The Blood and Breathing

The Circulatory System
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BiologyUpper Secondary (Key Stage 4)GCSE

This lesson contains 34 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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The Circulatory System

Slide 1 - Slide

The Blood

Slide 2 - Slide

What is the large component of blood?
A
Red Blood Cells
B
Plasma
C
White Blood Cells
D
Platelets

Slide 3 - Quiz

Name the blood component
Platelet
Plasma
Red Blood Cell
White Blood Cell

Slide 4 - Drag question

What is the role of the platelets?
A
To clot the blood
B
To fight pathogens
C
To transport nutrients, waste and cells
D
To carry oxygen

Slide 5 - Quiz

Why is Thrombocytopenia, a condition where you do not produce enough platelets a problem?

Slide 6 - Open question

What is the role of blood plasma?
A
To clot the blood
B
To fight off pathogens
C
To transport nutrients, waste and cells
D
To carry oxygen

Slide 7 - Quiz

Name something that is transported by the plasma

Slide 8 - Mind map

Fill in the blanks
are cell fragments
White blood cells have an
and
are mobile
1)
2)
3)
Red blood cells contain
and have a
biconcave shape
irregular shape
haemoglobin
platelets

Slide 9 - Drag question

Why might someone with an iron deficiency feel tired?

Slide 10 - Open question

Blood Vessels

Slide 11 - Slide

Name the three types of blood vessels

Slide 12 - Open question

Name the blood vessel
Capillary
Vein
Artery

Slide 13 - Drag question

Name the blood vessel
Vein
Capillary
Artery

Slide 14 - Drag question

Name the blood vessel
Narrow lumen
Thick elastic walls
Thick protective wall

Thick lumen
Thin elastic walls
Thin protective wall
Small lumen
One cell thick walls
Capillary
Artery
Vein

Slide 15 - Drag question

What feature of veins was missing from the previous slide?

Slide 16 - Open question

Why do veins have valves?

Slide 17 - Open question

Arteries take blood to the heart.
True or false
True
False

Slide 18 - Poll

Which blood vessel experiences the highest pressure?
Capillaries
Arteries
Veins

Slide 19 - Poll

The Heart

Slide 20 - Slide

Label the sides of the heart
Left
Right

Slide 21 - Drag question

Label the chambers of the heart
A
B
C
D
Left Atrium
Right Atrium
Left Ventricle
Right Ventricle

Slide 22 - Drag question

What is the role of the ventricles?

Slide 23 - Open question

Label blood vessels A, B, C and D
A
B
C
D
Pulmonary Vein
Vena Cava
Aorta
Pulmonary Artery

Slide 24 - Drag question

The aorta pumps blood to:
A
The lungs
B
The brain
C
The toes
D
The body

Slide 25 - Quiz

The aorta carries which type of blood?
A
Oxygenated
B
Deoxygenated

Slide 26 - Quiz

The pulmonary vein takes blood back to the heart from:
A
The body
B
The lungs
C
The brain
D
The toes

Slide 27 - Quiz

The pulmonary vein carries which type of blood?
A
Oxygenated
B
Deoxygenated

Slide 28 - Quiz

The vena cava is a:
A
vein
B
artery
C
capillary

Slide 29 - Quiz

The vena cava and pulmonary artery carry which type of blood?
A
Oxygenated
B
Deoxygenated

Slide 30 - Quiz

The heart contains what to stop the back flow of blood?
A
Capillaries
B
Lub-dub rhythm
C
Valves
D
A thick left ventricle

Slide 31 - Quiz

The blood in the aorta is under lower pressure than the blood in the vena cava
True
False

Slide 32 - Poll

Name this feature of the heart

Slide 33 - Open question

Why is it a problem is someone is born with a whole in their septum?

Slide 34 - Open question