THE INDIAN SCHOOL

BIOLOGY
XI
Breathing and Exchange of gases
1. Name the pulmonary disease in which alveolar surface area involved in gas exchange is
drastically reduced due to damage in the alveolar walls :
a. Asthma
b. Pleurisy
c. Emphysema
d. Pneumonia
2. Bulk of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) released from body tissues into the blood is present as
a. Carbamino-haemoglobin in RBCs
b. Bicarbonate in blood plasma and RBCs
c. Free CO2 in blood plasma
d. 70% carbamino-haemoglobin and 30% as bicarbonate
3. The alveolar epithelium in the lung is
a. non-ciliated columnar
b. non-ciliated squamous
c. ciliated columnar
d. ciliated squamous
4. Blood analysis of a patient reveals an unusually high quantity of carboxyhaemoglobin
content. Which of the following conclusions is most likely to be correct?
a. The patient has been inhaling polluted air containing unusually high content of
carbon disulphide
b. The patient has been inhaling polluted air containing unusually high content of
chloroform
c. The patient has been inhaling polluted air containing unusually high content of
carbon dioxide
d. The patient has been inhaling polluted air containing unusually high content of
carbon monoxide
5. Name
a. the site where actual exchange of O2 and CO2 takes place between air and
blood in humans.
b. multicellular organisms in which anaerobic respiration takes place.
c. categories of people with higher vital capacity.
d. muscles that move ribs up and down

6. What is the role of oxyhaemoglobin after releasing molecular oxygen in the tissues?
7. What is principle behind diffusion of gases?
8. List the various features that facilitate the diffusion of O 2 from alveoli to the tissues
and that of CO2 from tissues to alveoli.
9. Give the average value of the following in a normal adult human
Tidal volume, Residual volume, Alveolar pO2 , Venous pO2

10. What will happen if the diaphragm of a human being is ruptured?

11. Differentiate between IRV and ERV.
 12. In what form is O2 carried in the blood? What happens to it when the blood
reaches the tissues?
13. Explain how CO2 is transported from tissues to the lungs.
14. Describe the events involved in the process of breathing.
15. Explain why more O2 is released in the active tissues than in less active tissues?
16. The erythrocytes transport O2 but they respire anaerobically. Why?
17. Describe how contraction and relaxation of some muscles produce respiratory movements.
6. What is the role of molecular oxygen after releasing oxygen into the tissues