Breathing in Animals

How different animals breathe — gills, spiracles, skin, and lungs with 700 million alveoli. Class 7 Science with quiz.

Class 7 ScienceClass 7 / Grade 7Ages 9–12
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🫁 Breathing in Animals
Every animal gets oxygen — differently!🐟Fishgills🐛Insectspiracles +trachea🐸Frogskin + lungs🐦Birdlungs + airsacs🧑Humanlungs +diaphragmAll methods serve the same purpose: get O₂, remove CO₂

Different animals have evolved remarkably different structures for breathing, but all serve the same fundamental purpose: exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between the organism and its environment. Fish use gills to extract dissolved oxygen from water. Insects breathe through small pores called spiracles connected to a network of tubes called tracheae that deliver air directly to cells. Frogs breathe through both their lungs and their moist skin. Birds have air sacs for a continuous one-way airflow.

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