Starter quiz
- What colour is blood?
- 'red' ✓
The heart's function is to ...- make us feel emotions.
- help to break down food.
- pump air.
- pump blood around the body. ✓
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- Which statements about the heart are incorrect?
- The heart is located on the right side of the chest. ✓
- The heart pumps blood to all parts of the body.
- The heart is similar in shape to an upside down pear.
- The heart is the size of a clenched fist.
- The walls of the heart are made from bone. ✓
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Your heart is made of chambers with ______ that open and close to control the flow of blood.- holes
- valves ✓
- tubes
- muscles
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- Your heart will beat approximately ______ times a day.
- '115,000' ✓
- The walls of the heart are made from ...
- 'muscle' ✓
Exit quiz
- True or false? The lungs pump blood around the body.
- True
- False ✓
Which statement about blood is correct?- Blood is made of just liquid.
- Blood is made of different parts - one solid and one liquid.
- Blood is made of different parts. Each part has the same function.
- Blood is made of different parts. Each part has a different function. ✓
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- What does blood transport to all parts of the body?
- oxygen ✓
- stomach acid
- saliva
- nutrients ✓
- hoops
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- Blood transports ______ gas to be removed from the body.
- oxygen
- carbon dioxide ✓
- helium
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- Which options below are parts of blood?
- plasma ✓
- blue blood cells
- white blood cells ✓
- plates
- red blood cells ✓
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- Match the function of blood to the part that is responsible for it.
- transporting oxygen⇔red blood cells ✓
- forms a scab when you get a cut⇔platelets ✓
- fights infection⇔white blood cells ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Blood is needed by humans to keep them alive.
- Blood transports oxygen and nutrients to all the parts of the body so they can keep working.
- Blood transports carbon dioxide and other waste materials to be removed from the body.
- Blood is made of different parts. Each part has a special function within blood.
- Models can be used to describe what blood is and its functions.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that blood is made in the heart and the function of blood is to clean the heart.
This lesson provides plenty of opportunities for pupils to learn about the different functions of blood.
Keywords
Blood - Blood is pumped around the body by the heart.
Function - The task that something does is its function.
Nutrients - Nutrients are important substances that living things use to stay alive and healthy.
Oxygen - Oxygen is a gas in the air that is vital for living things.
Carbon dioxide - Carbon dioxide is the gas in the air.
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