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Gas Exchange in Alveoli PreLess

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Exhaled air is warmer than atmospheric air

a)
Exhaled air is colder than atmospheric air
b)
False
c)
True
d)
Exhaled air has the same temperature as atmospheric air
2.

Atmospheric air is more saturated with water vapour than expired air

a)
False
b)
True
c)
Depends on the location
d)
Partially true
3.

Which gas has the highest amount in the atmospheric air?

a)
Hydrogen
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
Oxygen
4.

Oxygen level in exhaled air is _______ than the inhaled air

a)
lower
b)
the same
c)
equal
d)
higher
5.

The amount of nitrogen in inhaled air is _________ in exhaled air

a)

higher

b)

doubled

c)
the same
d)

lower

6.

The amount of carbon dioxide in inhaled air is _________ in exhaled air

a)
the same
b)
higher
c)
nonexistent
d)
lower
7.

Which is the correct order of air entering the lungs?

a)

Nose or mouth, bronchioles, bronchi, trachea, alveoli

b)

Nose or mouth, bronchioles, trachea, bronchi, alveoli

c)

Nose or mouth, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli

8.

Which of the organs below does the gas exchange happens?

a)

trachea

b)

bronchi

c)

bronchioles

d)

alveoli

9.

The other name for alveoli is __________

a)
Lung lobes
b)

Lung Grapes

c)
Air sacs
d)
Pulmonary veins
10.

Why do we breathe?

a)
To absorb sunlight and produce energy
b)
To expel excess water from the body
c)
To take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide
d)
To communicate with other living organisms
11.

To maximise the efficiency of gas exchange, the alveoli must be?

a)
thin-walled and surrounded by a dense network of capillaries
b)
thick-walled and surrounded by a dense network of capillaries
c)

thick-walled and surrounded by a less network of capillaries

d)

thin-walled and surrounded by a less network of capillaries

12.

What is the purpose of having millions of tiny alveoli in our lungs?

a)

To store excess oxygen

b)
To provide structural support for the lungs
c)
To produce mucus for lubrication
d)
To increase the surface area for gas exchange
13.

Guess the average amount of alveoli in our lungs

a)
100 million
b)

700 million

c)
1 million
d)
500 million
14.

Air in each alveolus is separated from the blood by only ______ cell layer/layers

a)
one
b)
four
c)
three
d)
two
15.

What are the walls separating the air inside the lung and blood?

a)
Bronchial walls
b)
Pulmonary walls
c)

Capillary walls

d)
Alveolar walls
16.

Blood leaving the body tissues is high in ________, and blood leaving the lung is high in ________

a)
nitrogen, hydrogen
b)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
c)
carbon dioxide, oxygen
d)
water vapor, nitrogen
17.

Which is the correct order of flow of deoxygenated blood?

a)

heart -> lung -> body tissue

b)

body tissues -> lung -> heart

c)

body tissues -> heart -> lung

d)

lungs -> heart -> body tissues

18.

Which is the correct order of flow of oxygenated blood?

a)

Body tissues, heart, lungs

b)

Lungs, heart, body tissues

c)

Heart, lungs, body tissues

d)

Body tissues, lungs, heart

19.

The movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide across the alveolar and capillary walls is caused by _______

a)

diffusion gradient

b)

filtration gradient

c)

volume gradient

d)

pressure gradient

20.

When the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood is higher than the alveolus carbon dioxide concentration, what happens to the carbon dioxide?

a)
It remains in the blood and causes no effect
b)
It diffuses from the alveolus into the blood
c)
It is converted into oxygen in the alveolus
d)

It diffuses from the blood into the alveolus

21.

When the concentration of oxygen in the blood is lower than the alveolus oxygen concentration, what happens to the oxygen?

a)
Oxygen diffuses from the blood into the alveolus.
b)
Oxygen diffuses from the alveolus into the blood.
c)
Oxygen is released from the blood into the surrounding tissues.
d)
Oxygen is converted into carbon dioxide in the blood.
22.

Carbon dioxide and oxygen exchange happens simultaneously

a)
False
b)
Only in plants
c)
True
d)
Happens in separate stages