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What are capillaries?
Capillaries are the tiniest blood vessels around the air sacs.
100
True or False: When you inhale, your rib muscles may pull your rib cage down and in.
False: When you inhale, your rib muscles may pull your rib cage up and out.
100
Define taunt.
taunt: insult
100
Who are the "Little People?"
The "Little People" were small people, like children. They loved children. They danced, played, and were happy.
100
Would you find a gorge in the lake?
No - in the mountains
200
What are air sacs? (also known as alveoli)
Air sacs are clusters of thin-walled pouches at the ends of bronchioles.
200
How is the sounds of your voice made?
Your breath makes your vocal cords vibrate.
200
Define enforced.
enforced: to impose by force
200
Why does Soft Rain like having her little brother walk with her.
She likes having her little brother walk with her so that she can tell him stories.
200
Are ripples waves the come to shore from the ocean?
No, ripples are gentle waves.
300
What is a trachea?
A trachea is a tube that carries air from the larynx to the lungs.
300
What job do cilia perform?
Cilia help clean the air we breathe.
300
Define hesitating
hesitating: to stop, pause
300
What is the significance of some lines being written in italics?
The words are printed in italics when a character is thinking something, speaking with an accent, or speaking in a different language.
300
If someone said "You have a huge, furry spider on your head" would your arms flail about?
I would think so!
400
What are bronchioles?
Bronchioles are tubes that branch into smaller and smaller tubes. Broonchioles carry oxygen in, and carbon dioxide out.
400
What is vital lung capacity?
Vital lung capacity is the amount of air that a person can blow out after a deep breath.
400
Define bellowed.
bellowed: to call loudly
400
What did Soft Rain do that showed she cared about her grandmother?
She picked flowers for her grandmother.
400
What does it mean to "bask in the praise heaped on you by your classmates?"
It means to enjoy a warm or pleasant feeling.
500
What is mucus?
Mucus is a sticky, thick fluid that traps dust, germs and other things that may be in the air.
500
Oxygen passes into the blood of the ___________.
Oxygen passes into the blood of the capillaries.
500
Define stench.
stench: an unpleasant smell
500
Who is Sequoyah?
Sequoyah is the man who invented the Indian alphabet.
500
Dragonflies have see-through wings - does that make the visibility of them good or poor?
It makes it poor - it's harder to see them.