Biology - Gas exchange in other organisms

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Air enters an insect through holes called
Spiracles
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Where these entrance holes located on the insects body
Along the side of their body
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What is an adaptation insects have to prevent valuable water from escaping through the entrance holes?
The holes can be opened and closed using tiny valves
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Why does having an exoskeleton make it difficult for gas exchange?
As it has a waxy surface making it waterproof which makes it difficult
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Where do the entrance holes take the air to in an insect?
trachea and then into tracheoles
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What is the benefit of narrower tracheoles? (insect)
Shorter diffusion distance to each cell
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Where do tracheoles travel to in an insect?
between cells and into muscle fibres, where respiration takes place
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why are there rigid rings in the trachea on an insect?
to keep air passages open
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How do larger insects take in more oxygen on top of this?
squeezing their abdominal segments together, pumping air into the sacs
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Bony fish have gill arches, where are these located?
by either side of their head
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What is located on the bony gill arches of a fish?
filaments
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What is on top of each of the filaments on a fish?
lamellae
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What does the surface of a lamellae look like?
a single layer of flattened cells
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What feature of a fish protects the gills from damage?
the operculum
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Where does the fish take in water
the mouth
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From there, where does the water go in a fish
through the gills
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Why does water trvel through the gills of a fish?
to maintain a current of water over them
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where does the water from the gills travel to after this?
out of the operculum
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What system is in place in the fish in order to maintain a diffusion gradient?
counter-current system
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what directions do the water and blood flow in a fish
in opposite directions
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Where these entrance holes located on the insects body

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Along the side of their body

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What is an adaptation insects have to prevent valuable water from escaping through the entrance holes?

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Why does having an exoskeleton make it difficult for gas exchange?

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Where do the entrance holes take the air to in an insect?

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