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HAP Blood

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What part of blood carries hemoglobin?
a)
Red blood cells
b)
Plasma
c)
Platlets
d)
White blood cells
3.
What is the function of hemoglobin?
a)
to carry iron
b)
to carry wastes
c)
to carry oxygen
d)
to produce oxygen
4.
Another name for white blood cells is
a)
erythrocytes
b)
plasmocytes
c)
leukocytes
d)
thrombocytes
5.
Which of the following is not a primary function of blood?
a)
help fight disease
b)
transports nutrients, oxygen, wastes, and hormones
c)
to provide structure 
d)
distributes heat
6.
Blood is classified as ___ tissue.
a)
connective
b)
circulatory
c)
epithelial
d)
muscular
7.
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
8.
Where does hematopoiesis take place, producing new RBCs?
a)
red bone marrow
b)
yellow bone marrow
c)
synovial membrane
d)
articular cartilage
9.
Red blood cells are
a)
thrombocytes
b)
neutrophils
c)
monocytes
d)
erthryocytes
10.
The liquid portion of the blood is
a)
leukocytes
b)
erthryocytes
c)
plasma
d)
thrombin
11.
What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
12.
The process of stopping bleeding
a)
homeostasis
b)
hemostasis
c)
phagocytosis
d)
dermatographia
13.

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

14.

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.

15.

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

16.

What are the most common blood cells?

a)

red blood cells

b)

white blood cells

c)

platelets

d)

plasma

17.

Which cells receive oxygen from red blood cells?

a)

all cells

b)

only skin cells

c)

only muscle cells

d)

only bone cells

18.

Where are platelets made?

a)

plasma

b)

hemoglobin

c)

bone marrow

d)

Pottery Barn

19.

Why do platelets clump together?

a)

to produce oxygen

b)

to reduce oxygen

c)

to produce blood loss

d)

to reduce blood loss

20.

Which of the following could give blood to a person who is type B+? (more than one answer)

a)

A+

b)

AB+

c)

B-

d)

O-

e)

O+

21.

Which of the following could give blood to a person who is type AB-? (more than one answer)

a)

A-

b)

AB+

c)

B-

d)

O-

e)

O+

22.

If a person is of blood type B+, which blood types can she receive blood from? (more than one answer)

a)

B-

b)

AB-

c)

O+

d)

B+

e)

O-

23.

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

24.

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

a)

A

b)

O

c)

AB

d)

B

25.

Which of the following blood groups is known as a universal recipient?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

26.

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

a)

swell

b)

agglutinate

c)

dehydrate

d)

no reaction will occur

27.

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

28.

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

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

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.

Another term for the Rh factor...

a)

Rhesus monkey

b)

red blood cell

c)

D antibody

d)

D antigen

33.

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

a)

Rh factor

b)

platelets

c)

D antibodies

d)

plasma

34.

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

35.

This test shows results for which blood type?

a)

B+

b)

B-

c)

A+

d)

A-