respiratory system

Question 1

oxygen

Answer 1

a gas in the air (and water) that animals need to breathe in;

Question 2

cellular respiration

Answer 2

the process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions

Question 3

glucose

Answer 3

simple form of sugar

Question 4

co2

Answer 4

a gas in the air produced by breathing and used by plants as part of photosynthesis. The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide.

Question 5

trachea

Answer 5

narrow tube from the mouth to the lungs through which air moves

Question 6

the organ for breathing air. Gas exchange occurs in the lungs. gives oxygen to blood

Answer 6

lungs

Question 7

bronchi

Answer 7

small tubes in your lungs. air passes from the trachea to the smaller bronchioles and alveoli in the respiratory system

Question 8

small branching tubes in the lungs leading from the two larger bronchi to the alveoli

Answer 8

Bronchioles

Question 9

the vessel through which oxygenated blood travels from your lungs to the heart

Answer 9

pulmonary vein

Question 10

the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body

Answer 10

aorta

Question 11

a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries.

Answer 11

arterioles

Question 12

small veins

Answer 12

venules`

Question 13

the vessel that transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs from the heart.

Answer 13

pulmonary artery

Question 14

flexible, dome-shaped, muscular layer separating the chest and the abdomen. It is involved in breathing.

Answer 14

diaphram

Question 15

the largest volume of air that can be breathed in or out at one time

Answer 15

vital capacity

Question 16

movement of muscles in the chest causing air to enter the lungs and the altered air in the lungs to leave.

Answer 16

breathig