Difference between Respiration and Breathing


 
 
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Difference between Respiration and Breathing

Difference between Breathing and Respiration:

Sno.BreathingRespiration
1.Definition: Physical process of intake of fresh air/water (rich in oxygen) and giving out foul air/water (rich in carbon dioxide).Definition: Biochemical process in which glucose is  oxidized to CO_2 and H_2O   along with  exchange of gases.
2.No energy is released in this process.Energy is released in this process.
3.Enzymes are not involved in. breathing.Enzymes are involved in respiration.
4. It is voluntary. We can take deep and shallow or fast and slow breath.It is involuntary, we cannot control respiration
5.It is not active process, as there is no conversion of energy.It is an active metabolic process as it involves conversion of chemical energy into other forms.
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Question : 1

 Which of the following  are correct ?

(a) Physical process of intake of fresh air/water (rich in oxygen) and giving out foul air/water (rich in carbon dioxide) is called breathing .

(b) In the breathing process energy is released.

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

________________ is a biochemical process in which glucose is oxidized to CO_2 and H_2Oalong with exchange of gases.

Right Option : A
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Question : 3

The process in which no energy is released is called _______________ .

Right Option : C
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