Explain what a VO2 max test tells you.
VO2 max testing is the term used to describe a way of testing a person’s maximal oxygen uptake or cardiovascular fitness.
The average untrained healthy male will have a VO2 max of approximately 35–40 mL/(kg·min).
The average untrained healthy female will score a VO2 max of approximately 27–31 mL/(kg·min).
These scores can improve with training and decrease with age, though the degree of trainability also varies very widely: conditioning may double VO2 max in some individuals, and will never improve it in others.
What is the relationship between heart rate?
Prepare a list of three similarities and three differences between chemiosmosis in photosynthesis and chemiosmosis in cellular respiration.
Similarities:
-In both photosynthesis and cellular respiration, hydrogen ions are pumped from an area of low hydrogen ion concentration to an area of high hydrogen ion concentration.
-In both photosynthesis and cellular respiration, enzymes diffuse down their concentration gradients through ATP synthase.
-Both photosynthesis and cellular respiration utilize electron transport systems in which redox reactions occur. The energy released from these redox is utilized to create ATP
Differences:
-Chemiosmosis in photosynthesis occurs in mitochondria, where as chemiosmosis in cellular respiration occurs in the chloroplast.
-In cellular respiration, mitochondria transfer energy obtained from organic molecules to ATP. By contrast, photosynthesis does not require an organic compound. In photosynthesis, chloroplasts transform light energy into chemical energy (ATP).
-In photosynthesis, hydrogen ions are pumped from the stroma into the thylakoid space. In cellular respiration, hydrogen ions are pumped from the mitochondrial membrane into the intermembrane space.