Respiratory System

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___. 

• air/oxygen
• oxygen/carbon dioxide 
• carbon dioxide/waste 
• waste/air 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place

• bronchi
• lungs
• oxygen
• alveoli

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Flap of tissue that covers the opening to the windpipe during swallowing

• Pharynx

• Trachea

• Epiglottis

Given the following structures:
1. larynx
2. nasal cavity
3. pharynx
4. trachea
Which of the following is the correct order that air would flow during inhalation. 

• 1,2,3,4
• 2,3,1,4
• 2,1,3,4
• 4,2,3,1 

The left lung has three lobes and the right lung has two. 

• True
• False

The process of diffusing oxygen from the blood, into the interstitial fluid and into the cells.

• inspiration

• expiration

• internal respiration

• external respiration

The division of the trachea forms

• nose

• main bronchi

• lungs

• alveoli

Which part of the Respiratory System plays a major role in speech?

• nose

• pharynx

• larynx

• trachea

What is tube that is also known as your wind pipe?

• esophogus
• bronchi
• trachea
• alveoli

The passageway that is shared by both the digestive and respiratory system is the....

• larynx
• pharynx
• trachea
• nose