Circulatory System

What is the circulatory system responsible for?

• digestion

• Carrying materials around in your body

• absorption

• breathing

The circulatory system carries around

• Oxygen, and carries away carbon dioxide

• Only oxygen

• Oxygen, nutrients and water and carrying away carbon dioxide

• carbon dioxide and carries away oxygen

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What makes up the circulatory system?

• The lungs and the digestive tract

• The brain

• The liver and the pancreas

• The heart and blood vessels

The flow of blood around your body is called

• digestion

• circulation

• absorption

• respiration

The heart is the size of

• an apple

• your foot

• your fist

• a basketball

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The right side of the heart pumps blood to the

• organs

• brain

• lungs

• intestine

Blood vessels that carry blood back to your heart are called 

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

• intestine

How long does it take for all of the blood to circulate one time through the body?

• 1 minute

• 5 minutes

• 1 hour

• 1 day

The smallest vessels are called 

• arteries

• veins

• vessels

• capillaries

The left side of the heart pumps blood to the

• lungs

• bladder

• out to the cells in the body

• heart