Circulatory System Quiz

Which organ is responsible for pumping oxygenated and deoxygenated blood throughout the body? 

• Lungs

• Heart

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

 ______ is the tendency of an organism to maintain balance, a constant and stable internal environment. 

• Pulmonarisis

• Photosynthesis

• Homeostasis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which level of organization encompasses the others? 

• Cells

• Tissues

• Organs

• Organ Systems

the movement of blood throughout the body.

• Circulation

• Tissues

• Homeostasis

• Organ Systems

The circulatory system is responsible for all of the following EXCEPT: 

• Transporting nutrients throughout the body to cells that require it

• Circulating metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide away from cells that no longer need it

• Excreting waste from the body

• Working with the respiratory system to circulate oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these is true?

• Veins carry oxygen-poor blood, and arteries carry oxygen-rich blood.

• Veins carry oxygen-rich blood, and arteries carry oxygen-poor blood.

The main organ of the circulatory system is the

• Liver

• Lungs

• Heart

• Head

The heart is about the size of a

• fist.

• quarter.

• football.

a type of blood vessel that carries oxygen-poor blood from the body toward the heart.

• vein

• oxygen

• lung

• artery

a type of blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

• vein

• oxygen

• lung

• artery