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Respiratory System Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After air moves through the pharynx it continues downward. The _________, or windpipe, directs the air into two separate branches or tubes.

a)

mucus

b)

trachea

c)

larynx

d)

epiglottis

2.

What is the chamber behind the nose and mouth that leads to the trachea?

a)

pharynx

b)

trachea

c)

epiglottis

d)

larynx

3.

What cleans, moistens, and warms the air that we breath?

a)

trachea

b)

larynx

c)

nasal passage

d)

windpipe

4.
known as the voice box
a)
windpipe
b)
larynx
c)
pharynx
d)
epiglottis
5.
What is breathed out from our mouth and nose?
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
helium
6.

What is the flap of tissue that closes when we eat, so food does not go down the trachea?

a)

larynx

b)

pharynx

c)

trachea

d)

epiglottis

7.

What is the dome shaped sheet of muscle below the lungs that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen and is used to help us breath?

a)

diaphragm

b)

epiglottis

c)

alveoli

d)

bronchial tubes

8.

What are the air sacs in the lungs called, where gas exchange takes place with the capillaries?

a)

bronchi

b)

lungs

c)

oxygen

d)

alveoli

9.

When you breathe, your lungs take in ______ and remove _______.

a)

air; oxygen

b)

oxygen; carbon dioxide

c)

carbon dioxide; waste

d)

waste; air

10.

When air pressure inside the lungs is less than air pressure in the atmosphere _______________.

a)

air moves into the lungs

b)

air moves out of the lungs

c)

it gets harder and harder to breath

11.

The period of breathing when air enters the lungs is referred to as ________.

a)

expiration

b)

inspiration

c)

ventilation

d)

all of the above

12.

Relaxation of the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles causes ____________.

a)

inspiration

b)

expiration

c)

respiration

d)

perspiration

13.

These move microbes and debris up and out of the airways __________.

a)

pharynx

b)

larynx

c)

Cilia

d)

trachea

14.
What is the main function of the respiratory system?
a)
to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body
b)
to bring oxygen to the body
c)
to break down food and absorb nutrients
d)
to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide
15.

Choose the correct air pathway when you breathe in.

a)

Nose / Mouth --> Trachea --> Pharynx --> Larynx --> Alveoli --> Bronchi --> Bronchioles

b)

Nose / Mouth --> Alveoli ---> Trachea --> Bronchi --> Bronchioles --> Larynx --> Pharynx

c)

Nose / Mouth ---> Pharynx --> Larynx --> Trachea ---> Bronchi --> Bronchioles --> Alveoli

d)

Nose / Mouth --> Larynx --> Pharynx --> Trachea --> Alveoli --> Bronchi --> Bronchioles

16.

Which bones protect the lungs?

a)

ribs

b)

radius and ulna

c)

cranium

d)

femur

17.

How many lobes make up the lungs?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

18.

What is structure #3

a)

larynx

b)

pharynx

c)

alveolar sac

d)

diaphragm

19.

What is structure #8

a)

primary bronchus

b)

trachea

c)

nasal cavity

d)

diaphragm

20.

What is structure #6

a)

primary bronchus

b)

trachea

c)

nasal cavity

d)

diaphragm

21.

Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged across the respiratory membrane by the process of __________.

a)

osmosis

b)

filtration

c)

diffusion

d)

active transport

22.
The two main branches from the trachea (one to each lung)
a)
bronchi
b)
alveoli
c)
capillaries
d)
bronchioles
23.

Tiny tubes that branch off of bronchi are called _________.

a)

capillaries

b)

alveoli

c)

bronchioles

d)

pleura

24.

Respiration that takes place in the tissue cells is known as __________.

a)

aerobic respiration

b)

inspiration

c)

cutaneous respiration

d)

internal respiration

25.

One molecule of hemoglobin carries how many molecules of oxygen when it is saturated?

a)

four

b)

three

c)

two

d)

one

26.

Oxygen that has diffused into the alveoli's capillaries then binds to _______ inside a red blood cell?

a)

Squamous epithelium

b)

Hemoglobin

c)

Hilum

d)

Mediastinum