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Respiration

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1995

Respiration
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Summary

Bill follows a breath in and out, showing how the lungs trade oxygen into the blood and carry waste gas back out.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Bill follows a breath in and out, showing how the lungs trade oxygen into the blood and carry waste gas back out..

  1. What does your body do with the oxygen you breathe in?
  2. What are you breathing out?
  3. Why do you breathe faster when you run?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: lungs, oxygen, breathe.

Try it: Breathe normally for 15 seconds, then after jumping - compare and explain the difference.