Respiratory

Respiratory Trivia!
 1. Which lung is larger? The right
 2. Name one of the two things nose hairs can do. Warm air and
clean it.
 3. A sneeze can travel 100 mph. What is the fastest recorded
sneeze? 165 mph. (B)
 4. The surface are of the lungs is roughly the size of…? A tennis
court. (C)
 5. The capillaries of the lungs, if placed end to end, would stretch
how long? 1,000 miles. (B)
 6. How much water do we lose a day from breathing? ½ liter. (A)
 7. What is the normal respiratory rate? 12-20.
 8. Who breathes faster – men or women? Women.
 9. How much air do we take in every minute? 13 pints. (C)
 10.How many times a day do people inhale and exhale? 22,000.
(b)
 11.When we breathe we inhale …………. And exhale …………..
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide






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