MODUL 1

SCIENCE FORM THREE

Name: ___________________________________ Class: __________

CHAPTER 1: RESPIRATION

1. Figure 1 shows the human respiratory system.

Figure 1

a) Label structures X, Y and Z.

X : _______________________________________________________________

Y : _______________________________________________________________

Z : _______________________________________________________________
[3 marks]

b) State the type of gas in the air that

i) Diffuses into the blood capillaries from the alveolus.

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[1 mark]

ii) Diffuses from the blood capillaries into the alveolus.

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[1 mark]

2. Figure 2 shows the human breathing mechanism.

 Figure 2

a) Determine whether this mechanism is an inhalation or exhalation.

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[1 mark]
b) What happens to the volume of the thoracic cavity in Figure 2?

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[1 mark]
c) What happens to the air pressure in the thoracic cavity in Figure 2?

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[1 mark]

d) Complete the flow chart below to show the sequence of air flow starting from the nose and
ending in the alveolus.

Nose P Q Bronchiole Alveolus

e

[2 marks]

1001 QUESTIONS

SCIENCE FORM THREE

ANSWER CHAPTER 1: RESPIRATION

No. Answers Marks

1 a) X – trachea, 3
Y – bronchus,
Z – bronchiole

b) i) oxygen 1
ii) carbon dioxide 1

2 a) inhalation 1
b) volume of thoracic cavity increases 1
c) air pressure decreases 1
d) P: trachea 2
Q: bronchus