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circualatory system

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These cells, in the blood, carry oxygen and give the blood its color.

a)

white blood cells

b)

plasma

c)

platelets

d)

red blood cells

2.

The cells in the blood that help fight germs like bacteria and viruses

a)

red blood cells

b)

platelets

c)

white blood cells

3.

Which part of the blood carries oxygen?

a)

Red blood cells

b)

White blood cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Plasma

4.

Which part of the blood protects the body against disease?

a)

Red blood cells

b)

White blood cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Plasma

5.

Which part of the blood is a yellowish liquid?

a)

Red blood cells

b)

White blood cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Plasma

6.

Which part of blood helps form clots and scabs?

a)

Red blood cells

b)

White blood cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Plasma

7.

Which carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart?

a)

Arteries

b)

Veins

c)

Capillaries

d)

Marrow

8.

What are the 4 parts of blood?

a)

Red blood cells, plasma, white blood cells, marrow

b)

Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, plasma

c)

Red blood cells, platelets, plasma, water

d)

Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, marrow

9.

Put the types of blood vessels in order from "smallest" to "largest"

a)

Capillaries, arteries, veins

b)

Veins, capillaries, arteries

c)

Arteries, veins, capillaries

d)

Capillaries, veins, arteries

10.

What are the names of the three types of blood vessels

a)

Veins, arteries, capillaries

b)

Arteries, red blood cells, veins

c)

Veins, capillaries, bone marrow

d)

Arteries, platelets,

plasma

11.
The heart has ___ chambers.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.
a)
respiratory
b)
digestive
c)
muscular
d)
skeletal
13.

Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.

a)

False

b)

True

15.

The type of blood vessel that normally carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body cells?

a)

arteries

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

16.

The type of blood vessel that normally carries de-oxygenated blood back to the heart from body cells?

a)

arteries

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

17.

The relaxing/filling stage of the cardiac cycle?

a)

Systole

b)

Diastole

18.

Type of circulation that refers to the blood flowing through the entire body?

a)

Systemic circulation

b)

Renal circulation

c)

Portal circulation

d)

Pulmonary circulation

19.

Type of circulation that refers to blood flow from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart again?

a)

Systemic circulation

b)

Renal circulation

c)

Portal circulation

d)

Pulmonary circulation

20.

The smallest blood vessels that ensure oxygen and nutrients are delivered to the body's cells.

a)

Capillaries

b)

Arteries

c)

Veins

21.

The bottom part of the heart is divided into two chambers called what?

a)

Ventricles

b)

Atria

22.

(a)   are the tiniest blood vessels.

23.

The upper part of the heart is made up of two chambers called what?

a)

Ventricles

b)

Atria

24.

Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart.

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

25.

(a)   help form clots to stop bleeding.

26.

(a)   is the liquid part of blood.

27.

These blood vessels help fight infection and other diseases.

a)

Red Blood Cells

b)

White Blood Cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Plasma

28.

Your heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats per (a)   .

29.

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.

a)

Veins

b)

Capillaries

c)

Arteries

30.

The circulatory system consists of what three parts?

a)

Heart

b)

Brain

c)

Blood

d)

Blood vessels

e)

Liver

31.
What is the heart ? 
a)
meaty organ 
b)
a small metal spike with a broadened flat head,
c)
organ of soft nervous tissue 
d)
muscular organ
32.
What is the function of the heart?
a)
To pump blood around the body
b)
To remove oxygen from the blood
c)
To allow blood to flow through it 
d)
To breath
33.
What part of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide to body cells?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
34.
The human heart is an organ that pumps blood throughout the body supplying oxygen, nutrients, blood, and hormones to and from the tissues removing _________ ___________ and other wastes.
a)
hydrogen dioxide
b)
carbon moxoide
c)
water molecules
d)
carbon dioxide
35.
The main function of the circulatory system is 
a)
To give the body structure and support
b)
Excrete waste
c)
transport blood, nutrients, and gases throughout the body
d)
to transport messages from the body to the brain