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Respiratory system

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is the cartilaginous tube that delivers air to the lungs?

a)

Pharynx

b)

Bronchus

c)

Trachea

d)

Epiglottis

2.

What is the membrane that covers the lungs called?

a)

Visceral Pleura

b)

Parietal pleura

3.

what happens to the diaphragm during inhalation?

a)

contracts and flattens

b)

contracts and goes into a dome shape

c)

relaxes and flattens

d)

relaxes and goes into a dome shape

4.

how do the sternocloidomasteroid muscles aid inspiration?

a)

contract to raise the upper half of the chest

b)

relax to raise the upper half of the chest

c)

contracts to help the diaphragm

5.

what is one aim of gaseous exchange?

a)

to get C02 into the blood stream

b)

to get nutrients into the blood stream

c)

to get oxygen into the blood stream

6.

what is a waste product of aerobic respiration?

a)

water

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon dioxide

7.

What percentage of inhaled air is carbon dioxide?

a)

0.3%

b)

0.03%

c)

3%

8.

Diffusion is.....

a)

movement from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

b)

movement from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration

9.

what does oxygen attach to in the red blood cell?

a)

capillaries

b)

haemoglobin

c)

water

d)

factor 8

10.

In working muscles there is......

a)

high concentration of C02 and low concentration of oxygen

b)

high concentration of oxygen and low concentration of C02

c)

high concentration of water and low concentration of oxygen

11.

what is tidal volume?

a)

the amount of air breathed in and out with each breath

b)

the amount of air left in the lungs after full exhalation

c)

maximum amount of air that can be breathed in and out during one breath

d)

vital capacity + residual volume

12.

what is vital capacity?

a)

vital capacity + residual volume

b)

the amount of air breathed in with each breath

c)

maximum amount of air that can be breathed in and out during one breath

d)

the amount of air left in the lungs after full exhalation

13.

What is residual volume?

a)

vital capacity + residual volume

b)

the amount of air breathed in with one breath

c)

maximum amount if air breathed in and out during one breath

d)

the amount of air left in the lungs after full exhalation

14.

what is total lung volume?

a)

the amount of air breathed in with each breath

b)

the maximum amount of air that can be breathed in and out during one breath

c)

the amount of air left in the lungs after full exhalation

d)

vital capacity + residual volume

15.

what is breathing rate controlled by?

a)

neural mechanisms

b)

chemical mechinisms

c)

neural and chemical mechanisms

16.

chemoreceptors detect an...

a)

increase in acidity

b)

increase in oxygen

c)

increase in CO2

17.

where do the chemoreceptors send a signal to?

a)

the lungs

b)

the heart

c)

the medulla oblongata

d)

the respiratory muscles

18.

which is the correct equation for aerobic respiration?

a)

nutrients + water = oxygen and C02

b)

nutrients + oxygen = energy, C02 and water

c)

energy + nutrients = oxygen, water and carbon dioxide

d)

oxygen + nutrients = lactic acid, CO2 and water

19.

what is responsible for producing voice?

a)

larynx

b)

pharynx

c)

nasal cavity

20.

what prevents food going into the lungs when we swallow?

a)

epiglottis

b)

trachea

c)

pharynx

d)

C - shaped cartilage

21.

what prevents the trachea from collapsing?

a)

muscle

b)

cartilage

c)

bone

d)

residual volume

22.

what does the bronchi divide into?

a)

bronchioles

b)

capillaries

c)

alveoli

d)

bronchus (left and right)

23.

what surrounds the alveoli?

a)

smooth muscle

b)

venuoles

c)

capillaries

d)

arterioles

24.

how does the signal to change breathing rate travel from the brain to the respiratory muscles?

a)

sympathetic nerve

b)

parasympathetic nerve

c)

vagus nerve

d)

phrenic nerve