Ch6 The respiratory system

Question 1

Breathing in

Answer 1

Inhaling

Question 2

Breathing out

Answer 2

Exhaling

Question 3

Respiration

Answer 3

The release of energy from food

Question 4

External respiration

Answer 4

The process in which organisms take in oxygen for respiration and get rid of CO2 and water which are the waste product of respiration

Question 5

Gaseous exchange

Answer 5

When oxygen from the air is taken into the body and CO2 from the body is released

Question 6

Nose

Answer 6

Takes in and filters air with tiny hairs

Question 7

Epiglottis

Answer 7

Prevents food from going into the trachea

Question 8

Trachea

Answer 8

Takes air to the lungs

Question 9

Bronchus

Answer 9

Carries air into a lung

Question 10

Bronchiole

Answer 10

Narrow tubes that carry into the alveoli

Question 11

Lung

Answer 11

Gaseous exchange

Question 12

Alveolus

Answer 12

Tiny sacs for gaseous exchange

Question 13

Diaphragm

Answer 13

A muscle that controls the volume of the chest

Question 14

Intercostal muscles

Answer 14

Move the chest during breathing

Question 15

Ribs

Answer 15

Bones that protect the lungs

Question 16

Pelura

Answer 16

Membrane that helps the lungs to move easily

Question 17

Inhale

Answer 17

Diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract

Question 18

Exhale

Answer 18

Intercostal muscles and diaphragm relax

Question 19

Pulmonary

Answer 19

To do with the lungs

Question 20

Gaseous exchange

Answer 20

When oxygen in the Alveolus moves through its walls and into the blood and the CO2 in the surrounding pillory moves into the Alveolus

Question 21

Test for CO2

Answer 21

CO2 reacts with calcium hydroxide which is also known as limewater and turns milky

Question 22

Breathing rate

Answer 22

The measure of how many times someone inhales and exhales in one minute

Question 23

Average breaths per minute

Answer 23

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