Air and Respiratory System
Across
- 2. Oxygen supports _________ (combustion).
- 6. There are many tiny ______ in our lungs to allow gases to be exchanged.
- 8. ______ turns cloudy when carbon dioxide is blown into it.
- 9. The most abundant 78% of air is _______.
- 10. Earth is able to support life due to this layer of air called _____.
- 11. Plants need this air to make food.
- 13. The sticky liquid found in our nose and on the walls of our windpipe.
- 16. This muscle beneath our lungs moves upwards or downwards when we inhale or exhale.
- 17. The ______ in our nose traps dust of the inhaled air.
- 18. Our lungs _______ when we inhale as air rushes in from the nose or mouth.
- 20. Our ______ moves inwards and downwards when we exhale as air is forced out of our lungs.
Down
- 1. 21% of inhaled air is _______.
- 3. Oxygen is always ________ in the surroundings as plants make food to give this air out.
- 4. Fish exchange gases when dissolved oxygen passes through their _____.
- 5. Humidity is the amount of ______ in the air.
- 7. Exhaled air is ______ than inhaled air due to our body temperature.
- 12. Energy is released when oxygen is breathed in and carbon dioxide is given out during ______.
- 14. Inhaled air is cleaned, warmed and ________.
- 15. Gaseous exchange happens in our ________.
- 19. Moving air is _____.