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Respiratory Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What organ(s) help move oxygen throughout the body?

a)

Heart

b)

Kidney

c)

Lungs

d)

Brain

e)

Liver

2.

What are the functions of the respiratory system?

a)

Provides for gas exchange

b)

Helps regulate hGH

c)

Circulate Oxide through the body

d)

Helps regulate blood pH

e)

Contains receptors for the sense of smell, filters inspired air, produces sounds, and exercises small amounts of water and heat.

3.

Pulmonary Ventilation

a)

An exchange of gases between the air spaces of the lungs and the blood in pulmonary capillaries.

b)

The membrane of the alveoli and the membrane of the capillaries through which the gases pass

c)

The flow of air into and out of the lungs

d)

The exchange of gases between blood in systemic capillaries and tissue cells.

4.

What is the most preventable cause of death worldwide?

a)

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

b)

Cigarette Smoking

c)

Shark Attacks

d)

Cramps

e)

Not Having a Smoke Detector

5.

What effect does Nicotine have on airflow?

a)

Nicotine makes the airways close which decreases airflow.

b)

The nicotine in cigarettes increases the airflow into the lungs while carbon monoxide in smoke binds to hemoglobin in the blood and reduces its oxygen carrying capability.

c)

The nicotine in cigarettes decreases the airflow into the lungs while carbon dioxide in smoke binds to hemoglobin in the blood and reduces its oxygen carrying capability.

d)

Nicotine has no effect on airflow

6.

How many alveoli are in the lungs?

a)

200 billion

b)

300 billion

c)

200 million

d)

300 million

e)

458,000

7.

What is pitch controlled by?

a)

The pressure in the thoracic cavity

b)

The bronchiolar smooth muscle when it goes into spasm

c)

Tension of the true vocal cords

d)

The tertiary bronchi branch

e)

Tension of the false vocal cords

8.

Lung cancer is only the leading cancer for men, not women.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

A tobacco smoker's lungs differ from a healthy human's lungs.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The trachea is not one big airway leading into our lungs.

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Maybe?

d)

Tree