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Breathing in the Air : The Lungs
Reference
chapter
Question
4
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The results below show the volumes of the lungs of
various mammals compared to their body masses.
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Mammal |
Body Mass
/kg |
Volume of the lungs
/dm3 |
| Rabbit |
2,00 |
0,20 |
| Raccoon |
10,00 |
1,00 |
| Goat |
40,00 |
4,00 |
| Pig |
80,00 |
6,50 |
| Human |
60,00 |
5,00 |
| Dog |
20,00 |
2,00 |
| Porpoise |
100,00 |
10,00 |
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1. Use the graph paper
below to plot these results. Remember to label your axes. The vertical
axis represents the lung volume /dm3and the horizontal axis
represents the body mass /kg. |
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| 2. What do you observe when you
compare these animals of different sizes and their lung volumes? |
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| 3. The badger has a body mass of
about 12kg. What would you expect its lung volume to be? |
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