Blood & Blood Types

What type of blood is the universal donor?

• O
• AB

An individual's blood type is determined by

• environment
• genetics
• both environment and genetics
• your children's blood type

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Irregularly shaped cell fragments that help clot blood

• Platelets

• Lymph

• Plasma

• White Blood Cells

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Contains hemoglobin, supplies body with oxygen

• Plasma

• Platelet

• White Blood Cell

• Red Blood Cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Fight bacteria and viruses by entering infected tissue, destroying bacteria/viruses and absorb dead blood cells

• White Blood Cells

• Red Blood Cells

• Platelets

• Plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The liquid part of blood made of mostly water; nutrients, minerals and oxygen are dissolved

• Marrow

• Plasma

• Proteins

• Urea

Proteins on red blood cells that determine the blood type

• antigens

• antibodies

• Protein Molecules

• Marker Molecules

Red blood cells have a nucleus.

• True

• False

Where are red blood cells produced?

• Bone Marrow

• Heart

• Lungs

• Brain

Which component of blood carries oxygen (O₂)?

• plasma

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

• platelets

• water