Triggers
Body in Motion Facts
The Respiratory System
Symptoms
Treatment
100
True or False: Vigorous exercise helps those with asthma to breathe better
False
100

How many modules are there?


A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

C. 3

100
This slimy discharge builds up in symptomatic airways, making it harder to breathe
Mucus
100
The muscles around the airways do this during an asthma attack
Tighten and constrict
100
True or False: Asthma can be treated, but never cured
True
200
This common outdoor trigger is plentiful during autumn and spring
Pollen
200

In which text we read about veins, arteries, capillaries?


A. Pumo Up the Heart

B. Give Blood!

C. The Blood's Super Highway

D. Blood Banks

C. The Blood's Super Highway

200
The name of the passageways through which air travels
Bronchioles
200
The walls of the bronchioles do this during an asthma attack
Swell, become inflamed
200
This word means that a disease has a long duration and frequent reoccurrence
Chronic
300
This common household trigger begins with the letter "d" and comes from your furry pets
Dander
300

What is the genre of the text: "Radio 4LLL - Organ Donation"?


A. Science Report

B. Discussion

C. Information Report

D. Exposition

B. Discussion

300
The tiny grape-like sacs that exchange gases in the lungs
Alveoli
300
Intense coughing while airway passages are narrowed is called
Wheezing
300
Also called a puffer, delivers medicine to the lungs
Inhaler
400
This hardy bug can exacerbate asthma symptoms
Cockroach
400

...the lungs get the carbon dioxide out of the______.


A. body

B. skin

C. oxygen

A. body (p. 12)

400
This is the main muscle responsible for respiration
Diaphragm
400
True or False: An asthmatic person develops hives during an asthma attack
False
400
True or False: The inhaler is the only form of medicine used by asthma sufferers
False, there are other types of medicine for controlling asthma, such as pills and injections
500
A person whose allergies are hypersensitive to things like mold, pollen, dust, and dander is said to be
Atopic
500

The book is divided into 4 diffenrent areas. Which ones are they?

The Human Body at Work / Keeping the Body working / What Sorts of Things Affect My Body / Regular Features

500
The windpipe is also called this
Trachea
500
True or False: An asthma attack normally only lasts for five minutes
False: There is no "normal" window of time--asthma attacks can span for several minutes, hours, or even days
500
This small, hand-held device shows how well air moves out of your lungs
Peak Flow Meter
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