How the Lungs Work

Question 1

When Maya takes a deep breath before her soccer game, the air moves through several parts of her body before reaching the tiny air sacs where gas exchange happens. Which sequence correctly shows the order the air travels?

Accepted Answer

Nose or mouth → trachea → bronchi → bronchioles → alveoli

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Nose or mouth → trachea → bronchi → alveoli → bronchioles

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Nose or mouth → trachea → bronchioles → bronchi → alveoli

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Nose or mouth → bronchi → trachea → bronchioles → alveoli

Question 2

Aria takes a deep breath before her piano recital. Which list shows the correct path the air follows from the outside of her body to the tiny air sacs where gas exchange happens?

Accepted Answer

Nose or mouth → trachea → bronchi → bronchioles → alveoli

Answer

Nose or mouth → bronchi → trachea → bronchioles → alveoli

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Nose or mouth → trachea → bronchi → alveoli → bronchioles

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Nose or mouth → trachea → bronchioles → bronchi → alveoli

Question 3

After climbing the playground rope ladder, Jenna feels a little out of breath. Inside her lungs, the tiny air sacs called alveoli are where the gases are exchanged. Which sentence correctly tells what happens to the gases in the alveoli?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen moves from the alveoli into the blood, and carbon dioxide moves from the blood into the alveoli.

Answer

Both oxygen and carbon dioxide move from the blood into the alveoli.

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Oxygen moves from the blood into the alveoli, and carbon dioxide moves from the alveoli into the blood.

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Both oxygen and carbon dioxide move from the alveoli into the blood.

Try three questions

When Maya takes a deep breath before her soccer game, the air moves through several parts of her body before reaching the tiny air sacs where gas exchange happens. Which sequence correctly shows the order the air travels?

Aria takes a deep breath before her piano recital. Which list shows the correct path the air follows from the outside of her body to the tiny air sacs where gas exchange happens?

After climbing the playground rope ladder, Jenna feels a little out of breath. Inside her lungs, the tiny air sacs called alveoli are where the gases are exchanged. Which sentence correctly tells what happens to the gases in the alveoli?

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