Question:

Respiration in insects is called direct because

Updated On: Jul 7, 2022
  • the cells exchange $O_2/CO_2$ directly with the air in the tubes
  • the tissues exchange $O_2/CO_2$ directly with coelomic fluid
  • the tissues exchange $O_2/CO_2$ directly with the air outside through body surface
  • tracheal tubes exchange $O_2/CO_2$ directly with the haemocoel which then exchange with tissues
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Respiration in insects is independent of its coelomic fluid. They respire by a tracheal system and the cells exchange $O_2/CO_2$ directly with the air in the tubes. So, the correct answer is 'the cells exchange $O_2/CO_2$ directly with the air in the tubes'.
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Concepts Used:

Breathing and Exchange of Gases

A metabolic process, which is carried out by all living organisms including plants, animals, and humans for the production of energy and to stay alive is Respiration.  Except for required anaerobes, every other organism from amoeba to humans needs oxygen for survival. And evolution has reported a number of systems that allows the exchange of gases in organisms.

There are two types of respiration such as;

  1. Aerobic respiration — to produce energy, it occurs in the presence of oxygen
  2. Anaerobic respiration — to produce energy, occurs in the absence of oxygen

Breathing can be simply derived as the process of inhaling oxygen gas from the atmosphere and exhaling the carbon dioxide gas back into the atmosphere is termed breathing and the process is commonly known as respiration.

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