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Respiratory system and respiration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___. 
a)
air/oxygen
b)
oxygen/carbon dioxide 
c)
carbon dioxide/waste 
d)
waste/air 
2.
The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place
a)
bronchi
b)
lungs
c)
oxygen
d)
alveoli
3.
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
4.

Which is not a job of the respiratory system?

a)

taking in oxygen

b)

taking in carbon dioxide

c)

moisten air

d)

transport glucose

5.

Which one accurately describes the difference between breathing and cell respiration?

a)

breathing produces energy while cell respiration produces carbon dioxide

b)

cell respiration produces energy, while breathing is brings air in and out of lungs

c)

breathing occurs in cells while cell respiration occurs in the lungs

d)

none of the above

6.

Which sequence correctly indicates the branching pattern of the human respiratory system?

a)

trachea -> bronchi -> bronchioles -> alveoli

b)

trachea -> bronchioles -> bronchi -> alveoli

c)

alveoli -> trachea -> bronchioles -> bronchi

d)

alveoli -> bronchioles -> trachea -> bronchi

7.

Which diagram best illustrates the function of an alveolus?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.
What happens to cause air to be exhaled from the lungs?
a)
The rib muscles contract and move outward.
b)
The chest cavity expands and grows larger.
c)
The lungs contract and then expand.
d)
The diaphragm relaxes and moves upward.
9.

This organelle is the _____________, where respiration occurs.

a)

chloroplast

b)

Golgi bodies

c)

nucleus

d)

mitochondrion

10.

The composition of the oxygen in inhaled air is

a)

21%

b)

16%

c)

4%

d)

0.04%

11.

The composition of carbon dioxide in exhaled air is

a)

79%

b)

21%

c)

4%

d)

0.04%

12.

State the products of respiration in the body cells?

a)

Oxygen, carbon dioxide and water

b)

glucose, oxygen and water

c)

carbon dioxide, water and oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide, water and energy

13.

............................. found in blood, transports oxygen from the alveoli to cells.

a)

red blood cells

b)

white blood cell

c)

plasma

d)

hormones

14.

Name the structure labelled C

(a)  

15.

Name F

a)

Diaphragm

b)

Lung

c)

Bronchioles

d)

Alveoli

16.

The diagram shows a model of the respiratory system. When the rubber sheet is pulled down, what will occur?

a)

balloon contract

b)

balloon expand

c)

balloon remains unchanged

d)

balloon changes color

17.

During breathing, gases between the lungs and capillaries are exchanged by

a)

Osmosis

b)

Active Transport

c)

Diffusion

d)

Brownian Motion

18.

When the diaphragm and external intercostals muscles contract, which of the following actions does NOT occur?

a)

air moves into the lung

b)

the air pressure in the lungs becomes greater than atmospheric pressure

c)

volume of thoracic cavity increases

d)

the diaphragm flattens

19.

When you breathe and air goes into the lungs

a)

The amount of CO2 in the alveoli is the same as that in the capillaries

b)

The amount of O2 in the alveoli is the same as that in the capillaries

c)

The amount of CO2 in the alveoli is higher than that in the capillaries

d)

The amount of CO2 in the alveoli is lower than that in the capillaries

20.

Which of the following prevents collapsing of trachea

a)

Muscles

b)

Diaphragm

c)

Ribs

d)

Rings of Cartilage