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Blood Biology

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following blood components provide the major defense for our bodies against invading bacteria and viruses?

a)

white blood cells

b)

red blood cells

c)

erythrocyte

d)

platelets

2.

Most of the volume of normal human blood is composed of:

a)

white blood cells

b)

red blood cells

c)

plasma

d)

hemoglobin

3.

Plasma is

a)

67% of the blood

b)

55% of the blood

c)

42% of the blood

d)

100% of the blood

4.

Red blood cells contain a protein called-------------------

a)

hemoglobin

b)

DNA

c)

RNA

d)

protein

5.

Irregularly shaped cell fragments that help clot blood

a)

Platelets

b)

Lymph

c)

Plasma

d)

White Blood Cells

6.

Contains hemoglobin, supplies body with oxygen

a)

Plasma

b)

Platelet

c)

White Blood Cell

d)

Red Blood Cell

7.

Fight bacteria and viruses by entering infected tissue, destroying bacteria/viruses and absorb dead blood cells

a)

White Blood Cells

b)

Red Blood Cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Plasma

8.

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

a)

Marrow

b)

Plasma

c)

Proteins

d)

Urea

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.

What is the most common blood type in the U.S.?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

12.

What is the rarest blood type in the U.S.?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

13.
The main purpose of Red Blood Cells is to 
a)
carry gases, wastes, and nutrients
b)
attack and destroy pathogens
c)
clot the blood
d)
digest food
14.
What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
15.
The liquid portion of the blood is
a)
leukocytes
b)
erthryocytes
c)
plasma
d)
thrombin
16.
Antibodies binding to antigens on RBCs causes a clumping known as __________
a)
agglutination
b)
coagulation
c)
clotting cascade
d)
hemolysis
17.
This part of blood helps it clot, when you get cut.
a)
Red blood cells
b)
Plasma
c)
Platelets
d)
White blood cells
18.
These blood cells deliver oxygen to the parts of the body.
a)
Red
b)
White
c)
Patelets
d)
Plasma
19.
_______ 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
20.
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
21.

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

a)

To transport oxygen around the body.

b)

To carry dissolved sugars.

c)

To clot and cover wounds like cuts and grazes.

d)

To release antibodies to help destroy infections.

22.

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

a)

To transport oxygen around the body and to the muscles.

b)

To release antibodies to fight infections.

c)

To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.

d)

To clot and form scabs if there is a wound on the body.

23.

How much blood does an adult have?

a)

5 liters

b)

10 liters

c)

8 liters

d)

20 liters

24.

What are the most common blood cells?

a)

red blood cells

b)

white blood cells

c)

platelets

d)

plasma

25.

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.

26.

Chemicals in red blood cells that determine blood type.

a)

antigens

b)

antibodies

c)

infections

d)

inflammation

27.

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

a)

swell

b)

agglutinate

c)

dehydrate

d)

no reaction will occur

28.

Someone with Type A blood also has...

a)

Type A antibodies

b)

Type B antibodies

c)

both Type A & B antibodies

d)

neither Type A nor B antibodies

29.

Someone with both Type A & B antibodies is which blood type?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

30.

Someone with Type A blood has...

a)

A antigens

b)

A antibodies

c)

B antigens

d)

A & B antigens

31.

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

32.

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

a)

antigens

b)

agglutinates

c)

platelets

d)

antibodies

33.

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

a)

Rh factor

b)

platelets

c)

D antibodies

d)

plasma

34.

Someone with Type AB blood has...

a)

Both A & B antibodies

b)

No antibodies

c)

only A antigens

d)

only B antigens

35.

The proteins found on the surface of RBCs that allow us to type blood as A, B, O or AB are called

a)

antigens

b)

antibodies

c)

aggluntates

d)

Rh factors

36.

What is produced by your body in response to foreign antigens, such as the wrong type of blood?

a)

agglutinates

b)

clotting factors

c)

phagocytes

d)

antibodies

37.

What is the reaction between antigens and antibodies that allow you to determine blood type?

a)

clotting

b)

agglutination

c)

aggregation

d)

antibody production

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.
Someone who has Type O blood has what for antibodies (clumping proteins)?
a)
No antibodies
b)
A antibodies
c)
B antibodies
d)
A and B antibodies
40.
Which component of blood is responsible for helping to stop bleeding?
a)
platelets
b)
red blood cells
c)
white blood cells
d)
plasma
41.
The fluid portion of blood that carries blood cells, glucose, proteins, fats, and wastes throughout the body.
a)
red blood cells
b)
white blood cells
c)
plasma
d)
platelets
42.
Who am I?
I am the largest (in size) blood component and have a nucleus.
a)
white blood cell
b)
red blood cell
c)
platelet
d)
hemoglobin
43.
What blood type is the "universal donor" because it can be donated to anyone?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
AB
d)
O
44.
What type of blood can receive any type of blood?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
AB
d)
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