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Air and the respiratory system

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  • How do insects breathe?
    breathing holes/body openings
  • True or False: Plants can make food when there is no light.
    false
  • The carbon dioxide given out by the animals is used up by the ____________.
    plants
  • How do worms breathe?
    moist skin
  • It is the most abundant type of gas in the air. About 78% of air is made up of it.
    nitrogen
  • __________________ is the process by which air enters and leaves our body.
    Breathing
  • In most plants, stomata are found mainly on the underside of leaves. This is to prevent
    water loss or water inside the plant from evaporating too quickly
  • How do plants take in and give out air?
    tiny openings called stomata
  • Plants make food by _______________.
    photosynthesis
  • How do frogs breathe?
    lungs and moist skin
  • What happens to our breathing rate when we exercise?
    faster, increase
  • How do mammals like dolphins and whales breathe?
    blowholes
  • What is air made up of?
    nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapour and other gases.
  • How do fish take in and give out air?
    gills
  • 3 main parts of our respiratory system
    nose, windpipe and lungs
  • In the lungs, the air tubes branch into tiny tubes that end in air sacs. The air sacs are surrounded by blood vessels. What important process takes place in the air sacs?
    gas exchange
  • The type of gas needed by living things such as animals to stay alive.
    oxygen
  • How do humans get oxygen?
    breathing
  • The _________ in the nostrils remove dust from the air we breathe in.
    hairs
  • How does gas exchange in our lungs take place?
    The inhaled oxygen will pass through the wall of blood vessels and enter the blood stream while carbon dioxide from the blood moves out into the lungs.