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Respiratory System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where in the respiratory system does gaseous exchange take place?

a)

Alveoli

b)

Trachea

c)

Bronchioles

2.

Which of the following contracts to cause inhalation of breath?

a)

Lung

b)

Diaphragm

c)

Bronchus

3.

Where would you find the intercostal muscle?

a)

Below the diaphragm

b)

In the lung

c)

Between the ribs

4.

Which microscopic blood vessels surrounds the alveoli?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

5.

Which of these gases can the protein haemoglobin carry?

a)

Ammonia and methane

b)

Nitrogen and hydrogen sulphide

c)

Oxygen and carbon dioxide

6.

Which term is used to describe the movement of gases from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?

a)

Contraction

b)

Diffusion

c)

Evaporation

7.

Which lung volume can be defined as "the amount of air breathed in with each normal breath"?

a)

Minute ventilation

b)

Residual volume

c)

Tidal volume

8.

Which gas is produced by the muscles during exercise as a waste product that needs to be transported and removed?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Lactic acid

c)

Carbon dioxide

9.

For the average adult, what measurement would we expect for resting minute ventilation?

a)

1-2 litres

b)

6.5-7.5 litres

c)

10-12 litres

10.

During the first ten minute of a hockey match what would you expect to the tidal volume of a midfielder to do?

a)

Remain contstant

b)

Decrease

c)

Increase

11.

What is the role of the respiratory system?

a)

Add CO2

b)

Add CO2 and remove O2

c)

Remove O2

d)

Add O2 and remove CO2

12.

Air arriving in the alveoli has a...

a)

Higher concentration of Carbon dioxide and a lower concentration of Oxygen

b)

Hight concentration of Oxygen and a lower concentration of Carbon dioxide

13.

Blood arriving in the capillaries from the body has a...

a)

Higher concentration of Carbon dioxide and a lower concentration of Oxygen

b)

Higher concentration of Oxygen and a lower concentration of Carbon dioxide

14.

What is gaseous exchange?

a)

The movement of O2 and CO2 between the bronchi and bronchioles

b)

The movement of O2 and CO2 between the heart and lungs

c)

The movement of O2 and CO2 between the alveoli and bloodstream

d)

The movement of O2 and CO2 between the nasal cavity and trachea

15.

The pathway of air after inhalation through the nasal / oral cavity is...

a)

Trachea - Bronchus - Bronchioles - Capillaries

b)

Trachea - Alveoli - Bronchioles - Bronchus

c)

Bronchus - Trachea - Alveoli - Capillaries

d)

Trachea - Bronchus - Bronchioles - Alveoli