Respiratory System
Vocabulary
Virtual Lung Dissection
Vocabulary
Scientific Variables
100

The network of organs that help you breathe

respiratory system

100

rib cage

what protects the lungs

100

Looked like the letter Y on both the pig and the human

Trachea 

100

Specimen

Test subject

100

The variable that you change

Independent Variable
200

contracts when you breathe in

diaphragm 
200

tissue

a collection of cells

200
Allows air to pass through and makes sounds so that the creature could speak

Larynx

200
Small

Miniscule

200

The variable that changes because of the independent variable

dependent variable
300

where gas exchange happens

alveoli

300

larynx

voice box

300

Asymmetrical on a pig

Lungs

300

Hard to find or see

Inconspicuous 

300

The variable that you keep the same

Controlled variable

400

the gas that we breathe out

carbon dioxide

400

respiratory 

related to gas exchange or breathing 

400

The pig's larynx was hard to find. 


True or false?

True

400

Uneven 

Asymmetrical

400

A kid wanted to test if the time he studied affected his test scores. 


Which one is the independent variable?

The time he studied

500

what the balloon at the bottom represents

diaphragm 

500

facilitate

to make easier

500

What adjacent to the lungs?

The heart

500

Accomodate

Make space for

500

A kid wanted to test if vaping damaged his lungs. 


Which one is the dependent variable?

Damage to the lungs