SCIENCE QUIZ BEE

1. What is the main function of the respiratory system?

• To break food down

• Supply the blood with oxygen

• Circulate the blood

2.How does the respiratory system deliver oxygen to different parts of the body?

• Breathing

• Circulation

• Inhale carbon dioxide

3.Which part of the body is not used for the respiratory system to work?

• Mouth

• Nose

• Small Intestine

4.What is the diaphragm's main function?

• pump blood into the lungs

• pump carbon dioxide out of the lungs and pull oxygen into the lungs

• pump oxygen out of the lungs and pull carbon dioxide into the lungs

5.Inside each of your lungs there are tubes called bronchi. These branch into even smaller tubes much like the branches of a tree. What are at the ends of these tubes?

• Alveoli

• Diaphragms

• Cells

6.What would happen if your respiratory system stopped working?

• You would get a transplant

• you would die

• nothing

7.Which of the following is affected by the respiratory system?

• yawn

• hiccup

• all of the above

8.What is responsible for picking up the oxygen in lungs and carrying it to all the body cells that need it

• Red blood cells

• White blood cells

• Veins

9.The trachea is a part of the respiratory system. What can the trachea also be called and what is its function?

• windpipe, filters the air we breathe

• windpipe, releases air out of the body

• tubes; carries air to the lungs

10.how many miles of airways do your lungs contain?

• 150 miles

• 1500 miles

• 100 miles