| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the term used to describe the release of energy from food | Respiration |
| What type of respiration requires oxygen | Aerobic respiration |
| What is the word equation for respiration | Glucose + Oxygen -> Energy + Carbon Dioxide + Water vapour |
| What two things does respiration need to have in a constant supply | Glucose and Oxygen |
| In the breathing system what part allows us to make sounds | Voicebox |
| What is the name of the large tube that carries the air to the lungs | Trachea |
| The trachea branches off into two tubes (one to each lung), what are they called | Bronchi |
| The bronchi lead into narrower tubes, what are they called | Bronchioles |
| Tiny air sacs are present at the end of the bronchioles, what are they called | Alveoli |
| What surrounds the alveoli | Tiny blood vessels |
| What happens in the tiny air vessels that surround the alveoli | Oxygen passes into blood and carbon dioxide passes from blood |
| The trachea, bronchi and bronchioles are surrounded by a structure that holds them open, what are they called | Rings of cartilage |
| What do you call the sheer of muscles that moves up and down to draw oxygen into to the lungs and expel carbon dioxide out | Diaphragm |
| How thick are the walls of the alveoli | One cell thick |
| Name one disease that can be caused by smoking | Cancer |
| In an experiment that shows expired air contains more carbon dioxide than inspired air, what is the name of the chemical that you blow through | Limewater |
| If carbon dioxide is present, what happens | Limewater turns milky |
