Prelab for Breath, Room Volume Exercise

Name ___________________________

1. Complete Question 1 on p 54 of the text. Show your work, including units and labels.

2. Take a deep breath. Think about the size of one quart of milk in relation to the size of your lungs in your

chest. Estimate about how many quarts of milk worth of air you draw in from one deep breath. Defend you

estimate.

3. Suppose a room has the following dimensions: 20 ft x 10 ft x 8 ft.

(a) Determine the volume of this room in ft³. Show your work, including units and labels.

(b) Determine the volume of this room in cubic inches. Show your work, including units and labels.