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Blood

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 33mins

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 type of blood do the arteries usually carry?

a)

Oxygenated Blood

b)

Deoxygenated Blood

9.

Which blood vessel has valves to prevent the back-flow of blood?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

10.

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

11.

Which cell engulfs and digests bacteria/pathogens?

a)

lymphocytes

b)

phagocytes

c)

platelets

12.
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
13.
What is the function of hemoglobin?
a)
to carry iron
b)
to carry wastes
c)
to carry oxygen
d)
to produce oxygen
14.
Blood is classified as ___ tissue.
a)
connective
b)
circulatory
c)
epithelial
d)
muscular
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.
The three steps of hemostasis are:
1. vascular spasm
2. ___________
3. coagulation
a)
platelet plug formation
b)
agglutination
c)
dilation
d)
erythropoieten formation
19.
The process of stopping bleeding
a)
homeostasis
b)
hemostasis
c)
phagocytosis
d)
dermatographia
20.

Irregularly shaped cell fragments that help clot blood

a)

Platelets

b)

Lymph

c)

Plasma

d)

White Blood Cells

21.

Contains hemoglobin, supplies body with oxygen

a)

Plasma

b)

Platelet

c)

White Blood Cell

d)

Red Blood Cell

22.

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

23.

Filter lymph, trapping bacteria and disease-causing microorganisms in the fluid.

a)

Lymph Nodes

b)

Lymphatic System

c)

Lymph

d)

Platelets

24.

The process whereby a person receives blood is called blood ...

a)

transgression

b)

diffusion

c)

transmission

d)

transfusion

25.

Which one of the following is NOT part of the circulatory system?

a)

Stomach

b)

Heart

c)

Arteries

d)

Capillaries

26.

A biker of blood type O was in a serious accident; he lost a lot of blood and needed a blood transfusion. Which blood type should he have been given?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

O

d)

AB

27.

Which one of the following blood components helps it to clot when the skin is cut?

a)

Red blood cells

b)

White blood cells

c)

Plasma

d)

Platelets

28.

Which one of the following blood groups produce no antibodies?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

29.

Which of the following blood groups is that of the ‘Universal donor’?

a)

A

b)

O

c)

AB

d)

B

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

a)

clotting

b)

agglutination

c)

aggregation

d)

antibody production

33.

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

a)

AB+

b)

AB-

c)

O-

d)

O+

34.

Which blood type has Type A antibodies?

a)

Type AB

b)

Type O

c)

Type B

d)

Type B and Type O

35.

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

a)

O-

b)

O+

c)

AB+

d)

AB-

36.

Destiny has blood type B, what antigen is present?

a)

None

b)

A

c)

B

d)

A and B

37.

Which sample is B-

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

Which sample is O+

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.
If a red blood cell has no antigens on its surface, what is its blood type?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
AB
d)
O
40.

What are thrombocythes?

a)

heart vessels

b)

platelets

c)

white blood cells

d)

pulmonary vein

41.

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

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

none

42.

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

43.

What cells produce antibodies?

a)

red blood cells

b)

white blood cells

c)

Plasma cells

d)

Platelets

44.

Where are antibodies located?

a)

surface of red blood cells

b)

surface of white blood cells

c)

plasma

d)

surface of platelets

45.

Someone with blood type B has B antigens on their RBC's and B antibodies in their plasma.

a)

true

b)

false

46.

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

a)

none

b)

A

c)

B

d)

A and B

47.

What is this blood type?

a)

A+

b)

AB+

c)

AB-

d)

A-

48.

What is the blood type?

a)

B+

b)

O+

c)

O-

d)

Not Valid

49.

The image represents a patient's blood type. What blood types can the patient receive?

a)

O-, O+

b)

O+

c)

None of the above / below

d)

All Types

50.

The image represents a patient's blood type. What blood types can the patient receive?

a)

O-, O+

b)

O+

c)

None of the above / below

d)

All Types