IB Blood

What system is made of the heart, blood vessels, and blood?

• skeletal system

• muscular system

• digestive system

• cardiovascular system

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What is blood made of?

• oxygen and plasma

• red blood cells and white blood cells

• plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

• plasma and platelets

What is the function (job) of the platelets?

• To form clots (i.e. scabs) when you have cuts.

• To transport oxygen to the muscles.

• To carry dissolved sugars.

• To produce antibodies.

Which blood vessels take blood AWAY from the heart?

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

Which of the 3 types of blood vessels is the smallest?

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

What attaches to oxygen as you breathe and carries oxygen on red blood cells?

• plasma

• hemoglobin

• platelets

• bone marrow

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What makes up around 55% of the blood?

• plasma

• red blood cell

• white blood cells

• platelets

What is the function (job) of the plasma?

• To fight infections.

• To transport oxygen around the body.

• To carry nutrients and sugars around the body.

What is the function (job) of the white blood cells?

• To transport oxygen around the body.

• To carry dissolved sugars.

• To clot and cover wounds like cuts.

• To fight infections.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What carries oxygen around the body?

• plasma

• red bood cells

• platelets

• white blood cells