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hiccups

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which animal fell on Charles Osborne in 1922?

a)

a fly

b)

a hog

c)

a frog

d)

a horse

2.

A girl holds the record in most frequent hiccups during a certain period of time. Where is she from?

a)

Washington

b)

California

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Florida

3.

Some scientists believe hiccups origin in stimuli (Reizen) that

a)

expand the bronchi

b)

stretch the stomach

c)

contract muscles

4.

This stretching of the stomach could happen by swallowing ...

(a)  

5.

Another way to stretch your stomach is ...

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6.

Other scientists think the emotions could cause hiccups. Which ones do they think of?

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7.

What is the diaphragm?

a)

Zwerchfell

b)

Zwergfell

c)

Zwergenfall

d)

Zwerchfull

8.

What kind of tissue/material is the diaphragm?

a)

bone

b)

cartilage

c)

muscle

d)

liquid

9.

When we hiccup an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm takes place.

a)

Wenn wir Schluckauf haben, findet eine unwillkürliche Ausdehnung des Zwerchfells statt.

b)

Wenn wir Schluckauf haben, findet eine unwillkürliche Zusammenziehung des Zwerchfells statt.

c)

Wenn wir Schluckauf haben, findet eine willkürliche Zusammenziehung des Zwerchfells statt.

10.

What are vocal chords?

a)

Gitarrengriffe

b)

Stimmbänder

11.

After the contraction of the diaphragm the vocal chords ... immediately.

(a)  

12.

This closure prevents air getting into the ...

a)

windpipe

b)

lungs

c)

large intestine

13.

The movement of the diaphragm initiates a sudden intake of air.

Die Bewegung des Zwerchfells verursacht eine plötzliche Einatmung von Luft.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

But as the vocal chords are closed, the air stops there and we hear ...

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15.

What is the advantage of having hiccups? ;)

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16.

Millions of years before humans existed, many animals had lived underwater. They ...

a)

didn't need oxygen.

b)

had gills (Kiemen).

17.

Living underwater means the animals took in water and filtered the oxygen out of it to "breathe". At the same time the closure of the glottis helped to keep the water out of their breathings system.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

So some scientists think when sea animals went onto land, this breathing system not only changed from gill-based to lung-based breathing. But the closure of the vocal chords when breathing in, stayed like a remnant of past times (blieb als ein Überbleibsel vergangener Zeiten).

a)

I agree.

b)

I disagree.

19.

There is only one group of living things that hiccup. Which one?

(a)  

20.

Hiccups are far more common in

a)

adults.

b)

kids.

21.

Which remedies help against hiccups (proven by scientists)?

a)

none

b)

sipping continuously from a glass of cold water

c)

holding one's breath or being suddenly frightened

d)

a mouthful of honey or peanut butter

e)

breathing into a paper bag

22.

How hard was this quiz for you?

a)

extremely difficult

b)

difficult

c)

it was OK

d)

rather easy

e)

can't tell