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Respiration and Gas Exchange Pre-Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

In what organ of the body does gas exchange occur?

a)

Heart

b)

Lungs

c)

Stomach

d)

Large intestine

2.

What is the process of respiration?

a)

Breathing

b)

The release of energy from food

c)

Inhalation

d)

Oxygen transfer

3.

What substance do we need to breathe in?

a)

Water

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon monoxide

4.

What substance do we need to breathe out?

a)

Water

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon monoxide

5.

What is produced during anaerobic respiration in animals?

a)

Lactic acid (and energy is released)

b)

Carbon dioxide (and energy is released)

c)

Lactic acid and oxygen

d)

Oxygen (and energy is released)

6.

Respiration is a vital function that all living things carry out.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Respiration takes place in

a)

the cells

b)

the lungs

c)

the heart

d)

the brain

8.

Is respiration the same as breathing?

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

Respiration is the process by which (a)   is released from glucose.

10.

Respiration is the process of changing (a)   into energy.

11.

For aerobic respiration to take place glucose needs to react with substance A. Select substance A.

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Water

c)

Oxygen

d)

Ozone

12.

When respiration takes place, energy is produced along with another two substances B and C. Select substances B and C.

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Water

c)

Oxygen

d)

Ozone

13.

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___.

a)

air/oxygen

b)

oxygen/carbon dioxide

c)

carbon dioxide/waste

d)

waste/air

14.

The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place

a)

bronchi

b)

lungs

c)

oxygen

d)

alveoli

15.

What is the site of gas exchange?

a)

alveoli

b)

bronchus

c)

nose

d)

trachea

16.

Which of the following are features of the alveoli that adapt them to gas exchange?

I. High surface area

II. Thin walls

III. Dry surfaces

a)

I and II only

b)

I only

c)

II and III

d)

I, II, and III

17.

Given the following structures:

1. alveoli

2. bronchi

3. bronchioles

Which of the following is the correct order in which air would flow after inhalation?

a)

1,2,3

b)

2,1,3

c)

2,3,1

d)

3,2,1

18.

What happens when you breathe in? (tick all that apply)

a)

diaphragm relaxes and moves up

b)

diaphragm contracts and flattens

c)

increases volume in thorax

d)

reduces volume in thorax