All About Blood

What are the four components within your blood?

• White blood cells, nucleus, hemoglobin, plasma

• Red blood cells, plasma, hemoglobin, platlets

• Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, plasma

• Blood vessels, arteries, veins, capillaries

What is blood and its function?

• Connective tissue that helps to carry oxygen and nutrients around the body

• Muscle that carries cells around the body

• Connective tissue that carries carbon dioxide around the body

• Muscle that fills our body

What body system is the blood in our bodies a part of?

• Digestive System

• Circulatory System

• Skeletal System

• Excretory System

What do red blood cells do?

• Carry carbon dioxide to the rest of the body from the lungs, while taking oxygen back to the lungs to be exhaled

• Fights of infections and bacteria

• Makes our blood red

• Carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body, while taking carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be exhaled

Plasma is...

• The reason why our blood is red in colour

• The yellow liquid part of our blood that holds red and white blood cells

• The solid part of our blood that helps to create blood clots

• The part of our blood that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide

TRUE or FALSE? White blood cells help to fight off disease and infection. They destroy harmful bacteria.

• True

• False

What is the function of platelets?

• Platelets create breaks in the blood vessels and are bad for you

• Platelets are blood vessels that help to carry blood around the body

• Platelets burst when there is a break in the blood vessels and help to glue it back together

• Platelets fight off infection in the body

What are the 4 main blood types?

• A, AA, O, BA

• A, B, O, OB

• A, AB, O, B

• A, B, O, BA

What are blood transfusions?

• Replacement of lost blood

• Exchanging blood

• Selling blood

• Replacing your blood with a new blood type

What are blood vessels?

• Parts of the body that are filled with lots of blood

• Organs that give blood

• Tubes that blood travels through

• Different locations in the heart