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BLOOD AND BLOOD VESSELS

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

State the function of blood

a)

To transport nutrients and oxygen to all parts of body

b)

To exchange substances

c)

To supply oxygen

d)

To reproduce living things

2.

The components of bloods are _________________

a)

vena cava and aorta

b)

right ventricle and left ventricle

c)

red blood cell, white blood cells, plasma, platelets

d)

deoxygenated blood and oxygenated blood

3.

Name the component of blood

a)

Plasma

b)

Red blood cells

c)

White blood cells

d)

Platelets

4.

What does red blood cells do in our body?

a)

Protect us from disease

b)

Transport oxygen

c)

Transport food

d)

Transport carbon dioxide

5.

Adelia suffers from lacking of red blood cells in her body. Name the disease caused this

a)

Heart attack

b)

Asthma

c)

Anaemia

d)

Kidney cancer

6.

This components of blood protects us against diseases and infections

a)

Platelets

b)

Red blood cells

c)

Plasma

d)

White blood cells

7.

Name the components of blood shown

a)

White blood cells

b)

Red blood cells

c)

Plasma

d)

Platelets

8.

What carries oxygen around the body?

a)

Plasma

b)

Red Blood Cells

c)

Platelets

d)

White Blood Cells

9.

What causes the blood to be the distinct red colour?

a)

Haemoglobin

b)

Glucose

c)

Hormones

d)

Oxygen

10.

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

11.

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.

12.

What is plasma?

a)

only white blood cells

b)

only red blood cells

c)

fluid part of blood

d)

hemoglobin

13.

The shape of the red blood cells allows for a greater surface area so the cells can ______________________________

a)
fit through capillaries easily
b)
exchange gasses more quickly
c)

allows the red blood cells to take in (absorb) and release oxygen at a faster rate

d)
reproduce quicker
14.

Which of the following is NOT a type of blood vessel?

a)

Artery

b)

Capillary

c)

Vein

d)

Ventricle

15.

Which blood vessels take blood TO the heart?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

16.

Which blood vessels take blood AWAY from the heart?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

17.

Which is the smallest of the 3 blood vessels?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

18.

How many blood vessel types do humans have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

d)

2

19.

Human blood vessels are

a)

artries, capillaries, and atria

b)

ventricles, atria and pulmonary veins

c)

capillaries, artries, and veins

d)

veins, artries, and aorta

20.

The thickest and strongest blood vessel is the

a)

vein

b)

artery

c)

capillary

d)

both veins and capillaries

21.

which of the blood vessels do you think have greatest blood pressure

a)

veins

b)

capillaries

c)

atria

d)

arteries

22.

These are one cell thick

a)

arteries

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

23.

What is the function of capillaries?

a)

Transports deoxygenated blood

b)

Transport oxygenated blood

c)

Allows exchange of substances

24.
I have a large lumen, I have thin muscular walls, I pump blood towards the heart
a)
Artery
b)
Vein
c)
Capillary
d)
Arteriole
25.

Why does walls of arteries are thicker than walls of veins?

a)

Arteries carry oxygen to the heart

b)

Arteries carry blood to the whole body under high pressure

c)

Arteries exchange substances

d)

Arteries carry blood to the heart under low pressure