Thursday, February 25, 2016

February 25th, 2016 Hiroshima by: John Hersey

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The blood.

Level#1: Blood transports nutrients, oxygen, and wastes, and fights infection. About 55% of blood is a liquid called plasma. This liquid carries nutrients and wastes throughout the circulatory system.

1. What does the liquid part of the blood called plasma do?





2. What does blood do to help our body?





3. What makes up about 55% of the blood?






Level#2: Blood transports nutrients, oxygen, and wastes, and fights infection. About 55% of blood is a liquid called plasma. This liquid carries nutrients and wastes throughout the circulatory system. There are three kinds of solids in blood: platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. Platelets are actually pieces of cells. They help blood cells to clump together. This action helps wounds to stop bleeding.

1. What is the liquid that carries nutrients and wastes throughout the circulatory system called?





2. What does blood do inside of our body?





3. What percent of our blood is liquid and what is it called?







Level#3:  Blood transports nutrients, oxygen, and wastes, and fights infection. About 55% of blood is a liquid called plasma. This liquid carries nutrients and wastes throughout the circulatory system. There are three kinds of solids in blood: platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. Platelets are actually pieces of cells. They help blood cells to clump together. This action helps wounds to stop bleeding. A protein in red blood cells delivers oxygen to other body cells. This protein, called hemoglobin, contains the mineral iron. Iron give blood cells their red color. The more oxygen the protein carries, the brighter the color of the cells.

1. What does blood do for the body?




2. What is the name of the liquid part of the blood and what does it do?




3. How many kinds of solids are found in blood and what are their names?







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