Function of the Lungs
Respiratory System
Vocabulary
100

What do your cells need to live besides food? 

What is oxygen?

100

How does respiration help animals? 

What is Respiration provides cells with oxygen and removes the waste from the cells? 
100

What is respiration? 

What is the process that gets oxygen to the cells and removes waste gases? 

200
What do the lungs look like? 

What is sponge-like structures with air sacs in them? 

200

What does the Respiratory System do? 

The Respiratory System removes waste and carries oxygen to the body's cells. 

200

What is the larynx? 

What is the box-shaped structure below the throat, also known as the voice box? 

300
What does a healthy lung look like?

What is red, spongy, and flexible organs? 

300

Where does the Respiratory System begin? 

What is the nose or mouth? 

300

What is the trachea? 

What is the long tube also known as the windpipe? 

400

What does an unhealthy lung look like? 

What is shriveled, black, and clogged? 

400

What is the main organ of the Respiratory System? 

What is the lungs? 

400

What is the bronchi?

What is the two small tubes that connect to the lungs where the air enters? 

500
What are some ways to keep the lungs healthy? 

What is exercise, drink water, eat healthy and don't smoke 

500

What is another name for the waste that the respiratory system removes? 

What is carbon dioxide? 

500

What is oxygen? 

What is the product that your cells need that is given through the Respiratory System?