Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences in the space below.
1. It’s the first day of spring (give or take three weeks)! Regardless, you run outside to get a breath of fresh air. Describe the path that an inhaled molecule of oxygen would travel starting from the nasal cavity. You can write your answer as a list, a diagram, a flow chart, a paragraph, etc.
2. How does breathing work?
3. How does the respiratory system work to maintain homeostasis in your body? Think deeply and be specific. Include an example if possible.
4. Identify stressors that could affect the respiratory system (ex. exercise). Describe how you think the respiratory system can respond to those stressors.
5. What are other systems of the body that the respiratory system will interact with in order to maintain homeostasis? Identify at least two systems and then describe in detail how each works with the respiratory system.
6. How is the respiratory system related to concepts like diffusion, osmosis and active transport?
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