Figure 1.

Look at Figure 1.
It shows arteries and veins within the human body.
Each artery and vein branch out to tiny capillaries.
Write the correct term in each blank to answer the questions or complete the
sentence.
1. What pumps blood through your body? blood
2. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called arteries.
3. Vessels that carry blood back to the heart are called veins.
4. Blood moves from arteries to veins through tiny blood vessels called
cappilaries.
5. The heart, blood vessels and blood make up the blood circulatory
system.
 Figure 2.
Examine the parts of Figure 2, then answer the questions below.
1. Arteries branching away from the heart become
smaller and smaller .(smaller and smaller
OR larger and larger)
2. Veins leading back to the heart become
larger and larger .(smaller and smaller OR larger
and larger)
3. Most of our blood vessels are
capillaries .(arteries, veins or capillaries)

Match each term in Column A with its description in Column B.

Write the correct letter in the space provided.
Column A Column B
D circulation a) carry blood away from the heart
B heart b) pumps blood
A arteries c) connect arteries and veins
E veins d) transport of materials in living things
C capillaries e) carry blood back to the heart
Complete each statement using a term or terms from the list below.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some words may be used more than once.

heart circulation oxygen veins food

capillaries arteries blood vessel waste materials blood

1. The transport of materials in living things is called circulation .

2. In humans, circulation is carried out by the liquid called blood .
3. Blood is pumped by the heart .
4. Blood brings to cells things like oxygen and food .
5. Blood picks up waste materials from the cells.
6. Any tube that carries blood is called a blood vessel .
7. The three kinds of blood vessels are arteries ,
veins , and capillaries .
8. Blood is carried away from the heart by arteries .
9. Blood is carried back to the heart by veins .
10. Arteries and veins are connected by tiny blood vessels called
capillaries .

TRUE or FALSE – In the space, write a ‘T’ or ‘F’

T 1. Circulation is the transport of materials in living things.

T 2. Life stops when circulation stops.
F 3. Blood is pumped by the brain.
F 4. Blood circulates through the body only a few times a day.
T 5. Arteries carry blood away from the heart.
F 6. Arteries transport carbon dioxide to the cells.
F 7. Veins carry blood away from the heart.
T 8. Veins pick up waste materials from the cells.
T 9. Capillaries connect arteries and veins.
F 10. Capillaries are the largest blood vessels.
 1) What are the 4 main functions blood does for our body?
- transport oxygen and nutrients to the cells
- form blood clots to prevent excess blood loss
- carrying cells and antibodies that fight infection
- bring waste products to the kidneys and liver, which filter and clean the
blood

2) What are the 4 components of blood?

Plasma, red blood cells, platelets, white blood cells.

3) Fill in the blank with the appropriate component

Look like red discs, have a pale centre, no nucleus, similar in size red
blood cells
Small granular fragments, no nucleus, vary in size white blood cells
Large in size, well-formed nucleus platelets

Straw-coloured fluid plasma

4) Where are red blood cells (RBC’s) made? red bone marrow of bones
5) Hemoglobin gives RBC’s the ability to transfer oxygen in the blood cells
from the lungs to tissues
6) The key raw material for RBC’s is iron

7) What organ removes dead RBC’s? spleen and liver

8) What is the RBC’s job in transportation? carry oxygen from our lungs to
the rest of our body

9) There is one white blood cell to every 600 RBC.

10)What does a white blood cell do? help the body fight infection
and other diseases
11) True or False? White blood cells only travel in the blood stream and
never travel into the body TRUE
12) Match the white blood cell with its function (draw lines connecting the
word and function)

Neutrophil Produce humoral defences

Macrophage Fight bacteria and eat them
Lymphocyte Eat dead cells and other debris
Plasma Produce antibodies

13) Platelets are removed in the liver and spleen .

14) What do platelets do and how do they do it?
- Platelets help our body form clots to stop bleeding. If one
of our blood vessels get damaged, it sends out signals to
the platelets, then they rush to the site of the damage
and form a clot to fix the damage.

15) Plasma is composed of electrolytes and proteins

16) True or False? Missing certain proteins does not affect the bloods
clotting ability False
17) True or False? All 4 parts of the blood work together at the same time
True