Respiration liberates energy. State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
Fig. 4.1 gives the mean daily energy requirement for different groups of males and females. State the average energy requirement of a five-year-old female.
An eleven-year-old male received only 8000 kJ per day for four months. Use the information in Fig. 4.1 to suggest two effects this could have on him.
Use the information in Fig. 4.1 to make three comparisons between the energy needs of 17-year-olds and adults.
Yeast cells are able to respire anaerobically. Biotechnology uses this. State two ways in which humans use the products of anaerobic respiration in yeast.