Lesson 12 of Metabolic Reactions

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15 questions
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If a chemical reaction was happening in our bodies, what evidence would we see of substances going into or coming out of our bodies?

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What does this tell you about the difference between the air we breathe in and the air we breathe out?

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How does glucose get from the small intestine into the blood? Why?

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How does this help you predict how the air we breathe in and the carbon dioxide we breathe out might pass between the lungs and the blood?

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Where are oxygen levels the highest?

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Where are they the lowest?

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Where do they change the most?

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Where are carbon dioxide levels the highest?

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Where are they the lowest?

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Where do they change the most?

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What clues does this give us about where the chemical reaction might be happening that uses food and oxygen to provide energy?

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What happens to the glucose levels in the blood right after a meal? Why does this happen?

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What is different about how glucose levels change when you exercise after meals versus when you don’t?

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What does this tell us happens to the rate at which the chemical reaction between food and oxygen occurs when we exercise?

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Why would more of that reaction need to occur when we exercise?