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Respiratory System Quiz
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________ Period:______
Circle the correct answer to each question below. (2 points each)
1) What is the function of the respiratory system?
A) To provide the body with essential nutrients.
B) To provide the body with the enzymes and hormones needed to function.
C) To provide the body with oxygen and dispose of carbon dioxide.
D) All of the above.
2) Which of the following is the correct pattern of airflow during inhalation?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Nose, Trachea, Bronchi, Alveoli
Nose, Alveoli, Trachea, Bronchi
Nose, Trachea, Esophagus, Alveoli, Bronchi
Nose, Trachea, Diaphragm, Bronchi, Alveoli
3) After working outdoors in the garden, you come indoors and blow your nose to find dirt in the mucus.
What function of the respiratory system is your nose performing?
A) filtering the air
B) adding moisture to the air
C) causing an allergic reaction
D) warming the air
4)
A)
B)
C)
D)
What prevents food from going down the trachea?
gall bladder
epiglottis
tongue
esophagus
5) In the lungs, _____ gas enters the blood and _____ gas exits the blood.
A) oxygen / phosphate
B) carbon dioxide / oxygen
C) carbon dioxide / sulfur
D) oxygen / carbon dioxide
6)
A)
B)
C)
D)
A large muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and helps with breathing.
Larynx
Trachea
Diaphragm
Nose
Label the numbered organs from the diagram below. (1 point each)
Use the following words: larynx, mouth, pharynx, lung, left bronchi, right bronchi, alveoli, nose, trachea,
diaphragm, bronchioles
Please answer the following open- ended questions completely. Be sure to use evidence we have from
class.
1) What happens to your lungs when the diaphragm moves down? What happens to your lungs when the
diaphragm move up? (Hint: remember the bottle model and the Push/Pull model) 4 points
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2) What happens to your breathing as you exercise? Why does this happen? What body part do you
usually breathe through in this case? Why? (Hint: use evidence from real life and class) 4 points
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3) Explain how the respiratory system disorders such as pneumonia, COPD, and asthma affect the
respiratory system. 3 points
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4) What do we exhale? What evidence do you have from class to support this? 3 points
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