Download Misconceptions relating to Respiration

Misconceptions relating to Respiration
•• Respiration is synonymous with breathing
•• Energy is not conserved but is consumed in respiration and thus depleted when
utilised
• During respiration oxygen is converted into another form of gas, carbon dioxide
• Plants respiration is an inverse gaseous exchange compared with that of animals
• Respiration uses oxygen and makes carbon dioxide
• Respiration in plants is the taking in of carbon dioxide and giving off of oxygen at
night
• Plants respire during the night only
• Plants don’t respire
• Respiration takes place where there is no photosynthesis
• Respiration in green plants takes place only during the day
• Plants use carbon dioxide to carry out respiration and to produce oxygen
• Plants photosynthesise and animals respire
• Respiration occurs in no plant cells
• Respiration in plants occurs only in their store roots
• Humans are giving off carbon dioxide in respiration and plants are giving off oxygen
in respiration
• Respiration in plants takes place solely in the leaves
• Oxygen is used directly during glucose reduction
• All living things use oxygen during respiration reactions
• During anaerobic respiration reactions carbon dioxide is used instead of oxygen
• Carbon dioxide is released during aerobic and anaerobic respiration reactions as an
end product
• Carbon dioxide is released during both lactic acid and alcoholic fermentation
reactions as an end product
• Water is produced as a result of fermentation reaction
• Carbon dioxide is used during glycolysis to form ATP
• Only animals can carry out glycolysis
• Glucose is produced as a result of respiration reaction
• Only aerobic respiration occurs in muscle cells
• All of the energy produced during respiration is stored