Practice: Blood Flow Through the Heart

Practice: Blood Flow Through the Heart

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

10th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS1-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Juanita Hartmann

Used 81+ times

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This quiz focuses on the cardiovascular system, specifically the anatomy and physiology of blood circulation through the heart and major blood vessels. Appropriate for grades 10-12, the content requires students to demonstrate mastery of heart chamber identification, valve function and location, blood vessel classification, and the complete pathway of blood flow through pulmonary and systemic circulation. Students must understand the structural organization of the four-chambered heart, differentiate between arteries and veins based on their directional flow relative to the heart, and comprehend how oxygenated and deoxygenated blood move through separate but coordinated circuits. The questions assess both factual knowledge of anatomical structures and conceptual understanding of how form follows function in the cardiovascular system, requiring students to trace blood flow sequences and identify the specific roles of tricuspid, bicuspid, pulmonary, and aortic valves in maintaining unidirectional circulation. Created by Juanita Hartmann, a Biology teacher in the US who teaches grades 10-12. This comprehensive assessment tool provides excellent support for high school biology instruction covering human body systems and circulatory physiology. The quiz works effectively as a formative assessment to gauge student understanding before major tests, serves as targeted practice for students struggling with cardiovascular concepts, and functions well as homework reinforcement following classroom instruction on heart anatomy. Teachers can use this for warm-up activities to activate prior knowledge or as review material before state assessments. The varied question formats, from basic identification to complex sequencing problems, allow differentiated assessment of student mastery levels. This quiz aligns with NGSS HS-LS1-3 (plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis) and supports state biology standards focusing on human body systems and the relationship between structure and function in biological systems.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which side of the heart carries poorly oxygenated (deoxygenated) blood?

Right

Left

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which side of the heart carries highly oxygenated blood?

Right

Left

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Vein that empties blood from the upper body into the upper right heart chamber

Inferior Vena Cava

Superior Vena Cava

Pulmonary Veins

Aortic veins

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Vein that empties blood from the lower body into the upper right heart chamber

Inferior Vena Cava

Superior Vena Cava

Pulmonary Veins

Aortic veins

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Veins that empty blood from the lungs into the upper left heart chamber

Inferior Vena Cava

Superior Vena Cava

Pulmonary Veins

Aortic veins

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Largest artery in the body taking oxygenated blood to the body from the lower left chamber

Pulmonary

Radial

Aorta

Femoral

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Arteries taking low oxygenated blood from the lower right heart chamber to the lungs

Pulmonary arteries

Radial artery

Aorta

Femoral artery

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