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Y8 Science Lungs, alveoli and gas exchange [Body Systems]
Y8 Science Lungs, alveoli and gas exchange [Body Systems]
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Year 8 Science - Human Body Systems The Respiratory System - Lungs, alveoli, gas exchange
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Blood capillaries are important in respiration because...
They are only one cell thick
They increase your lung capacity
They take O2 from the alveoli to the rest of the body
They remove CO2 from the body out through the alveoli
2
Which one of these diseases is caused by damage to alveoli?
influenza
asthma
emphysema
measles
3
Your diaphragm contracts and flattens when you...
breathe out
breathe in
4
Cellular respiration in cells does NOT produce...
water
carbon dioxide
energy
glucose
5
The word equation for respiration is
carbon dioxide + glucose --> water + oxygen
oxygen + water --> glucose + carbon dioxide
oxygen + glucose --> water + carbon dioxide
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Air enters the lungs when you inhale because...
the epiglottis opens so air can actually move in
the space inside the lungs get bigger
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Which one of these is
not
an adaptation of alveoli?
thick walls
large surface area
thin walls
short distance to blood vessel
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Where does gas exchange happen in the lungs?
windpipe
bronchi
trachea
alveoli
9
Oxygen gas is picked up by red blood cells. This is blood is named...
oxygenated blood
de-oxygenated blood
blue blood
red blood
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Cellular respiration in the lungs is most affected by...
body temperature
how much surface area the lungs have
the size of your lungs
how much water is in the body
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Another name for the "epiglottis" is
pharynx
trachea
that flap thing
larynx
