wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Blood

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Irregularly shaped cell fragments that help clot blood

a)

Platelets

b)

Lymph

c)

Plasma

d)

White Blood Cells

2.

Contains hemoglobin, supplies body with oxygen

a)

Plasma

b)

Platelet

c)

White Blood Cell

d)

Red Blood Cell

3.
What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
4.
What part of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide to or from body cells?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
5.
What part of blood is responsible for carrying wastes, nutrients, and minerals?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
6.
Which blood cells are most abundant in the body?
a)
erythrocytes
b)
platelets
c)
lymphocytes
d)
eosinophils
7.

The liquid part of blood made of mostly water; nutrients, minerals and oxygen are dissolved

a)

Marrow

b)

Plasma

c)

Proteins

d)

Urea

8.

Platelets are cells.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Red blood cells have a nucleus.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Where are red blood cells produced?

a)

Bone Marrow

b)

Heart

c)

Lungs

d)

Brain

11.

How many blood types do cows have?

a)

8

b)

80

c)

800

d)

8000

12.
platelets are also known as
a)
leukocytes
b)
erthryocytes
c)
thrombocytes
d)
monocytes
13.
white blood cells are also known as
a)
thrombocytes
b)
erthryocytes
c)
monocytes
d)
leukocytes
14.
What does blood consist of?
a)
plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
b)
hormones, oxygen, nutrients, water
c)
red blood cells
d)
carbon dioxide and minerals
15.
What does blood transport?
a)
Nutrients
b)
Oxygen 
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
All of the above
16.
_______ 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
17.
How many pints of blood are in the average human?
a)
1
b)
20
c)
10
18.
Blood becomes bright red in color because of the
a)
amount of folic acid present
b)
amount of hemoglobin present
c)
amount of oxygen present
d)
amount of iron present
19.
The shape of the RBC allows for a greater surface area so the cell can
a)
fit through capillaries easily
b)
exchange gasses more quickly
c)
hold additional hemoglobin
d)
reproduce quicker
20.

What is the function of lymphocytes?

a)

blood clotting

b)

transports dissolved materials

c)

produce antibodies

d)

engulf and ingest agglutinated foreign particles

21.

What is the function of phagocytes?

a)

blood clotting

b)

transport dissolved materials

c)

produce antibodies

d)

engulf and ingest agglutinated foreign particles

22.

Why do platelets clump together?

a)

to produce oxygen

b)

to reduce oxygen

c)

to produce blood loss

d)

to reduce blood loss

23.

What does a transfusion replace?

a)

lost body temperature

b)

lost blood

c)

lost antibodies

d)

lost pathogens

24.

What can happen if you receive the wrong blood type?

a)

It changes your blood type.

b)

You might need new white blood cells.

c)

your cells will clump together and you could die.

d)

You will get too much oxygen.

25.

This hereditary blood condition prevents your blood from clotting properly.

a)

anemia

b)

leukemia

c)

hemophilia

d)

vomiting

26.

This is a type of cancer that affects blood cells.

a)

breast cancer

b)

homophobia

c)

hemophilia

d)

leukemia

27.

Which is the rarest blood type?

a)

O+

b)

O-

c)

B+

d)

AB-

28.

Red blood cells will do this if they encounter the wrong antibodies...

a)

swell

b)

agglutinate

c)

dehydrate

d)

no reaction will occur

29.

Someone with Type A blood has...

a)

A antigens

b)

A antibodies

c)

B antigens

d)

A & B antigens

30.

A substance on the surface of red blood cells that can trigger the production of antibodies

a)

agglutinates

b)

antigens

c)

anemia

d)

Rh Factor

31.

Proteins produced by the immune system that destroy foreign substances...

a)

antigens

b)

agglutinates

c)

platelets

d)

antibodies

32.

This determines whether a person's blood type is positive or negative...

a)

Rh factor

b)

platelets

c)

D antibodies

d)

plasma

33.

Which could be in danger of a blood disorder if a mother and fetus had differing Rh factors?

a)

the mother

b)

the fetus during the first pregnancy

c)

the fetus during the second pregnancy

d)

the father

34.

Which blood type is known as the universal donor? (can be used by all)

a)

AB +

b)

AB -

c)

O+

d)

O-

35.

Which blood type is known as the universal recipient? (can receive all types)

a)

AB+

b)

AB-

c)

O+

d)

O-

36.

Tyler has blood type AB+, he can donate blood to a person that has blood type?

a)

AB+

b)

AB-

c)

O-

d)

O+

37.
If a father is AA and a mother is AB, what is the probability for a child with AB blood? 
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
38.
If a red blood cell has no antigens on its surface, what is its blood type?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
AB
d)
O
39.

Mackenzie has blood type B+, she can receive blood from which blood donors?

a)

B+, B-, O+, O-

b)

B+, A-, O+, O-

c)

B+

d)

O-

40.

Where are antibodies located?

a)

surface of red blood cells

b)

surface of white blood cells

c)

plasma

d)

surface of platelets

41.

The amount of blood a person has depends on what?

a)

Size

b)

Gender

c)

Hair color

d)

Both size and gender

42.
An individual's blood type is determined by
a)
environment
b)
genetics
c)
both environment and genetics
d)
your children's blood type