How many types of blood vessels are in our body?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

• True

• False

Veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.

• False

• True

The job of the heart is to . . .

• pump blood around the body.

• send food to the small intestines.

• break down food.

• give energy to the body.

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

How does the heart work?

• It pumps blood first to the lungs, back to the heart and then around the rest of the body.

• It pumps blood first to the rest of the body, back to the lungs and then to the heart.

• It pumps blood around the rest of the body, back to the heart and then to the lungs,

______________ are the smallest blood vessels.

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries

The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.

• respiratory
• digestive
• muscular
• skeletal

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

This chamber of the heart RECEIVES blood returning from the body

• Right Atrium
• Right Ventricle
• Left Atrium
• Left Ventricle

Structure(s) that keep the blood flowing in one direction.

• Valve(s)
• Septum(s)
• Neuron(s)
• Bronchiole(s)

True or false:

Arteries always carry oxygenated blood.

• True

• False