy. This showed we are
breathing out carbon dioxide.
What happened to the mirror when you breathe on it?
Why did this happen?
There was condensation. This showed that we are
breathing out water vapour.
They need would need to eat less as less energy needs
to gone into maintaining the body’s temperature.
Challenge: Which organ system gets glucose from
food?
Digestive system, via the villi in the small intestine.
Challenge: Think of a picture you could use to show
how we use the energy which is made
Picture showing an activity from the list above.
Challenge: Why is easier to test for the products
rather than the reactants?
As we naturally get rid of the waste products
whereas we would have to test what is inside us to
measure the amount of glucose and oxygen.