Respiration in Animals

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Respiration in Animals: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Respiratory Organs, Respiration in Animals, Pulmonary Respiration, Breathing in Cockroach, Spiracles, Tracheae, Breathing in Earthworm, Breathing in Aquatic Organisms, Breathing in Fishes & Gills in Aquatic Animals etc.

Important Questions on Respiration in Animals

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Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

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The exchange of gases with the surrounding atmosphere for respiration takes place through the skin in which of the following organisms?

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Match the following and mark the correct options.

  Animal   Respiratory organ
(A) Earthworm (i) Moist cuticle
(B) Aquatic Arthropods (ii) Gill
(C) Fishes (iii) Lungs
(D) Birds/Reptiles (iv) Trachea

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Match the following.

  Animals   Respiratory
Organs
A. Earthworms 1. Lungs
B. Aquatic arthropods/Molluscs 2. Tracheal tubes
C. Insects 3. Gills
D. Birds/Reptiles/Mammal 4. Moist cuticle
E. Fishes    

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Cockroach use network of tubes for transport of gases from atmosphere to body, these tubes are called

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Mechanisms of breathing vary among different groups of animals depending mainly on their _____ and _____.

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Given below are four matching of an animals and its respiratory organ. Which of them are correctly matched? 

I. Silver fish – Trachea

II. Scorpion – Book lung

III. Sea Squirt – Pharyngeal gills

IV. Dolphin – Skin  

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In which of the following animal, respiration occurs without any respiratory organ?

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Respiration in earthworm takes place through:

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During the process of respiration, all of the following processes release CO2 except -

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Which of the following is the main respiratory organ of mollusca?

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Mark the incorrect statement:

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The gaseous exchange in the gills of a fish is enhanced by having the blood flow in a direction opposite to the direction of water flow, a process known as

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In frog, cutaneous respiration takes place 

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which one of the following can respire in total absence of air?

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The gas-exchange surfaces of larger aquatic animals are

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The functional respiratory organ of a fully formed tadpole is the 

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Which chamber of a bird heart does oxygen-rich blood first enter?

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Which of the following aquatic animals has a gill as its respiratory organ?

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What is the meaning of the word Cutaneous respiration?