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Respiration
Respiration
Respiration
It is a part of respiration.
Respiration Combustion
It is a biochemical process. It is a chemical process.
It takes place at normal temperature. It takes place at high temperature.
Respiration is a slow process completed in several Combustion is fast process in which the energy is
steps. Thus, the energy is also liberated in several liberated only in one step resulting in increase in
steps and remain stored in the form of ATP. temperature and production of fire.
Aerobic : When oxidation of food takes place in presence of oxygen. It is called as Aerobic
respiration.
Food In cytoplasm Glycolysis Pyruvic acid Kreb cycle in mitochondria 6CO2 + 6H2O + 38 ATP
O2
Anaerobic respiration: When oxidation of food material does not require oxygen or it occurs in
absence of oxygen, it is called as Anaerobic Respiration.
Step of respiration:
(i) External respiration: Exchange of gases between an organism and its environment.
(ii) Internal respiration: Exchange of gases between tissue cells and extracellular
environment.
(iii) Cellular respiration: Involves oxidation of food along with release of energy, inside cell.
RESPIRATION IN PLANTS
By young roots : Air occurs in soil interspaces. Root hairs as well as epiblema cells of
the young roots are in contact with them. They are also permeable to metabolic gases.
Oxygen of the soil air diffuses through root hair-epiblema cells and reaches all internal
cells of the young root. Carbon dioxide produced by root cells diffuses in the opposite
direction.
Lenticels: Present in old roots and stems, these are covered by protective layer of dead
cells known as bark.
Leaves and Young Stems : Leaves and young stems are ideally suited to quick exchange
of gases. The organs have a covering of nearly impermeable epidermis for reducing loss
of water. The epidermis of leaves bears a number of aerating pores called stomata.
RESPIRATION IN ANIMALS