The dye moved toward the respiration chamber because the respiration rate has decreased. The dye would have moved away from the respiration chamber if the respiration rate has increased. The compensation chamber served at the control for the experiment because there were plastic beads inside, and plastic does not undergo respiration. Oxygen is vital in the cellular respiration process because it is an aerobic respiration process. Besides glycolysis, all the steps in cellular respiration need oxygen to proceed (OpenStax 2012). In the last stage of cellular respiration, the electron transport chain, oxygen served as the last acceptor of electrons and forms water (OpenStax 2012). To convert the respiration rate to a volume of oxygen consumed, the change in mm must be