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Respiratory System

Use the Internet Resources to find the answers to these questions.

  1. How does air get into your body? Name two ways.

  2. How many lungs do you have?

  3. How many times do you breathe in one minute?

  4. How do plants help us breathe?

  5. What gas do people inhale?

  6. What gas do people exhale?

  7. How many alveoli (air sacs) do you have in the lungs?

  8. Which lung is larger?

    • the right lung

    • the left lung

  9. Which has the faster breathing rate?

    • men

    • women

  10. Why do you need to breathe?

 

Internet Resources for the Muscular System:

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/respiratorysystem.html

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/ancgann/body/respiratory.html

http://www.lung.ca/children/index_kids.html

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/index.html

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