Respiratory & Circulatory System Quiz

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

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

What is the main organ in the respiratory system?

• Kidney
• Heart
• Lungs
• Diaphragm

When you exercise, your heart beats faster to...

• spread oxygen throughout your body more quickly.
• make you feel excited.
• let you know you're working hard.

Oxygen from the air enters the blood stream at what location?

• Cardiac Notch
• Pulmonary Vein
• Alveoli
• Paranasal Sinuses

Which of the following does NOT make up part of the lungs?

• Alveoli
• Bronchioles
• Trachea
• Bronchi

What is the main function of the respiratory system?

• to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body
• to bring oxygen to the body
• to break down food and absorb nutrients
• to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide

As you breathe this contracts and flattens to give your lungs room to fill up with air.

• larynx
• lung balloon
• diaphragm
• heart

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

• bronchi
• lungs
• oxygen
• alveoli

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

When the gasses are exchanged between the alveoli in the lungs and the capillaries, oxygen enters the blood stream. What happens with this oxygen?

• Oxygen in the blood is delivered to the lungs to be exhaled.

• Oxygen in the blood is delivered to the nose to be exhaled.

• Oxygen in the blood is delivered to the tissues and cells of the body to help make energy.

• Oxygen in the blood is a waste that needs to be removed from the boyd.

Why does CO2 build up (or increase) inside your lungs when you hold your breath? (Choose the BEST answer.)

• Because the circulatory system is still pumping blood by your lungs.

• Because your lung always have CO2 in them.

• Because the circulatory system is still pumping blood and delivering CO2 to your lungs, even if you don't exhale it.

• Because the circulatory system is still pumping blood and delivering Oxygen to your lungs, oxygen created as waste in cells.