Blood Types and Patterns Review

What does blood consist of?

• plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
• hormones, oxygen, nutrients, water
• red blood cells only

• carbon dioxide and minerals

Answer explanation

What term describes the clumping of red blood cells?

• agglutination

• antigens

• eosinophil

• lymphocyte

Answer explanation

Clumping of the blood cells due to antibody and antigen incompatibility

What blood type has both A and B antigen proteins?

• Type A
• Type B
• Type AB
• Type O

Answer explanation

What would happen if you gave a person with AB blood a type A blood transfusion?

• the person would die due to antibodies "attacking" the blood

• they would also need B blood to live

• nothing, a person with AB blood can accept A blood

If a person says "I am B+", they are describing

• phenotype

• genotype

• genotype and phenotype, which are exactly the same thing

Answer explanation

Which of the following blood types can only be expressed if the person's genotype is homozygous recessive?

• Type A

• Type B

• Type AB

• Type O

Answer explanation

What is Rh factor?

• a protein found on red blood cells known as D-antigen.

• determines if a blood type is positive or negative.

• both of these are correct

Answer explanation

What is the blood type pictured?

• O +

• AB +

• B +

• AB -

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the blood type pictured?

• AB +

• AB -

• O -

• O +

How is blood (only blood) classified as evidence?

• class evidence

• individual evidence

• not usable as evidence

• transfer