Respiration Webquest This website is designed to help you gain a better understanding of respiration and how the respiratory system works. You need to complete the series of activities outlined below and answer any questions on this sheet. Have fun! Go to the website: http://www.e-learningforkids.org/health/lesson/respiratory-system/ or if this fails to load go to www.google.com and in the question toolbox type “e learning respiratory system” and select the 1st website from the list generated for you. The website homepage should look like the picture below. Click on the purple arrow that says “Breather Emma, Breathe!” The screen should look like the image to the right. Click on the link that says: “1. Nose” 1. What two things does the nose do to air before it enters the body?

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Click on the icon at the bottom of the screen that says “main menu”. Click on the link that says: “2. Pharynx” 2. Other than carrying air down into the windpipe, what other job does the pharynx do? ________

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Click on the link that says: “3. Epiglottis” 3. What important job does the epiglottis have? _______________________________________________

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Click on the link that says: “4. Larynx” 4. What is your larynx commonly known as? _________________________________________________ 5. The larynx has a backbone of what type of material? _______________________________________ Click on the link that says: “5. Vocal chords” 6. What are vocal chords? ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Why is a man’s voice lower than a woman’s? _______________________________________________ Click on the link that says: “6. Trachea” 8. What common name does the trachea have? _______________________________________________ Click on the link that says: “7. The Bronchial Tree” 9. Why are the airways called the bronchial tree? _____________________________________________

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Click on the link that says: “8. Lungs” 10. What is the name for the smallest airways? _______________________________________________

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11. Why does the left lung have an indentation at the bottom? _________________________________

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Click on the magnifying glass to see how oxygen gets into the blood. 12. How do the red blood cells manage to obtain oxygen? ______________________________________

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Click on the “main menu” icon. Move your curser over the diaphragm. 13. How does the diaphragm force air into the lungs? _________________________________________

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Click on the picture of the blue figure at the bottom left hand side of the screen.

14. What is another name for breathing in? __________________________________________________

15. What is another name for breathing out? _________________________________________________

Click on the “main menu” icon. Click on the icon that says “Yucky Bits” 16. What is phlegm? ________________________________________________________________________

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17. When is phlegm yellowish green? ________________________________________________________ Now click on the hyper link at the top right hand corner of the screen that says “Take me to the Exercise” Build the respiratory system by moving each organ to its correct place on the diagram. Next go to the following website http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/appliedanatomy/respiratory/1_anatomy_respiratorysys_act.shtml or if this fails to load go to www.google.com and type in “BBC bitesize the respiratory system interactive”. Select the 1st option from the list that is generated for you. You know you are at the right website when it looks like the image to the right. Click on “Inspiration & Expiration”

Complete the activities outlined in the interactive.

When complete, go back to the menu and click on “Respiration”. Using your own words, explain what is happening in the diagram to the right . _______________________________________________________

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