Unit 3: Blood & Immune

These are small, spherical cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide

• erythrocytes

• leucocytes

• thrombocytes

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is the fluid portion of the blood called?

• Plasma

• Serum

• Erythrocyte

• Thrombocyte

What are the cells called that are responsible for plug formation during blood clotting?

• Erythrocytes

• Leukocytes

• Hemoglobin

• Thrombocytes

What is another name for white blood cells?

• Erythrocytes

• Leukocytes

• Thrombocytes

• Plasma

These are responsible for protecting the body from foreign invaders.

• Leukocytes

• Erythrocytes

• Platelets

• Thrombocytes

What is the average life span of an erythrocyte?

• 10 days

• 12 days

• 120 days

• 8000 days

Which of the following is the component of plasma that helps strengthen blood clots?

• Nucleotide

• Glucose

• Clotting factors / Fibrin

• Nutrients

Oxygen-transporting protein in red blood cells that is high in iron and gives the cells red color.

• thrombin

• hematocrit

• hemoglobin

• hemostasis

An agent that causes a disease is a...

• Pathogen

• Coronavirus

• Antigen

• Leukocyte

What is the function of the immune system? (select all that apply)

• identify self and non-self (foreign)

• get rid of waste from the body

• protect the body from pathogens

• move blood through the body