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Caroline Center A & P Respiratory System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the medical term for the physical movement of air into and out of the lungs?

a)

diaphragm extension

b)

breathing

c)

external respiration

d)

cellular respiration

2.

Which of the following is "the exchange of gases between the alveoli in the lungs and the blood stream"?

a)

external respiration

b)

cellular respiration

c)

internal respiration

d)

breathing

3.

What is the term for the tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gas exchange?

a)

bronchus

b)

trachea

c)

alveoli

d)

bronchioles

4.

What is the term for the exchange of gases in the body between the blood stream and the body's cells?

a)

external respiration

b)

cellular respiration

c)

breathing

d)

internal respiration

5.

What is the term for the metabolic reactions and processes that take place inside of cells to convert nutrients into energy in the form of ATP?

a)

internal respiration

b)

cellular respiration

c)

external respiration

d)

breathing

6.

The main breathing tube from the from the mouth and nose leading to the lungs is called the:

a)

diaphragm

b)

bronchiole

c)

trachea

d)

bronchus

7.

The dome shaped muscular partition separating the chest from the abdomen is called the:

a)

lungaphragm

b)

exhalator

c)

diaphragm

d)

ribs

8.

When we exhale the diaphragm moves:

a)

up

b)

down

9.

When we exhale, the ribs move:

a)

in

b)

out

10.

The two branches off of the trachea are the left and right:

a)

lungs

b)

bronchioles

c)

bronchus

d)

diaphragm

11.

When we inhale, the diaphragm moves:

a)

up

b)

down

12.

When we inhale, the ribs move:

a)

in

b)

out

13.

What is the name of the tiny hairs that protect the nasal passageways, trachea and and other parts of the respiratory tract and filter out foreign matter and organisms that are inhaled with the air?

a)

capillaries

b)

bronchioles

c)

cilia

d)

alveoli

14.

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occur in the hundreds of millions of tiny air sacs in the at the end of the bronchioles called ____________________________.

a)

bronchi

b)

cilia

c)

alveoli

d)

ravioli

15.

In a process called passive diffusion, oxygen moves from the ________________________ to the ___________________________ .

a)

alveoli /blood stream

b)

blood stream/ alveoli

c)

cilia/ bronchioles

d)

bronchioles / cilia

16.

Using passive diffusion, carbon dioxide moves from the ___________________ to the ______________________ to be exhaled.

a)

blood stream /bronchi

b)

alveoli /blood stream

c)

blood stream / alveoli

d)

bronchi / alveoli

17.

If all the alveoli in our lungs was ironed out flat, they would cover the surface of :

a)

a baseball field

b)

a ping pong table

c)

a tennis court

d)

a big screen TV

18.

What is a calorie?

a)

small pieces of cake

b)

the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water 1 degree Celsius

c)

the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water 1 degree Fahrenheit

d)

the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water 10 degrees celsius

19.

What is the temperature at which water freezes in degrees Celsius?

a)

0 degrees Celsius

b)

32 degrees Celsius

c)

-32 degrees Celsius

d)

10 degrees Celsius

20.

What is the temperature at which water freezes in degrees Fahrenheit?

a)

32 degrees

b)

0 degrees

c)

-32 degrees

d)

-10 degrees