Blood Quiz
Are you a Bloodhound? Answer these 15 multiple choice questions to find out!
- What are the components that make up blood?
a) Red cells, white cells, plasma and platelets
b) Red cells, white cells and red cordial
c) Red cells, water and milk - What is haemoglobin?
a) A new type of light bulb
b) A complex molecule found in red blood cells
c) Another name for blood - A+, B- and O+ are all:
a) Grades I've received for school assignments
b) Blood types
c) Types of bone marrow - Platelets are important because they:
a) Form clots to help our body repair wounds
b) Carry other cells around the body like a plate
c) Give blood its red colour - If you laid out all your blood vessels from end to end, they would:
a) Circle the world twice
b) Stretch the length of a 50m swimming pool
c) Circle a football oval - What is plasma?
a) The stuff they use to make plasma TV screens
b) The straw-coloured liquid component of blood that carries red cells, white cells and platelets
c) Another name for the pus that forms on a wound - Approximately how much blood does the body contain?
a) 4-7 litres
b) 1 litre
c) 30 litres - The first successful blood transfusion was carried out in:
a) 1989
b) 1812
c) 1563 - Humans can safely receive blood from:
a) People with the same blood type
b) Animals with red blood
c) People with compatible blood types - Whole blood can be stored in refrigeration outside the body for:
a) 42 days
b) 2 days
c) If your fridge is working well, as long as you want - What gives blood its red colour?
a) Eating lots of red lollies and red meat
b) A molecule called haemoglobin
c) A special red powder produced by the body - A centrifuge is a machine used to:
a) Make extra blood for people who need more
b) Separate blood into its different components by spinning it at high speeds
c) Separate your blood into positive and negative components - When you donate blood, the blood is collected in:
a) A recycled soft-drink can
b) A clean glass bottle
c) A sterilised blood bag - The human body produces red blood cells in:
a) The bone marrow
b) The brain
c) The heart - Chicken pox immunisations are sometimes made from:
a) Chicken blood
b) Donated human blood from someone who recently had chicken pox
c) Chicken fillets
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