Blood

_______ is made mostly of water and makes up about 55% of the blood

• Plasma
• Platelets 
• Red blood cells
• White blood cells

What part of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide to or from body cells?

• Red Blood Cells
• White Blood Cells
• Platelets
• Plasma

What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?

• Red Blood Cells
• White Blood Cells
• Platelets
• Plasma

What does blood transport?

• Nutrients
• Oxygen 
• Carbon Dioxide
• All of the above

What blood disorder might a person develop after moving to a city at a high altitude?

• polycythemia
• sickle cell anemia
• pernicious anemia
• aplastic anemia

Which type of blood cells are most abundant in the body?

• erythrocytes

• platelets

• lymphocytes

• eosinophils

Low levels of oxygen in the blood stimulate the kidneys to release the hormone ______

• erythropoietin
• adrenalin
• insulin
• epinephrine

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Where does hematopoiesis take place, producing new RBCs?

• red bone marrow
• yellow bone marrow
• synovial membrane
• articular cartilage

Antibodies binding to antigens on the surface of the RBCs causes a clumping known as __________

• agglutination

• coagulation

• clotting cascade

• hemolysis

Which blood type can receive blood from both Type B and Type AB donors?

• Type AB

• Type B

• Type A

• Type O