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How gills work?
Gills take oxygen out of the water and let water carry away carbon dioxide. Fish force water through their gills, where it flows past lots of tiny blo...
How are lungs similar yet different to gills?
How are lungs and gills alike and different?What do lungs and gills have in common?How are lungs and gills similar for kids?How is a fish breathing s...
When water passes through the gills of fish the fish get what?
This process of breathing begins when a fish gulps water through its mouth. The water enters the mouth and passes through the feathery filaments of th...
What animals have gills and then lungs?
Lungfish have a unique respiratory system, having both gills and a lung. It is the only type of fish to have both organs, and there are only six known...
Why do animals have gills?
Gills and lungs are both respiratory surfaces, where oxygen can be pulled from the water or air into the blood, and carbon dioxide can be dumped from ...
Why is gas exchange more difficult for aquatic animals with gills than for terrestrial animals with lungs?
Why is gas exchange more difficult for aquatic animals with gills than for terrestrial animals with lungs? a. Water is denser than air. ... Gills have...
How do sharks gills help them survive?
The breathing process for sharks begins and ends with their gills, which they use to both extract oxygen from water and rid their bodies of carbon dio...
Which animals breath through their gills when they are young and grow lungs when they grow up?
Most amphibians breathe through lungs and their skin. ... Tadpoles and some aquatic amphibians have gills like fish that they use to breathe. Which an...
How does prawns respire?
Prawn, like all big water crustaceans, respire through gills. Premature prawns breathe through the whole body. ... Hence, instead of gills, they use l...