Remember the law of conservation of mass. The human body uses cellular respiration to make energy. Using the chemical equation for cellular respiration, explain how the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide inhaled by the lungs is different from the amounts exhaled. Explain your answer in 1-2 sentences.(2 points)
In cellular respiration, glucose is broken down into carbon dioxide and water, with the use of oxygen. During inhalation, oxygen is taken in to be used in this process. During exhalation, the carbon dioxide produced in cellular respiration is released out of the body. Therefore, the amount of oxygen inhaled is greater than the amount exhaled, while the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled is greater than the amount inhaled.
use simpler terms
When we breathe in, we take in oxygen to help our cells make energy. When we breathe out, we release carbon dioxide that our cells produce as a waste product. So, we breathe in more oxygen than we breathe out, and we breathe out more carbon dioxide than we breathe in.
