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Respiratory System

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tiny hairlike structures that filter inhaled air to trap dust and pathogens are:

a)

olfactory receptors

b)

cisterni chili

c)

cilia

d)

sinuses

2.

In order to carry air to both lungs, the trachea branches into two tubes called:

a)

bronchi

b)

alveoli

c)

bronchioles

d)

terminal bronchioles

3.

When cells use oxygen and nutrients to produce energy, water, carbon dioxide, the process is called:

a)

external respiration

b)

metabolic respiration

c)

internal respiration

d)

cellular respiration

4.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about lung cancer?

a)

It cannot be prevented.

b)

It is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women.

c)

There are no symptoms in the early stages.

d)

Prognosis is poor.

5.

The Main tube that takes air to your lungs

a)

bronchi

b)

bronchioles

c)

trachea

d)

air sacs

6.

What is the Scientific Name for Air Sacs

a)

bronchi

b)

alveoli

c)

bronchioles

d)

trachea

7.

The tiny, thin, hair like tubes in the lungs are

a)

the trachea

b)

the bronchi

c)

the bronchioles

d)

the alveoli

8.

Where does the oxygen get into the blood?

a)

the trachea

b)

the bronchi

c)

the bronchioles

d)

the alveoli

9.

Oxygen is transferred in the air sacs THROUGH THE

a)

capillaries

b)

bronchi

c)

Lungs

10.

What are the main organs in the Respiratory System?

a)

Windpipe

b)

Nose

c)

Mouth

d)

Lungs

11.

Large, dome like muscle under your lungs

a)

Lungs

b)

Trachea

c)

Diaphragam

d)

Alveoli

12.

What part of the respiratory system is number 2?

a)

Bronchi

b)

Mouth

c)

Nose

d)

Trachea

13.

What part of the respiratory system is number 4?

a)

Bronchi

b)

Mouth

c)

Nose

d)

Trachea

14.

What part of the respiratory system is number 3?

a)

Bronchi

b)

Mouth

c)

Nose

d)

Trachea

15.

What part of the respiratory system is number 5?

a)

Trachea

b)

Alveoli

c)

Lungs

d)

Nose

16.

Which is not a job of the respiratory system?

a)

taking in oxygen

b)

taking in carbon dioxide

c)

moisten air

d)

transport glucose

17.

What is oxygen needed for?

a)

energy releasing chemical reactions

b)

to make glucose

c)

to take in sunlight

d)

none of the above

18.

Which is not a job of the nose?

a)

warm air

b)

moisten air

c)

traps particles like dust and bacteria

d)

bring in carbon dioxide

19.

After the nose, air passes into the

a)

larynx

b)

pharynx

c)

bronchi

d)

bronchioles

20.

A small flap of tissue that covers the trachea is called the

a)

bronchi

b)

larynx

c)

pharynx

d)

epiglottis

21.

Which properly describes inhalation?

a)

ribs go down and out

b)

pressure is low causing air to rush in

c)

pressure is high causing air to rush in

d)

volume is low

22.

When you exhale, the diaphragm

a)

moves upwards

b)

moves downwards

c)

flattens

d)

none of the above

23.

Which is known as the voice box?

a)

pharynx

b)

larynx

c)

trachea

d)

bronchi

24.

What is labeled F?

a)

bronchioles

b)

trachea

c)

bronchi

d)

diaphragm