Webquest: Blood
Name: ________________________________
Period: ________
Click on the link titled “Blood Components”. Using the navigation menu on the left, click on blood,
then composition. Scroll down to the picture of the artery containing the components of blood. Roll
the mouse over each label. Note that the corresponding image is highlighted in the artery as you roll
over each label.
1. Describe the difference between RBC’s, WBC’s, and platelets according to the artery diagram.
2. Click on the link for plasma. What are the different types of proteins found in the plasma?
Close the Internet window for the web site and return to the blood webquest. Click on the second link
titled “What is blood made of?” Answer questions 3-11 as you read the information.
3. In addition to plasma and blood cells, what other molecules can be found in the blood?
4. How many oxygen molecules can attach to a single hemoglobin molecule of the red blood cell?
5. In what location do the RBC’s shed the oxygen molecules?
6. Which types of enzymes are found in the granules of white blood cells? What do you think these have to
do with the function of WBC’s?
7. How many types of lymphocytes are there? Give their names.
8. What is the scientific name for platelets?
9. Describe the structure of platelets in their “resting” state…
10. in their “active” state…
11. Plasma is 90% water and 10% “other”. Circle all of the following that make up the 10% of “other”.
(circle all that apply)
leukocytes
immunoglobulins vitamins
cholesterol
platelets
glucose
thrombocytes
eosinophils
monocytes
erythrocytes
hormones
water
Red Gold - The Epic Story of Blood http://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/ -------------------- BLOOD JOURNEY
Phase 1: The Creation of Blood
1. What are the three kinds of cells found in blood?
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2. What molecule in the blood cell carries oxygen? _____________________________________________
3. What element makes blood red? ____________________
4. What is the function of leukocytes?
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5. What is the function of platelets?
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6. Plasma is made of 90% ________________________________________
How is Blood Produced?
7. Where in the body are blood cells made? ______________________________________________
8. What might cause the body to produce more blood cells? ___________________________________
Phase 2: The Circulatory System
9. Approximately how many liters of blood move through the circulatory system? ____
10. Name the three parts of the circulatory system:
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11. __________________ circulation is when blood flows through the kidneys.
12. What is the main artery that leaves the heart? _____________________________
13. Blood moves from arteries into ________________________________
Phase 3: Donation
Vocabulary Checklist
14. How long does it take for your body to replace fluids lost during blood
donation? _________________
15. What should you do before donating blood?
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16. What organization collects blood?
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' Testing Donated Blood
17. What are the four blood types? __________________________________
18. Rh type can be _______________________________ or
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19. Name two diseases you would be tested for before donating blood:
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Bone marrow
Stem Cell
Red blood cell
White blood cell
Hemoglobin
Platelet
Plasma
Transfusion
Artery
Vein
Capillary
Aorta
Leukemia
Hepatitis
Phase 4: Blood Banks
20. Blood donated is split into three components. What are they?
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21. What type of patients might use the platelets?
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22. What type of patients might use the plasma?
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Phase 5: The Transfusion
23. Which blood type can receive blood from all groups? ___________________________
24. What are the two most common blood types in the U.S.? ____________________________
Test Your Blood IQ (take the quiz to get these answers)
1. How long do red blood cells stay in the body? _____________________
2. Blood circulates through the body in what order? ___________________________________________
3. How much blood is there in the average adult human body? ___________________
4. You should not donate blood more often than about: _________________________________
5. In the blood disease called leukemia, the body produces _________________________________
6. If you have type O blood, you can safely receive transfusions of _________________________
7. Under normal circumstances, the blood transfers a lot of excess heat from: _________________________
8. What makes the pulmonary arteries unique among arteries? _______________________________________
9. Neutrophils and leukocytes are: ______________________________
10. Which blood vessels have one-way valves? ____________________________
EXTENSION: Using what you know about blood and transfusions, design a poster to educate on blood
donations and encourage people to donate. There are some examples on the site at Blood History ' The Impact
of War ' Poster Gallery. You will use your computer and log on to your Glogster account to create your poster.