Download the respiratory system WS

NAME-------------------SCIENCE GRADE 6
DATE-------------
TOPIC: The respiratory system
Worksheet
Q1/ The organs that help us breathe are called
The……………………………………………………….
Q2/ Youssef uses an inhaler.
He has asthma.
He needs the medicine in the inhaler to help him
breathe.
Complete the sentences.
Youssef puts the inhaler in his…………………………………………….
He presses the inhaler and………………………………………………….
The medicine travels down his windpipe to his…………………………………………...
The medicine opens his airways and he gets oxygen into his body.
Q3/ Humans have organs inside their bodies.
Cats have similar organs inside their bodies.
(a) Which letter shows the organ the cat uses
to breathe?
Circle the correct answer.
A B C D E
F
(b) Which letter shows the organ that pumps blood around the cat’s body?
Circle the correct answer.
ABCDEF
(c) Which letter shows an organ that digests the food the cat eats?
Circle the correct answer.
ABCDEF
Q4/ Drugs can be medicines.
Priya has asthma.
She uses an inhaler.
The inhaler contains medicine. Describe how the medicine gets inside Priya.
…………………………………………………………………………..
Q5/ Answer the questions below.
1. What is the name of the name of the air that we breath in?
2. What is the name of of the air that we breath out?
3. What is the synonym for the windpipe?
4. What is another word for breathing in?
5. What is another word for breathing out?
6. The …………………………….is a dome shaped muscle involved in breathing. It
is at the bottom of the lungs.