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Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems Worksheet

Heart and lungs diagram

🫀 Part 1: Heart Structure & Blood

1. Label the four chambers of the heart: (4 marks)
2. Which chamber pumps blood to the lungs? (1 mark)

Left atrium

Right ventricle

Left ventricle

Right atrium

3. Explain the difference between arteries and veins: (3 marks)
4. Which blood cells carry oxygen? (1 mark)

________________

5. Describe the journey of blood from the heart to the lungs and back: (4 marks)

🫁 Part 2: Respiratory System & Gas Exchange

6. Put these structures in order from largest to smallest: (3 marks)

Alveoli, Bronchi, Trachea, Bronchioles

7. Which muscle is most important for breathing? (1 mark)

Intercostal muscles

Diaphragm

Abdominal muscles

Heart muscle

8. Explain how oxygen moves from the alveoli into the blood: (3 marks)
9. What happens to your breathing rate during exercise and why? (2 marks)

📊 Part 3: ECG & Extension Activities

10. What does ECG stand for? (1 mark)

E_____________ C_____________ G_____________

11. What does an ECG measure? (2 marks)
12. Extension: Calculate cardiac output if heart rate is 70 beats per minute and stroke volume is 70ml: (3 marks)

🎯 Success Criteria

I can label the four chambers of the heart

I can explain the difference between arteries and veins

I can describe the path of blood through the circulatory system

I can identify the main parts of the respiratory system

I can explain how gas exchange occurs in the lungs

I understand what an ECG measures

📝 Answer Key

1. Right atrium, Right ventricle, Left atrium, Left ventricle (4 marks)

2. Right ventricle (1 mark)

3. Arteries carry blood away from heart, have thick muscular walls, carry oxygenated blood (except pulmonary artery). Veins carry blood to heart, have thinner walls with valves, carry deoxygenated blood (except pulmonary vein). (3 marks)

4. Red blood cells (1 mark)

5. Right ventricle → Pulmonary artery → Lungs → Pulmonary vein → Left atrium (4 marks)

6. Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Alveoli (3 marks)

7. Diaphragm (1 mark)

8. Oxygen diffuses across alveolar membrane into capillaries due to concentration gradient, then binds to haemoglobin in red blood cells. (3 marks)

9. Breathing rate increases to supply more oxygen for increased cellular respiration in muscles. (2 marks)

10. Electrocardiogram (1 mark)

11. Electrical activity of the heart/heart rhythm (2 marks)

12. Cardiac output = Heart rate × Stroke volume = 70 × 70 = 4900ml/min or 4.9 litres/min (3 marks)

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