Repiratory System - Year 10

Question 0

Active transport

Answer 0

Transport against concentration gradient

Question 1

Gas exchange

Answer 1

Uptake of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide

Question 2

Diaphragm

Answer 2

Dome-shaped muscle below the lungs and rib cage

Question 3

Larynx

Answer 3

Voice box

Question 4

Bronchi

Answer 4

Structures that branch off the trachea

Question 5

Bronchioles

Answer 5

Smaller structures that branch off the bronchi

Question 6

Alveoli

Answer 6

Structure in the lungs that increase the surface area of the lungs

Question 7

Pulmonary artery

Answer 7

Blood vessel that delivers deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Question 8

Ventilation

Answer 8

Breathing in and breathing out

Question 9

Effects of exercise on ventilation

Answer 9

Increase in ventilation rate and increase in tidal volume (depth of breathing)

Question 10

Short term effects of smoking

Answer 10

Smelly hair, stained teeth, more coughs and colds etc.

Question 11

Long term effects of smoking

Answer 11

Stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, emphysema, etc.

Question 12

Nicotine

Answer 12

Addictive substance in cigarettes

Question 13

Carbon monoxide

Answer 13

Binds irreversibly to haemoglobin and leads to tiredness, dizziness and an increased heart rate