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Breathing and GasBreathing

exchange and respiration

Name Class Date

1 All the parts of your body need to respire. Why is respiration needed? Tick the best answer.

 to produce oxygen  to release energy from food

 to help you breathe to give you food
2 a Label the diagram below using the words from the box.

diaphragm lung muscle rib trachea (windpipe)

b The diagram above shows someone who has just breathed out. Describe two things that
happen to allow the person to breathe in.

3 Draw lines to match the words with their meanings.

breathing the flow of air in and out of the lungs
breathing rate breathing out
exhalation the number of times you breathe in and
out in a minute
inhalation the movement of muscles to make the
lungs get bigger and smaller
ventilation breathing in

4 a Gas exchange occurs in the lungs. What is the name of the gas that leaves the lungs and
goes into the blood?

b What is the name of the gas that leaves the blood and goes into the lungs during gas
exchange?

5 What happens to a muscle when it contracts?

I can…
● recall what happens in respiration
● recall what happens in gas exchange
● describe how muscles in the gas exchange system allow ventilation.

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