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AQA GCSE Biology Blood vessels and the heart

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  • Q1
    What is the function of a red blood cell?
    Clot blood
    Fight disease
    Carry oxygen
    Transport urea
    30s
  • Q2
    Which of these describes the shape of a red blood cell
    Bilateral disc
    Flat
    Sphere
    Biconcave disc
    30s
  • Q3
    Which of these is not an adaptation of a red blood cell?
    Lots of haemoglobin
    Produce antibodies
    Large surface area:volume ration
    No nucleus
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the function of a white blood cell?
    Carry oxygen
    Clot blood
    Fight disease
    Transport urea
    30s
  • Q5
    What is the function of platelets?
    Carry oxygen
    Fight disease
    Transport urea
    Help to clot the blood
    30s
  • Q6
    Which of these is not true about blood plasma?
    It is a red liquid
    It carries urea
    It carries carbon dioxide
    It carries the products of digestion
    30s
  • Q7
    What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
    Artery
    Vein
    Capillary
    30s
  • Q8
    What type of blood vessel carries blood towards the heart?
    Capillary
    Vein
    Artery
    30s
  • Q9
    In which type of blood vessel can gas exchange occur?
    Vein
    Capillary
    Artery
    30s
  • Q10
    Which of these statements is not true about arteries?
    They have thick muscular walls
    They have valves
    The blood is under high pressure
    They stretch as blood is forced through them
    30s
  • Q11
    Which of these statements is not true about veins?
    Blood is under high pressure
    Blood is usually deoxygenated
    They have thinner walls than arteries
    They have valves
    30s
  • Q12
    Which of these is not true about capillaries?
    Oxygen cannot pass across the walls of the capillary
    Capillaries are very narrow
    Carbon dioxide passes across the wall of the capillary
    The walls of capillaries are one cell thick
    30s
  • Q13
    Which of these statements is correct about a double circulatory system?
    The blood is at the same pressure in all parts of the double circulatory system.
    There are two hearts in a double circulatory system the system
    One set of blood vessels takes blood from the heart to the lungs and back, while another set of blood vessels takes blood from the heart to the body and back.
    It is not an efficient way of circulating blood
    30s
  • Q14
    What molecule does haemoglobin form when it combines with oxygen?
    Haemoxyglobin
    Haemoglobin-oxygen
    Oxyhaemoglobin
    Oxidised haemoglobin
    30s
  • Q15
    Which of these is not a scientific name for a type white blood cell?
    Phagocyte
    Lymphocyte
    Erythrocyte
    30s

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