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The Blood

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What makes up around 55% of the blood?

a)

Plasma

b)

Red Blood Cells

c)

White Blood Cells

d)

Platelets

2.

What carries oxygen around the body?

a)

Plasma

b)

Red Blood Cells

c)

Platelets

d)

White Blood Cells

3.

What causes the blood to be the distinct red colour?

a)

Haemoglobin

b)

Glucose

c)

Hormones

d)

Oxygen

4.

What is the function (job) of the platelets?

a)

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

b)

To transport oxygen to the muscles

c)

To carry dissolved sugars.

d)

To produce antibodies

5.

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.

6.

What is the function (job) of the plasma?

a)

To release antibodies to fight infections.

b)

To transport oxygen around the body.

c)

To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.

d)

To transport oxygen around the body.

7.

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.

8.

What is blood made of?

a)

oxygen and plasma

b)

red blood cells and white blood cells

c)

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

d)

plasma and platelets

9.

Which cell engulfs and digests bacteria/pathogens?

a)

lymphocytes

b)

phagocytes

c)

platelets

10.

Which cell releases antibodies to the blood?

a)

phagocytes

b)

lymphocytes

c)

platelets

11.
What part of blood carries hemoglobin?
a)
Red blood cells
b)
Plasma
c)
Platlets
d)
White blood cells
12.
The lack of sufficient red blood cells in the blood system is called
a)
cyanosis
b)
anemia
c)
hemochromatosis
d)
hypoxia
13.
What is the function of hemoglobin?
a)
to carry iron
b)
to carry wastes
c)
to carry oxygen
d)
to produce oxygen
14.
Another name for white blood cells is
a)
erythrocytes
b)
plasmocytes
c)
leukocytes
d)
thrombocytes
15.
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
16.
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
17.
Where does hematopoiesis take place, producing new RBCs?
a)
red bone marrow
b)
yellow bone marrow
c)
synovial membrane
d)
articular cartilage
18.
What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
19.

What destroys pathogens?

a)

antibodies

b)

red blood cells

c)

platelets

d)

plasma

20.

What does a transfusion replace?

a)

lost body temperature

b)

lost blood

c)

lost antibodies

d)

lost pathogens

21.

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

22.

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

a)

clotting

b)

agglutination

c)

aggregation

d)

antibody production

23.

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

24.

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

a)

AB+

b)

AB-

c)

O-

d)

O+

25.

Which blood type has Type A antibodies?

a)

Type AB

b)

Type O

c)

Type B

d)

Type B and Type O

26.

Laney is the universal donor, what blood type does she have?

a)

O-

b)

O+

c)

AB+

d)

AB-

27.
If a red blood cell has no antigens on its surface, what is its blood type?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
AB
d)
O
28.
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
29.

What type of antigens can be found on the surface of RBC's when someone has blood type AB?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

none

30.

What antibodies can be found in the plasma when someone has blood type A?

a)

none

b)

A

c)

B

d)

A and B

31.

Blood type is determined by the antigens present on the surface of RBCs.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What blood type is this?

a)

A+

b)

B+

c)

AB+

d)

AB-

33.

What ANTIBODIES would this person produce in his/her plasma?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

A and B

d)

no antibodies