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Why does an athlete breathe faster and deeper than usual after finishing the race?
Athletes need a lot of energy during the race, and for the release of energy, they need a lot of oxygen; hence they breathe faster than usual after finishing the race.
List the similarities and differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Similarities:
Differences
| Aerobic respiration | Anaerobic respiration |
| Takes place in the presence of oxygen | Takes place in the absence of oxygen |
| End products are CO2 and H2O | End products are CO2 and alcohol |
| Produces a large amount of energy | The energy released is less when compared to aerobic respiration |
| It occurs in most plants and animals | Occurs in yeast and some bacteria |
Why do we often sneeze when we inhale a lot of dust-laden air?
When we inhale dust-laden air, the dust irritates the nose; as a reflexive action, dust is thrown out through sneezing.
Take three test tubes. Fill ¾th of each with water. Label them A, B and C. Keep a snail in test tube A, a water plant in test tube B and in C, keep both the snail and plant. Which test tube would have the highest concentration of CO2?
Test tube A will have the highest concentration of CO2 because test tube A has a snail which expels out CO2 into the tube. Since a plant is present in both test tubes B and C, the plant will inhale CO2 to decrease CO2 concentration. Thus, there will be less concentration of CO2 in these tubes.
Tick the correct answer:
(i) lungs (ii) gills (iii) spiracles (iv) skin
(i) carbon dioxide (ii) lactic acid (iii) alcohol (iv) water
(i) 9–12 (ii) 15–18 (iii) 21–24 (iv) 30–33
(i) move outwards (ii) move downwards (iii) move upwards (iv) do not move at all
a) (iii) spiracles
b) (ii) lactic acid
c) (ii) 15–18
d) (ii) move downwards
Match the items in Column I with those in Column II:
| Column I | Column II |
| (a) Yeast | (i) Earthworm |
| (b) Diaphragm | (ii) Gills |
| (c) Skin | (iii) Alcohol |
| (d) Leaves | (iv) Chest cavity |
| (e) Fish | (v) Stomata |
| (f) Frog | (vi) Lungs and skin |
| (vii) Trachea |
| Column I | Column II |
| (a) Yeast | (iii) Alcohol |
| (b) Diaphragm | (iv) Chest cavity |
| (c) Skin | (i) Earthworm |
| (d) Leaves | (v) Stomata |
| (e) Fish | (ii) Gills |
| (f) Frog | (vi) Lungs and skin |
Mark ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false:
(i) During heavy exercise, the breathing rate of a person slows down. (T/F)
(ii) Plants carry out photosynthesis only during the day and respiration only at night. (T/F)
(iii) Frogs breathe through their skins as well as their lungs. (T/F)
(iv) Fishes have lungs for respiration. (T/F)
(v) The size of the chest cavity increases during inhalation. (T/F)
i) False
ii) False
iii) True
iv) False
v) True
Given below is a square of letters in which are hidden different words related to respiration in organisms. These words may be present in any direction — upwards, downwards, or along the diagonals. Find the words for your respiratory system. Clues about those words are given below the square.
(v) Small openings on the sides of the body of an insect
(vi) The respiratory organs of human beings
(vii) The openings through which we inhale
(viii) An anaerobic organism
(ix) An organism with a tracheal system
(i) Trachea
(ii) Ribs
(iii) Diaphragm
(iv) Stomata
(v) Spiracles
(vi) Lungs
(vii) Nostrils
(viii) Yeast
(ix) Ant
The mountaineers carry oxygen with them because:
(a) At an altitude of more than 5 km, there is no air.
(b) The amount of air available to a person is less than that available on the ground.
(c) The temperature of air is higher than that on the ground.
(d) The pressure of air is higher than that on the ground.
The answer is (b). The amount of air available to a person is less than that available on the ground.
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