Respiration Quiz

The burning or breaking down of glucose is known as...

• photosynthesis
• transpiration
• respiration
• transport

This organelle is the _____________.

• chloroplast
• Golgi bodies
• nucleus
• mitochondria

A yeast is producing bubbles when it is placed in sugar water. What are the bubbles?

• acid
• carbon dioxide
• oxygen
• alcohol

Which of the following processes transport oxygen from the alveoli into the capillaries?

• Respiration

• Inhalation

• Exhalation

• Diffusion

State the products of respiration in the body cells?

• Oxygen, carbon dioxide and water

• glucose, oxygen and water

• carbon dioxide, water and oxygen

• carbon dioxide, water and energy

Following are the characteristics of alveoli that make it efficient for gaseous exchange except:

• Thin wall of blood capillaries

• small surface area of alveoli

• Moist wall of alveoli

• Dense netword of blood capillaries

What is function of the dome-shaped diaphragm muscle?

• This is where gas exchange happens.

• Air passes through the diaphragm on the way to the lungs.

• It attaches to the lungs and contracts and relaxes to help in breathing.

What is the function of the bronchi?

• Transport air from nose to lungs
• Transport air from trachea to lungs
• Transport air from lungs to alveoli
• Transport air from alveoli to blood

tiny, hairlike projections in the airway that move in a wavelike manner.

• alveoli

• cilia

• trachea

• lungs

The maximum amount of air exhaled following a maximum inhalation

• Vital Capacity

• Total Lung Capacity

• Residual Volume

• Inspiratory Reserve Volume