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How spiders breathe
When incey wincey spider climbed up the water spout – it was probably to get some air because spiders need to breathe just like us. Spiders exchange gases (breathe) in a similar way to insects. We’ve looked at insect breathing … Continue reading
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Tagged air breathing, arthropod, book lungs, breathe, breathing, carbon dioxide, circulatory system, haemocyanin, haemolymph, hemocyanin, hemolymph, incey wincey spider, itsy bitsy spider, lungs, oxygen, physiology, respiration, respiratory physiology, spider, spiders, spiracle, trachae
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Do plants breathe?
Well, we know that plants produce the oxygen that we breathe in…..photosynthesis right? And we’ve previously explored how we use oxygen in a process called cellular respiration where we create ATP, the energy currency of the cell. This currency lets us do … Continue reading
Can you stop breathing? Frogs can………for winter
Things are dead if they stop breathing right? How about if their heart stops? I think I’d be pretty dead if my heart and breathing stopped for too long, in fact humans have only got about 4 minutes to be … Continue reading
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Tagged antifreeze, breathing, bugsicle, carbon dioxide, cryogenic, freeze, freezing, frog, frostbite, glucose, herpetology, hibernation, insect, oxygen, physiology, Rana sylvatica, reanimation, respiration, respiratory physiology, sub-zero, urea, winter, wood frog
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So what’s all this oxygen about? Why we breathe part II
We explored how carbon dioxide is produced when sugars are broken down during cellular respiration on Monday and now understand why we must breathe out, but why exactly do we need the oxygen that we get when we breathe in?
Why we need to breathe: Part I – carbon dioxide
What exactly is the big deal with breathing? Why do we breathe? Always. It must be pretty important….so important that most of the time our body does it automatically. Respiration (a fancy-pants word for breathing) is more than just breathing … Continue reading
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Tagged adenosine triphosphate, air breathing, animal, ATP, bicarbonate, bicarbonate buffer system, breathe, breathing, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, cellular respiration, circulatory system, gills, mitochondria, oxygen, physiology, respiration, respiratory, respiratory physiology, respiratory system
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Whaaaat……eggs breathe? Part II: How bird, reptile and monotreme eggs exchange gases
Now we know how aquatic eggs (amphibians and fish) breathe, let’s explore how eggs that are normally laid on land exchange their respiratory gases. The amniotes (reptiles, birds and mammals) mostly lay their eggs on the land, in burrows or … Continue reading
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Tagged allantois, amnion, amniote, amniotes, animal, birds, breathe, breathing, capillary, carbon dioxide, chorioallantoic membrane, chorion, diffusion, domestic hen, egg, egg pore, egg shell, haemoglobin, hemoglobin, mammals, membrane, monotremes, oxygen, perivitelline fluid, physiology, reptiles, respiratory physiology, respiratory system, water breathing
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No lungs, no gills: how do insects breathe?
They may make your skin crawl and you might wish to think of them as a lower life form, but insects have a remarkably elegant and simple way of delivering oxygen to their body and removing the carbon dioxide waste. … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, breathe, breathing, bugs, carbon dioxide, circulatory system, conserve energy, convection, Deinacrida hetacantha, diffusion, giant Weta, insect, oxygen, physiology, respiration, respiratory physiology, respiratory system, spiracle, trachae, trachaea
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to breathe, or not to breathe 