WorksheetsThe Blood
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
What makes up around 55% of the blood?
Plasma
Red Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
Platelets
What carries oxygen around the body?
Plasma
Red Blood Cells
Platelets
White Blood Cells
What causes the blood to be the distinct red colour?
Haemoglobin
Glucose
Hormones
Oxygen
What is the function (job) of the platelets?
To form clots (i.e. scabs) when you have cuts and grazes.
To transport oxygen to the muscles
To carry dissolved sugars.
To produce antibodies
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 and grazes.
To release antibodies to help destroy infections.
What is the function (job) of the plasma?
To release antibodies to fight infections.
To transport oxygen around the body.
To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.
To transport oxygen around the body.
What is the function (job) of the red blood cells?
To transport oxygen around the body and to the muscles.
To release antibodies to fight infections.
To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.
To clot and form scabs if there is a wound on the body.
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
Which cell engulfs and digests bacteria/pathogens?
lymphocytes
phagocytes
platelets
Which cell releases antibodies to the blood?
phagocytes
lymphocytes
platelets
What destroys pathogens?
antibodies
red blood cells
platelets
plasma
What does a transfusion replace?
lost body temperature
lost blood
lost antibodies
lost pathogens
The proteins found on the surface of RBCs that allow us to type blood as A, B, O or AB are called
antigens
antibodies
aggluntates
Rh factors
What is the reaction between antigens and antibodies that allow you to determine blood type?
clotting
agglutination
aggregation
antibody production
What is produced by your body in response to foreign antigens, such as the wrong type of blood?
agglutinates
clotting factors
phagocytes
antibodies
Tyler has blood type AB+, he can donate blood to a person that has blood type?
AB+
AB-
O-
O+
Which blood type has Type A antibodies?
Type AB
Type O
Type B
Type B and Type O
Laney is the universal donor, what blood type does she have?
O-
O+
AB+
AB-
What type of antigens can be found on the surface of RBC's when someone has blood type AB?
A
B
AB
none
What antibodies can be found in the plasma when someone has blood type A?
none
A
B
A and B
Blood type is determined by the antigens present on the surface of RBCs.
True
False
What blood type is this?
A+
B+
AB+
AB-
What ANTIBODIES would this person produce in his/her plasma?
A
B
A and B
no antibodies
