This is a quick revision quiz for chapter 4 of the AQA AS student book. It tests your knowledge of the lungs and lung disease.

1. AS AQA Biology
UNIT 1
Chapter 4 Revision Quiz
Lungs and Lung Disease
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2. 1. Why do we need to inhale oxygen? (1)
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2. What is the biological word for breathing? (1)
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3. When you inspire, is the diaphragm contracting or
relaxed? (1)
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4. What is the term used to describe the volume of air taken
in with each breath at rest? (1)
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5. How do you work out pulmonary ventilation using this
information? (1)
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6. Give three features of good exchange surfaces? (3)
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3. 7. Give two adaptations of the alveoli? (2)
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8. How is Tuberculosis transmitted? (1)
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9. Who are at most risk of contracting TB? (1)
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10.
Give two measures that can be introduced to reduce
the number of TB cases? (2)
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11.
What is pulmonary fibrosis? (1)
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12.
Give three symptoms of pulmonary fibrosis? (3)
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4. 13.
(1)
What do you call something that stimulates asthma?
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14.
What happens to the alveoli in someone suffering
from Emphysema? (1)
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15.
Name three risk factors for someone developing a
lung disease (COPD) (3)
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