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Gaseous Exchange in Human Beings

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tube carries air to the wind pipe?

a)

Trachea

b)

Pharynx

c)

Larynx

d)

Adam's Apple

2.

What are the small air sacs in the lungs where many capillaries exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen taken into the body.

a)

Alveoli

b)

Bronchi

c)

Bronchiole

d)

Nasal Cavity

3.

Name the large muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and helps with breathing?

a)

Larynx

b)

Diaphragm

c)

Sternum

d)

Thorax

4.

The windpipe is also known as...

a)

Trachea

b)

Adenoid

c)

Pharynx

5.

What happens to the air pressure between the pleural muscles, when you breathe in?

a)

No difference

b)

Increases

c)

Decreases

6.

When you expire...

a)

ribs and sternum move up and out

b)

diaphragm moves down/ flattens

c)

External intercoastal muscles relax

d)

diaphragm contracts

e)

width of thorax increases

7.

In what way are 'air sacs' placed around the lungs?

a)

closely

b)

clustered

c)

seperated

d)

non- existent

8.

Where does the difussion of Carbon dioxide and oxygen take place?

a)

trachea

b)

diaphragm

c)

bronchi

d)

alveoli

9.

What is the second step in human gaseous exchange

a)

air is inhaled

b)

oxygen is diffused into the blood

c)

suagr is made

d)

carbon dioxide is diffused

10.

What is the third stage of Human gaseous exchange ?

a)

oxygen breathed in

b)

carbon dioxide diffused into the alveoli

c)

oxygen is diffused

d)

I don't know