Nicholas Nembhard VICTOR DIXON HIGH SCHOOL

NAME______________________ DATE: 17/01/2022

FORM 4 4 onywere CSEC INTEGRATED SCIENCE SCORE: /25

RESPIRATION & AIR POLUTION WORKSHEET
Multiple Choice questions -5 marks
1. In which Prt of the respiratory system are alveoli found?

A bronchioles
B larynx
C lungs
D nose
2. The percentage of which of the following gases is the same inhaled and exhaled?
A carbon dioxide
B nitrogen
C oxygen
D water vapour
3. Which of the following occurs when a person inhales?

4. In which of the following respiratory conditions do the air sacs enlarge and lose their elesticity making it
more difficult to exchange gases?

5. Which of the following atmospheric pollutants contributes to acid rain?

SECTION B – STRUCTURED QUESTIONS -20 Marks

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED.

1. Define respiration:
is the action of breathing
___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
aerobic respiration
2. Name the two types of respiration? ____________________________ anaerobic respiration
and ___________________________
(2 marks)
3. State three differences between these two types of respiration. (3 marks)

aerobic respiration takes place in the presence of oxygen

(i) ______________________________________________________________________________________

anaerobic respiration take place in the absence of oxygen

(ii) ______________________________________________________________________________________

aerobic respiration break down oxiidation into carbon dioxide and water
(iii) ______________________________________________________________________________________
 aerobic respiration
4. Which type of respiration does yeast undergo during fermentation? ______________________________
(1 mark)

5. Below is a table showing a comparison between inhaled and exhaled air. Use the table to answer the
questions that follow.

Nitrogen
(a) State the constituents of air. (i) ___________________________ Oxygen
(ii) ________________________

carbon dioxide water vapour noble gases

(iii) ________________________ (iv) _______________________ (v) ________________________
(4 marks)

oxygen
(b) Which gas in air is used during respiration. Give a reason? ____________________ (1 mark)

each time we breathe the body take in oxygen which allow us to breathe
Reason _____________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

(c) Which gases are not used during respiration. Give a reason? carbon dioxide
__________________________(2 mark)

because it release the bad gas instead of use it

Reason ____________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

Oxyhemoglobin
(d) Which gas is formed during respiration. Give a reason? ______________________ (1 mark)

when oxygen binds heme of the protien into red blood cell
Reason ____________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

(e) If you were to blow on a mirror, what would you expect to happen and why?

it would fog up
__________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

because the water vapour in our breathe goes to the glass and condenses there
Why? _____________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)