Respiratory System

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

The two main branches from the trachea (one to each lung)

• bronchi
• alveoli
• capillaries
• bronchioles

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

• bronchi
• lungs
• oxygen
• alveoli

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

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What is the best possible explanation for the lungs being pinkish/red in colour?

• The air is dirty

• There have dye in them

• There are lots of surrounding blood vessels

• They are coloured in

Name the organ label # 6. 

• alveoli 
• bronchi 
• trachea 
• lungs 

What tube is also known as your wind pipe?

• esophogus
• bronchi
• trachea
• alveoli

Name the structure labeled 8 

• lungs 
• trachea 
• diaphragm 
• alveoli 

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

• larynx
• pharynx
• trachea
• nose

The Pharynx is the muscle that moves the lungs

• True
• False

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