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Respiratory System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the first defense of the Respiratory System against foreign debris entering the body?

a)

Antibodies

b)

Blood

c)

Skin

d)

Cilia and Mucus

2.

What muscle allows air to enter the trachea instead of the esophagus?

(a)  

3.

How do organisms obtain oxygen?

a)

by process of blood transfusion

b)

by process of ingestion and digestion

c)

by process of gas exchange

d)

by process of excretion

4.

What are Cillia?

(a)  

5.

The alveoli is lined with _?_ for gas exchange.

a)

Ciliated Cells

b)

Guard Cells

c)

Blood Capillaries

d)

Bronchi

6.

Air enters the body through the __?__

(a)  

7.

The other name for Wind Pipe

a)

Trachea

b)

Larynx

c)

Diaphragm

d)

Bronchioles

8.

The bronchi (tube to the lungs) is divided into 2 (a)   (left and right tubes). Each end of them have air sacs for gas exchange.

9.

List down 2 components of the air we breathe in.

4 lines
10.

When we inhale:

a)

The diaphragm contracts (becomes smaller)

b)

Lungs become big and inflated

c)

The diaphragm relaxes (becomes bigger)

d)

Lungs or thoracic cavity decrease in size

11.

What Happens during Aerobic respiration?

a)

Releases energy from glucose (sugar from the food we ate)

b)

Produces lactic acid in animals

c)

Uses Oxygen

d)

Takes place in humans during strenuous exercise.

12.

What condition is caused by allergens that may generate itchiness, watery eyes and swollen eyelids

a)

Asthma

b)

Allergy

c)

Common Cold

d)

Flu

13.

A condition in which your airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.

a)

Flu

b)

Common cold

c)

Allergy

d)

Asthma

14.

Also known as flu. Cause by a virus that attacks your respiratory system — your nose, throat and lungs.

a)

Influenza

b)

URTI -Cold

c)

Pneumonia

d)

Bronchitis

15.

Is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus

a)

Emphysema

b)

Pneumonia

c)

Influenza

d)

Tuberculosis