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Unit 9: Blood

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is not a component of blood?

a)

Plasma

b)

Leukocytes

c)

erythrocytes

d)

astrocytes

2.

Which of the following blood characteristics is found on a erythrocyte?

a)

Cell fragments

b)

Granulocyte appearance when stained

c)

High concentrations of water

d)

non- nucleated biconcave disc

3.

Which of the following are the major groups of leukocytes?

a)

platelets and RBCs

b)

erythrocytes and thrombocytes

c)

granulocytes and agranulocytes

d)

basophils and neutrophils

4.

Which of the following components of blood is comprised mainly of water?

a)

leukocytes

b)

plasma

c)

thrombocytes

d)

erythrocytes

5.

What is another name for a red blood cell?

a)

erythrocyte

b)

leukocyte

c)

platelet

d)

Plasma

6.

What is another name for a white blood cell?

a)

erythrocyte

b)

leukocyte

c)

platelet

d)

Plasma

7.

What is another name for a platlet?

a)

leukocyte

b)

erythrocyte

c)

Thrombocyte

d)

hemophilia

8.

What is the name for a stationary blood clot?

a)

thrombus

b)

embolus

c)

aneurysm

d)

stroke

9.

what is the name for a traveling blood clot?

a)

embolus

b)

thrombus

c)

stroke

d)

aneurysm

10.

Which of the following is NOT a process of hemostasis?

a)

coagulation

b)

vascular spasm

c)

creation of an embolus

d)

platelet plug formation

11.

Which of the following is NOT a step in blood clotting?

a)

platelet plug formation

b)

coagulation

c)

phagocytosis

d)

vascular spasm

12.

Which of the following is NOT a blood type?

a)

A-

b)

AB

c)

O

d)

AO

13.

How is the Rh factor (+/- after blood type) determined?

a)

no a or b antigen present

b)

presence of b antigen

c)

presence of a antigen

d)

presence or absence of a D protein

14.

What is the RH factor?

a)

Protein on the blood cell

b)

antigens

c)

Determines whether the blood is A or B

d)

Determines whether the blood is O

15.

What is the person’s blood type if there are A antigens on the surface of the blood cell?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

O

d)

AB

16.

what is hemophilia?

a)

Disorder that does not clot blood

b)

Blood disease

c)

Cancer

d)

Disorder that causes the slowing of blood

17.

Which is NOT a type of anemia?

a)

Nutritional

b)

Sickle cell

c)

exhaustion

d)

Hemolytic

e)

Pernicious

18.

Which is NOT a component of blood?

a)

Plasma

b)

Leukocyte

c)

Thrombocytes

d)

Coagulation

e)

Erythrocytes

19.

Which is not a symptom of leukemia?

a)

Fatigue

b)

Weight loss

c)

Bruising

d)

high energy

20.

which is NOT a symptom of mono?

a)

Sore throat

b)

Fever

c)

Vomiting

d)

Swollen lymph nodes

21.

Which is not a main component of blood?

a)

Plasma

b)

Red blood cells

c)

White blood cells

d)

Platelets

e)

food coloring

22.

Why does blood appear red

a)

More RBC's than WBC's

b)

It just does

c)

blood is actually blue

d)

Because it carries hemoglobin

23.

what is coagulation?

a)

blood changing to a solid state

b)

a disease

c)

white blood cells clumping together

d)

this one

24.

These are the steps to coagulation...


1) Constriction of the blood vessel. 2) Formation of a temporary “platelet plug." 3) Activation of the coagulation cascade. 4) Formation of “fibrin plug” or the final clot.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What can happen if someone is given the wrong blood type?

a)

Death

b)

Nothing

c)

They become a mutant

26.

Which blood clot causes a stroke?

a)

Thrombus

b)

embolus

c)

all clots are bad

27.

Cancer of the cells that form white blood cells, resulting in overproduction of abnormal white blood cells.

a)

leukemia

b)

anemia

c)

plasma

d)

red blood cell

28.

Classification of blood based on the presence of surface antigens on red blood cells, and the presence of antibodies to surface antigens other than one's own.

a)

blood typing

b)

blood deciding

c)

blood analyzing

d)

blood doping

29.

A condition in which the blood's ability to carry oxygen is reduced because of a shortage of normal hemoglobin or too few red blood cells.

a)

leukemia

b)

anemia

c)

hemophilia

d)

red blood cells

30.

Hormone that stimulates production of red blood cells.

a)

neutrophil

b)

erythrocytes

c)

erythropoietin

d)

Rh factor

31.

What blood type is the "universal donor" ?

a)

A

b)

AB

c)

B

d)

O

32.

Hematopoiesis is the destruction of blood cells.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The average life span of a red blood cell is?

a)

115 days

b)

2 days

c)

2 weeks

d)

4 years

34.

What are lymphocytes?

a)

T and B cells

b)

leukemia

c)

a hard medial word

d)

red blood cells

35.

What does blood transport?

a)

oxygen

b)

nutrients

c)

hormones

36.

What does the root word "hemo" mean?

a)

Blood

b)

bones

c)

water

d)

muscles

37.

Which of these diseases are caused by blood?

a)

Leukemia

b)

Hemophilia

c)

Anemia

38.

Which of the following blood components provide the major defense for our bodies against invading bacteria and viruses?

a)

Red blood cells

b)

White blood cells

c)

Plasma

d)

platelets

39.

The relatively clear liquid medium which carries the other cells of blood is called...

a)

lipid

b)

plasma

c)

antibody

d)

white blood cells

40.

What percentage of plasma is water?

a)

91%-92%

b)

50%

c)

20%-25%

d)

10%-15%

41.

Antigens are...

a)

found on the surface of RBC's

b)

Identify a blood type

42.

Most of the volume of normal human blood is composed of...

a)

Plasma

b)

RBC's

c)

WBC's

d)

hemoglobin

43.

Why does anemia happen?

a)

A decrease in hemoglobin

b)

A decrease in RBC's

c)

A decrease in homeostasis

d)

A decrease in will to live

44.

What is the purpose of platlets?

a)

They taste good

b)

They help fight diseases

c)

They are responsible for homeostasis

d)

They help transport nutrients

45.

The circulation of blood helps maintain body temperature.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Iron deficiency causes anemia

a)

False

b)

True

47.

Normal PH for blood is 7.0.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

What color is plasma?

a)

Yellow

b)

Clear

c)

Red

d)

White

49.

What is hemepoteisis?

a)

a fancy word for homeostasis

b)

a cool drink

c)

Blood cell formation

d)

Blood cell destruction

50.

Anemia is a erythrocytes disorder

a)

False

b)

True