Life Science: Human Body Systems, Book D

Section 2: Blood

Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1
Blood makes up about eight percent of your body's weight. If a person weighs 120 pounds, about how much of that mass is blood?
A)96 pounds
B)128 pounds
C)2 pounds
D)10 pounds
2
Which of these fights invaders of your body?
A)lymphocytes
B)white blood cells
C)diastolic pressure
D)inferior vena cava
3
Which of these is a condition related to blood clotting?
A)atherosclerosis
B)HIV
C)hemophilia
D)diffusion
4
What does a clot do?
A)It makes antibodies to fight infection.
B)It prevents blood from traveling between the atriums of your heart.
C)It identifies your blood type.
D)It stops blood from escaping from a cut.
5
Which of these is true?
A)A person with type A blood can receive type B blood.
B)A person with type AB blood can only donate blood to a person with type AB blood.
C)A person with type O blood cannot receive type O blood.
D)A person with type B blood cannot donate blood to a person with type AB blood.
6
Which of these is a blood disease?
A)hypertension
B)platelets
C)fibrin
D)leukemia
7
Which of these is a function of blood?
A)digest food
B)transport nutrients
C)produce wastes
D)dissolve bone
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