Mummies Challenge

ATP is to your cells as ____ is to a car.

Gasoline

In which organelles does cellular respiration take place?

Mitochondria

What do the respiratory system and cellular respiration have in common?

Oxygen plays a key role in both

Which produces more energy, aerobic respiration or fermentation?

Respiration

How does your body get rid of carbon dioxide produced by cellular respiration?

Through your lungs

What's one major reason human cells have evolved to depend on aerobic, and not anaerobic, respiration?

Aerobic respiration produces more energy than anaerobic respiration.

In fermentation, what do cells use instead of oxygen to break down glucose?

Carbon dioxide

How do we get the glucose we need to power our cells?

Eating

Which cells in your body undergo cellular respiration?

Every cell in your body

What are the chemical products of cellular respiration?

carbon dioxide, water, and ATP