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KEY STAGE 4Blood Questions

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Multiple choice questions

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Which of these is not a function of blood?

A To support the body.

B To fight disease.

C To carry gases around the body.

D To carry hormones to their site of action.

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What is the name of the pigment within red blood cells?

A haemoglycin

B haemoglobin

C haemoglycerol

D haemoglucose

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Which of these descriptions best suits the shape of a red blood cell?

A a doughnut

B a round flat plate

C a biconcave disc

D a disc shaped shell

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What is missing from a red blood cell?

A the nucleus

B the cytoplasm

C the cell membrane

D answers A and B

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What is the name of the straw-coloured liquid in which blood cells are suspended?

A haem liquid

B cytoplasma

C blood fluid

D plasma

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What percentage of blood is made up of plasma?

A 20%

B 40%

C 55%

D 65%

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Which of the these substances are carried by blood plasma?

A oxygen, glucose, urea and amino acids

B amino acids, carbon dioxide, oxygen and fatty acids

C fatty acids, glucose, oxygen, glycerol

D urea, fatty acids, amino acids and carbon dioxide

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Blood plasma...

A defends the body against invading microbes.

B helps the blood to clot.

C transports urea from the liver to the kidneys.

D binds to oxygen.

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Red blood cells...

A need oxygen.

B attract carbon dioxide.

C carry oxygen.

D repel carbon dioxide.

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The white blood cells are larger than red blood cells. Their job is to...

A make the blood clot.

B carry oxygen to the cells of the body.

C defend the body against invading microbes.

D carry carbon dioxide.