Bill Nye Respiratory System

What is the main function of the respiratory system?

• to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body

• to break down food and absorb nutrients

• to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide

What are the main organs of the respiratory system that allow us to breathe and for gas exchange to happen?

• diapragm

• lungs

• trachea

In the Bill Nye video, he Bill shows how the diaphragm is pulled down when someone inhales. What do you think is the best answer to show the function of the dome-shaped diaphragm muscle?

• This is where gas exchange happens.

• Air passes through the diaphragm on the way to the lungs.

• It attaches to the lungs and contracts and relaxes to help in breathing.

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___. 

• air/oxygen
• oxygen/carbon dioxide 
• carbon dioxide/waste 
• waste/air 

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What is the function of the bronchial tubes?

• Transport air from nose to lungs

• Transport air from trachea to lungs

• Transport air from lungs to alveoli

• Transport air from alveoli to blood

These are the two two main branches from the trachea (one to each lung)

• bronchial tubes

• alveoli

• capillaries

• bronchioles

The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place

• bronchi
• lungs
• oxygen
• alveoli

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Within the lungs, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs between the ___ and the capillaries. 

• trachea 
• bronchi 
• alveoli
• diaphragm

What is tube that is also known as your wind pipe?

• esophogus
• bronchi
• trachea
• alveoli

Flap of tissue that covers the opening to the windpipe during swallowing

• Pharynx

• Trachea

• Epiglottis