Practice exercises: breathing and respiration

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Quinten: The function of the cilia in the nasal cavity is to hold onto germs.
Milou: There are cilia on the inside of the windpipe.

Who is right?

1. Only Quinten
2. Only Milou
3. Both are right
4. They are both wrong

Explain how the big ears of the fennec fox are an adaption to living in the desert

Willy: Inhaled air contains more Nitrogen than exhaled air
Bernard: Inhaled air contains less water than exhaled air
Bill: Inhaled air contains more Carbon Dioxide than exhaled air
Who is right?

1. Willy
2. Bernard
3. Bill

Name two reasons that make gas exchange go fast

In which container will the Oxygen lower the least?

1. Container 1
2. Container 2
3. Container 3
4. Container 4

Does B show Oxygen-rich or Oxygen-poor blood?

Is Y Oxygen or Carbon Dioxide?

1. Rich - Carbon dioxide
2. Rich - Oxygen
3. Poor - Carbon dioxide
4. Poor - Oxygen

Marco coughs a lot. When he coughs his belly muscles contract. Does his diaphragm move upwards or downwards?

Is he breathing in or out?

1. Diaphragm up and breathing in
2. Diaphragm up and breathing out
3. Diaphragm down and breathing in
4. Diaphragm down and breathing out

The muscle spasms that are created by tetanus make it hard to breath.
By breathing out belly muscles, the diaphragm and interrib muscles play a role.

The contraction of which muscles makes you breath in?

1. Diaphragm and belly muscles
2. diaphragm and interrib muscles
3. belly muscles and interrib muscles

Whales can stay underwater for a long time. When the whale comes up he breathes through the whole on top of is head.

Does the air he blows out contain more or less Carbon Dioxide than inhaled air?

1. More Carbon Dioxide
2. Less Carbon Dioxide

which letter, P or Q shows the organ the tube has to go into?

and what is the name?

1. P - Oesophagus
2. P - Windpipe
3. Q - Oesophagus
4. Q - Windpipe

In what part of the lungs does gas exchange happen?

Which gas leaves the lungs in the same quantities when breathing in?

1. Alveoli - Oxygen
2. Bronchioles - Water vapor
3. Bronchioles - Carbon Dioxide
4. Alveoli - Nitrogen

Show how respiration works

Carbon Dioxide

Glucose

Oxygen

Water

energy

Explain why lowering the body temperature during hibernation will help animals survive for a long time without food