CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 8 UNIT 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

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Worksheet 1.1
Completing sentences about respiration
Complete the sentences. Choose words or phrases from the list.
You can use each word once, more than once or not at all.

aerobic breathing diffusion exchange gas haemoglobin

heart lungs metabolism nutrients out oxygen

produced red released respiration vitamins white

Every living organism needs energy.

Living organisms get their energy from glucose and other ____________________.

The energy is ____________________ from the nutrients by chemical reactions in cells,

called ____________________ ____________________.

During these reactions, the glucose is combined with oxygen.

Oxygen is transported to our cells by ____________________ blood cells.

These cells contain a red pigment called ____________________.

Oxygen enters the blood in the air sacs in the ____________________.

The oxygen moves from the air into the blood by ____________________.

Carbon dioxide moves in the opposite direction.

This is called ____________________ ____________________.

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Worksheet 1.2
Explaining the meanings of words
Use your own words to explain the differences between the meanings in each set of terms:
1 breathing, gas exchange and respiration

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2 inspired air and expired air

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3 red blood cells and white blood cells

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4 trachea and bronchus

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