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Insects require oxygen to live, and produce carbon dioxide as a waste product, just as we do. Insects, don't have lungs, so how do insects breathe? ... Insects require oxygen to live, and produce carbon dioxide as a waste product, just as we do. To say insects breathe, though, might be a stretch. They don't have lungs,
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insects.about.com/od/morphology/f/breathing.htm
insects.about.com/od/morphology/f/breathing.htm
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How do insects breathe? (Plants, Birds & Animal Kingdom),Pictures of 'How do insects breathe?' Images,Search answer for How do insects breathe? ... How do insects breathe? -; Category: Plants, Birds & Animal Kingdom; Updated On: 1/15/2007; [Total Votes: 295, Hits: 8570] Print...
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www.4to40.com/QA/index.asp?id=855&category=animal
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Insects breathe in a way that is very different from us. Instead of having a central place to gather oxygen (i.e. lungs ) and a transport system (i.e. heart , blood ) to deliver the oxygen to all of the cells of the body like us, insects ha...
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/question555.ht...
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Oxygen is one of the most important molecules needed for growth and the sustainment of life. Humans and other mammals take in oxygen through respiration. We breathe and inhale oxygen into our lungs, which then disperses oxygen to all tissue...
http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-insects-breathe.htm
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Like all animals, insects must breathe. They need oxygen from the air to burn digested food. When the food burns, it gives the body energy. A waste product of this burning is a gas called carbon dioxide. The body breathes out the carbon dio...
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/b...
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Insects are known to exchange respiratory gases in their system of tracheal tubes by using either diffusion or changes in internal pressure that are produced through body motion or hemolymph circulation. However, the inability to see inside living insects has limited our understanding of their respiration mechanisms.
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www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/299/5606/558
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Among biologists, however, the evidence that insects actively inhale and exhale is nothing less than historic, closing the books on a debate that dates back to Aristotle, who grudgingly conceded that insects are alive but scoffed at the idea that they can breathe.
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www.dawn.com/2003/01/25/int18.htm
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Hundreds of insect species spend much of their time underwater, where food may be more plentiful. MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how those insects breathe underwater. ... By virtue of their rough, water-repellent coat, when submerged these insects trap a thin layer of air on their bodies. These bubbles not...
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080730155354.htm
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The respiratory organs of terrestrial insects consist of tracheal tubes with external spiracular valves that control gas exchange. Despite their relatively high metabolic rate, many insects have highly discontinuous patterns of gas exchange, including long periods when the spiracles are fully closed.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/15690040
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