PLANTS
,INCLUDES:
• Definition
• Types of respiration
• Glycolysis
• Krebs cycle
• Electron Transport Chain
• ATP synthesis
• Respiratory Quotient
, INTRODUCTION
• Respiration is a vital life process in all living
organisms
• Plants do not have special respiratory organs
• Every living plant cell respires continuously (day &
night)
• Energy released is used for growth, repair, transport,
and metabolism
KEY POINT:
Respiration ≠ Photosynthesis (they are opposite
processes)