Effects Of Smoking in The Respiratory System

Aim : To study the Effects of smoking on the human respiratory

system
Materials : Cigarette, moist cotton wool, universal indicator and
match
Apparatus : Glass tube, conical flask, rubber stopper
Procedure : 1- Drill a small hole into the water bottles cap.
It must be the same size as a cigarette.
2- Stuff cotton into the water bottle
3- Screw on the cap and light the cigarette
4- Gently squeeze the bottle to stimulate breathing.

Substance
Cotton

Thermometer

Observation
Observation

Inference

The white cotton

turns
----------------------The temperature

Cigarette smoke
contains
-----------------------Cigarette smoke
is

Discussion
1. Which part of the human respiratory
System is represented by cotton?
2.

What causes the cotton to change its

colour?

3.

Name the gases present in the cigarette smoke

that cause the colour of universal indicator to
change.

What inference can be made about the

effect of
temperature of cigarette smoke on
the
respiratory system
The temperature dries up
the walls of
the respiratory tract and the lungs
5.
4.