1. What part of the body is not a part of the human respiratory system?
a. nose
b. lungs
c. trachea
d. heart
2. Which is NOT an adaptation that allows for cheetahs to breathe more efficiently?
a. enlarged heart
b. enlarged nostrils
c. enlarged lungs
d. enlarged trachea
3. How many times is air cycled through the lungs of an eagle in one breath?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 5
d. 10
4. What is the blood protein used by snails to transport oxygen?
a. Myoglobin
b. Hemocyanin
c. Hemoglobin
d. Hemerythrin
5. Which is NOT a mechanism that frogs can use for respiration?
a. Cutaneous respiration
b. Lungs (negative pressure breathing)
c. Buccopharyngeal membrane
d. Internal and external gills
6. Which protein do whales have a lot of that allows them to store large amounts of oxygen in their muscles?
a. hemoglobin
b. hemolysin
c. myoglobin
d. hemocyanin
7. What do octopi use to pump water through the gill system so that it enables them to breathe?
a. gill
b. lungs
c. epidermis
d. siphon
Answers: 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B 5.B 6. C 7. D
a. nose
b. lungs
c. trachea
d. heart
2. Which is NOT an adaptation that allows for cheetahs to breathe more efficiently?
a. enlarged heart
b. enlarged nostrils
c. enlarged lungs
d. enlarged trachea
3. How many times is air cycled through the lungs of an eagle in one breath?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 5
d. 10
4. What is the blood protein used by snails to transport oxygen?
a. Myoglobin
b. Hemocyanin
c. Hemoglobin
d. Hemerythrin
5. Which is NOT a mechanism that frogs can use for respiration?
a. Cutaneous respiration
b. Lungs (negative pressure breathing)
c. Buccopharyngeal membrane
d. Internal and external gills
6. Which protein do whales have a lot of that allows them to store large amounts of oxygen in their muscles?
a. hemoglobin
b. hemolysin
c. myoglobin
d. hemocyanin
7. What do octopi use to pump water through the gill system so that it enables them to breathe?
a. gill
b. lungs
c. epidermis
d. siphon
Answers: 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B 5.B 6. C 7. D