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Blood

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  1.What is a pickup function of blood?  
  a.   picks up carbon dioxide from the air in the lungs  
  b.   picks up undigested food from the large intestine  
  c.   picks up carbon dioxide waste from cells.  
  d.   picks up urine from the bladder  
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  2.Where are red blood cells made?  
  a.   bone marrow  
  b.   heart  
  c.   pancreas  
  d.   liver  
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  3.What are foreign substances that invade the body and cause disease?  
  a.   white blood cells  
  b.   antigens  
  c.   red blood cells  
  d.   antibodies  
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  4.What happens to red blood cells when they die?  
  a.   They dissolve.  
  b.   They are destroyed by white blood cells.  
  c.   They are discarded in the urine.  
  d.   They are discarded in your sweat.  
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  5.Which blood cells carry oxygen?  
  a.   plant cells  
  b.   platelets  
  c.   white blood cells  
  d.   red blood cells  
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  6.What is a delivery function of blood?  
  a.   delivery of bile to the gallbladder  
  b.   delivery of food to the stomach  
  c.   delivery of oxygen to the lungs  
  d.   delivery of oxygen to body cells  
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  7.What is the protein in red blood cells that joins with oxygen?  
  a.   cholesterol  
  b.   hemoglobin  
  c.   carbon  
  d.   hemophilia  
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  8.What are the four blood types found in humans?  
  a.   I, II, III & IV  
  b.   A, B, AB & O  
  c.   A, B, C & D  
  d.   A, B, D, F  
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  9.Which of these is a virus that is spread through exchange of bodily fluids?  
  a.   polio  
  b.   whooping cough  
  c.   tetanus  
  d.   Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome  
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  10.What is the nonliving, yellow liquid part of blood?  
  a.   white blood cells  
  b.   cytoplasm  
  c.   red blood cells  
  d.   plasma  
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