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The Circulatory System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
2.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
3.
What does Deoxygenated mean?
a)
Oxygen-rich
b)
Blood flow
c)
Oxygen-poor
d)
Water Flow
4.
Veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.
a)
False
b)
True
5.
The aorta is 
a)
a vein
b)
an artery
c)
a valve
d)
a capillary
6.
This type of vessel carries blood TO the heart:
a)
vein
b)
nerve
c)
muscle
d)
artery
7.
When oxygen-rich blood is carried AWAY from the heart, it travels through an...
a)
artery
b)
neuron
c)
vein
d)
straw
8.
The smallest type of blood vessel is the:
a)
nerve
b)
vein
c)
capillary
d)
artery
9.
Where does the blood go after it goes into the pulmonary arteries?
a)
lungs
b)
heart
c)
head
d)
hands
10.
______________ are the smallest blood vessels.
a)
Arteries
b)
Veins
c)
Capillaries
11.
These blood cells are the protectors and help fight off disease.
a)
Red blood cells
b)
White blood cells
c)
Plasma
d)
Platelets 
12.
This part of blood helps it clot, when you get cut.
a)
Red blood cells
b)
Plasma
c)
Platelets
d)
White blood cells
13.
These blood cells deliver oxygen to the parts of the body.
a)
Red
b)
White
c)
Patelets
d)
Plasma
14.
_______ is made mostly of water and makes up about 55% of the blood
a)
Plasma
b)
Platelets 
c)
Red blood cells
d)
White blood cells
15.
What part of blood is responsible for carrying wastes, nutrients, and minerals?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
16.

What carries oxygen around the body?

a)

Plasma

b)

Red Blood Cells

c)

Platelets

d)

White Blood Cells

17.

What causes the blood to be the distinct red colour?

a)

Heamaglobin

b)

Glucose

c)

Hormones

d)

Oxygen

18.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
19.
Pulmonary referrs to the lungs, blood leaving the heart through the pulmonary artery is high in which gas?
a)
nitrogen
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
oxygen
d)
helium
20.
The ___________ is the thick muscular wall that seperates the two sides of the heart.
a)
atria
b)
ventricles
c)
valve
d)
septum