Worksheets Name
Respiratory System AS Level Class
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins Date
1. What does the Larynx hold?
a) The larynx hold the cartilage. b) The larynx holds the whole respiratory
system.
c) The larynx holds the vocal chords. d) The larynx holds the lungs.
2. The two main branches from the trachea is (one to each lung)
___________?
a) Bronchioles b) Capillaries
c) Bronchi d) Alveoli
3. The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange
takes place is _________?
a) Alveoli b) Oxygen
c) Trachea d) Bronchi
4. What is the tube that is also known as your windpipe?
a) Trachea b) Bronchi
c) Alveoli d) Esophagus
5. Where does gas exchange occur?
a) in the alveoli b) in the terminal bronchioles
c) in the respiratory bronchioles d) in the bronchi
6. a flap of tissue that closes when we eat so food doesn't not go down the trachea
a) trachea b) larynx
c) epiglottis d) pharynx
7. The movement of oxygen from the alveoli to the blood and from the blood to the tissues is due to
the process of...
a) phagocytosis b) osmosis
c) diffusion d) cytokinesis
8. The role of cilia in the respiratory system is to....
a) sweep the mucus towards mouth. b) warm and humidify the air.
c) trap the particles, dirt, and microorganisms.
9. What is the function of the bronchi?
a) Transport air from lungs to alveoli b) Transport air from nose to lungs
c) Transport air from alveoli to blood d) Transport air from trachea to lungs
10. Given the following structures:
1. larynx
2. nasal cavity
3. pharynx
4. trachea
Which of the following is the correct order that air would flow during inhalation.
a) 4,2,3,1 b) 2,1,3,4
c) 1,2,3,4 d) 2,3,1,4
11. Why does oxygen travel through the alveoli to the blood?
a) There is more oxygen in the alveoli and b) There is less oxygen in the alveoli and
oxygen is travelling from lowest oxygen is going from lowest concentration to
concentration to highest highest
c) There is less oxygen in the alveoli and d) There is more oxygen in the alveoli and
oxygen is going from highest concentration oxygen is going from highest concentration
to lowest to lowest
12. Cartilage is found in which structure?
a) broncioles b) alveolus
c) capillaries d) trachea
13. Which of the following is not a role of elastic fibres in the gas exchange system?
a) contract to decrease the volume of the b) stretch to accommodate more air in the
alveoli during expiration alveoli during deep breathing
c) stretch to increase the surface area of the d) recoil to force air out of the alveoli during
alveoli for gas exchange expiration
14. The following structures are found in the walls of the gas exchange system.
1 capillaries
2 cilia
3 elastic fibres
4 goblet cells
5 smooth muscle cells
Which would be found in the lining of an alveolus?
a) 2 and 5 b) 1, 2, 3
c) 4 and 5 d) 1 and 3
15. Which of the following best describes the process of gas exchange in the lungs?
a) Oxygen diffuses from alveolar air into b) Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse down
deoxygenated blood. their concentration gradients between blood
and alveolar air.
c) Air moves in and out of the alveoli during d) Carbon dioxide diffuses from deoxygenated
breathing. blood in capillaries into the alveolar air.
16. Which structure can produce mucus due to the presence of mucous gland and goblet cells?
a) trachea and bronchi b) bronchi and bronchioles
c) trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles d) trachea and bronchioles
17. Which structure contains cartilage tissue?
a) bronchi and bronchioles b) trachea and bronchioles
c) trachea and bronchi d) trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles
18. During asthma attack, the lumen of respiratory tract decrease in diameter.
What causes the constriction of the lumen?
a) ciliated cells produce too many mucus b) goblet cells are swollen to sweep away
excessive mucus
c) smooth muscles in d) smooth muscles in
trachea/bronchi/bronchioles contract trachea/bronchi/bronchioles relax
