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IGCSE coordinated biology 8.1 gas exchange

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organs are responsible for ventilation and gas exchange in mammals?

(a)  

2.

What is letter J?

(a)  

3.

What is letter E?

(a)  

4.

Which component of tobacco smoke is addictive?

a)

Nicotine

b)

Tar

c)

Carbon monoxide

d)

Smoke particles

5.

Which component of tobacco smoke paralyses cilia and causes cancer?

a)

Nicotine

b)

Tar

c)

Carbon monoxide

d)

Smoke particles

6.

Which component of tobacco smoke prevents haemoglobin from carrying oxygen efficiently?

a)

Nicotine

b)

Tar

c)

Carbon monoxide

d)

Smoke particles

7.

Which of these diseases can be caused by smoking (Select all that apply)

a)

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

b)

Lung cancer

c)

Coronary heart disease

d)

Diabetes

e)

Sickle cell anaemia

8.

Which cells, found in the trachea and bronchi, make and secrete mucus?

(a)  

9.

How do ciliated cells in the trachea protect your lungs from pathogens?

a)

They trap pathogens

b)

They sweep mucus out of the lungs

c)

They kill pathogens

d)

They produce mucus to trap the pathogens

e)

They make you cough up mucus

10.

What is the correct term for a bacterium, fungus or virus that causes a disease?

(a)  

11.

Which statements about mucus are true? (Select all that apply)

a)

You only produce mucus when you have an infection

b)

You produce more mucus when you have an infection

c)

Mucus can block airways and make it harder to breathe

d)

Coughing can help shift mucus out of your airways

e)

The cilia sweep mucus back into your lungs

12.

Which of these are features of an efficient gas exchange system are common to lungs AND leaves? (Select all that apply)

a)

Large surface area

b)

Good blood supply

c)

Thin surfaces

d)

Good ventilation with air

13.

Compared to the air we breathe in, the air we breathe out has...

a)

More Oxygen, less carbon dioxide and the same amount of Nitrogen

b)

More Oxygen, less carbon dioxide and more Nitrogen

c)

Less Oxygen, more carbon dioxide and the same amount of Nitrogen

d)

Less Oxygen, more carbon dioxide and no Nitrogen

14.

Which of these gases have a higher concentration in expired air compared to inspired air?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Water vapour

15.

Which part of the lungs is where gas exchange occurs?

(a)  

16.

How will physical exercise affect your breathing? (Select all that apply)

a)

Increase depth of breathing

b)

Decrease depth of breathing

c)

No effect of depth of breathing

d)

Increase breathing rate

e)

Decrease breathing rate

17.

The diagram shows the exchange of gases in the body during breathing and respiration. What do the letters X and Y represent?

a)

X= lungs Y= Air

b)

X= Lungs Y= Body cells

c)

X= Body cells Y= air

d)

X=Body cells Y= Lungs

18.

The diagram shows someone blowing up a balloon. Aproximately what percentage of the gas in the balloon is carbon dioxide?

a)

0.04%

b)

0.4%

c)

4%

d)

40%

19.

What is the approximate composition of fresh air?

a)

21% O2, 0.04% CO2, 78 %N2

b)

78% O2, 21% CO2, 0.04% N2

c)

78% O2, 0.04 % CO2, 21% N2

d)

16 % O2, 4% CO2, 80 % N2

20.

The diagram shows some ciliated cells from the trachea, what is the function of the parts labelled X?

a)

Detecting stimuli

b)

Gas exchange

c)

Moving mucus

d)

Trapping pathogens

21.

Which row in the table correctly describes the functions of the diaphragm and cilia?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

22.

Why does carbon dioxide move from X to Y?

a)

The air has a lower concentration of CO2 than the blood

b)

CO2 moves more freely in air than the blood

c)

Carbon dioxide must replace oxygen

d)

Diffusion of CO2 can only go out of the blood

23.

The table shows the rough composition of air breathed out by a mammal. Where did the nitrogen in this exhaled air come from?

a)

It was produced when proteins were broken down in the mammal

b)

It was a product of respiration

c)

It was in the air that they breathed in

d)

It was exchanged for oxygen that was taken into the blood

24.

Which two statements show the effects of smoking cigarettes

a)

1 and 3

b)

1 and 4

c)

2 and 3

d)

2 and 4

25.

What is the name of the protein molecule, found inside the red blood cells, that transports oxygen?

(a)