Question

Difference between gills and lungs

Answer 1

Answer:

Land animals have lungs where as aquatic animals have gills

Answer 2

Answer:

• Both organs are vital as gas exchanging surfaces, but gills are important to extract dissolved oxygen in water while lungs are important to extract atmospheric oxygen.

• Gills are found in aquatic organisms, whereas lungs are found in terrestrial air-breathing animals.

• Gills are able diffuse excretory products but not the lungs.

• Gills could be either interiorly or exteriorly located organs, whereas lungs are only interior organs.

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