An instructor explains that the alveoli are air sacs encircled by tiny capillaries and that oxygen moves via diffusion from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. A student identifies this process as
1. Internal respiration.
2. External respiration.
3. Inspiration.
4. Excursion.
ANS: 2
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