Anaerobic Respiration

Introduction

Cellular respiration that proceeds without oxygen is called anaerobic respiration. Then, about 2 or 3 billion years ago, oxygen was gradually added to the atmosphere by early photosynthetic bacteria. After that, living things could use oxygen to break down glucose and make ATP. Today, most organisms make ATP with oxygen. They follow glycolysis with the Krebs cycle and electron transport to make more ATP than by glycolysis alone.

http://leavingbio.net/respiration-(higher%20level).htm

Task

You will be answering questions about topics in fermentation. View the website and answer the following three questions.

http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/biobookglyc.html

Process

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactic_acid_fermentation

1. What is lactic acid fermentation?

2. What happens if oxygen is present in the cell?

3. Explain the process.

http://www.tempeh.info/fermentation/alcohol-fermentation.php

1. What is alcoholic fermentation?

2. What happens during alcoholic fermentation?

3. What are the different kinds of alcoholic fermentation?

http://moodleshare.org/mod/book/view.php?id=2108&chapterid=258

1. What are some differences?

2. What are some similarities?

3. Which one is more useful?

Conclusion

After doing this webquest, anerobic respiration will be much clearer.