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Year 8 Respiratory system

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the respiratory system?

a)

Taking in Carbon Dioxide and expelling oxygen

b)

Assist with breathing mechanic

c)

Taking in Oxygen and expelling oxygen

d)

Help with the circulation of the blood through the body

2.
What are the parts of the respiratory system shown in the diagram?
3.

Reorder the following body parts in order, how oxygen enters the bloodstream

a)

Nose and Mouth

b)

Trachea

c)

Bronchus

d)

Bronchioles

e)

Alveoli

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
4.

Oxygen enters the bloodstream through a process called?

a)

Ventilation process

b)

Respiration process

c)

Gaseous exchange process

d)

Perfusion

5.

To exchange means to

a)

GIve away

b)

Swap

c)

Receive

d)

dissolve

6.

The gases that exchange in humans during breathing are (a)   and Oxygen

7.

The air you breath in is about ...........

a)

40%

b)

70%

c)

21%

d)

37%

8.

Oxygens combine with ..................... when it enters the blood system?

a)

Platelets

b)

Plasma

c)

White Blood Cells

d)

Haemoglobin

9.

Match the following word to their definitions

a)

Concentration

1.

The amount of something in one place

b)

Alveoli

2.

Air sacs in the lungs

c)

Capillary

3.

Smallest blood vessels

d)

Haemoglobin

4.

Transport oxygen in the blood

10.

another word for breathing in is?

(a)  

11.

When inhaling the volume in the chest ............

a)

Decrease

b)

Increase

c)

stay the same

d)

Doubles in volume

12.

The muscles that allows the lungs to expand more during exercise are ?

a)

Pectorals and Sternocleidomastoids

b)

Deltoid and Pectorals

c)

Serratus anterior and Pectorals

d)

Pectorals and Rectus Abdominis

13.

Match the following

a)

Breathing in to take in oxygen

1.

Inspiration

b)

Breathing out to remove carbon dioxide

2.

Expiration

c)

A sheet of muscle found under the lungs

3.

Diaphragm

d)

Muscles found in between the ribs

4.

Intercostal muscles

e)

Process that brings air into the body

5.

Breathing