Air pressure inside the lungs
A person has just flown from taking a one-day trip to Quito, Ecuador (a city that is located at a very high elevation) and landed at the airport in Los Angeles (sea level). Use this information to answer the following questions. The ventilation rate of the person [ Select ] [“Increases”, “Decreases”, “Stays the same”] compared to when they were in Quito. In Quito, the air pressure inside the lungs is [ Select ] [“higher than”, “lower than”, “the same as”] the air pressure outside the lungs during inhalation.

