Name: _________________ Date: __________

Unit Test: The Circulatory System

Section 1: Multiple Choice

Directions: Circle the best answer.

1) What are the three different types of blood vessels?

a) aorta, valve, ventricle
b) capillaries, veins, arteries
c) pulmonary vein, pulmonary artery, superior vena cava
d) capillaries, right atrium, left ventricle
Answer: b
2) What is the best way to keep your heart healthy?
a) exercise every day for at least 2 hours
b) eat only fruits and vegetables and incorporate light exercise
c) incorporate a balanced diet and try to stay active for at least 30
minutes a day
d) dont eat any foods that contain fat and stick to only
cardiovascular exercise
Answer: c
3) What is the leading cause of death for both men and women?
a) heart disease
b) heart attack
c) blood clot
d) obesity
Answer: a
4) What makes erythrocytes (red blood cells) red in color?
a) the plasma
b) platelets
c) Hemoglobin
d) Oxygen
Answer: d
5) When blood is traveling through an artery, it is moving________
a) away from the heart, towards the other parts of the body
b) towards the heart, away from the body
c) in the heart, between the ventricle and the atrium
d) in the brain
Answer: a

6) What is the serving size of the following food item

 a) 170
b) 1
c) 12
d) 70
Answer: b
7) What is circulation?
a) a disease where red blood cells cant pick up oxygen
b) the movement of blood to different areas of the body
c) what causes the heart to beat
d) controls when the heart contracts and releases
Answer: b
8) Where is the heart located in the body?
a) in the center of your chest
b) slightly right of the center of your chest
c) slightly left of the center of your chest
d) in your neck
Answer: c
9) What is the importance of valves?
a) they control the direction of blood, making it go either in or out of
the heart
b) they can permanently stop the flow of blood in the heart
c) they fill the heart up with blood and push it out
d) they are the conductors of electrical pulses in the heart
Answer: a
10) Atria are two out of the four chambers in the heart, they are located at the
_________ of the heart.
a) bottom
b) center
 c) right
d) top
Answer: d
11) Approximately how many pints of blood are in the body?
a) 15 pints
b) 8 pints
c) 10 pints
d) 20 pints
Answer: c
12) Blood is responsible for carrying _________ and _________ to the entire body.
a) hemoglobin and oxygen
b) leukocytes and blood plasma
c) bone marrow and platelets
d) oxygen and nutrients
Answer: d
13) What are some suggestions to try and improve your diet?
a) make half of your grains whole, switch to 1% or skim milk, watch
portions
b) fill your plate with only vegetables, no dairy, eat as few calories as
you can
c) cut carbohydrates out of your diet, only eat 3 times a day, eat until
youre full
d) eat more protein than vegetables, avoid sugar, switch to only non-
dairy items like soymilk
Answer: a
14) Ventricles are two of the four chambers in the heart, they are located at the
___________ of the heart.
a) top
b) side
c) bottom
d) center
Answer: c
15) In one minute the heart pumps ________ gallons of blood in and out of the heart.
a) 3.6 gallons
b) 1 gallon
c) 4.2 gallons
d) 1.3 gallons
Answer: d

Section 2: Matching

Directions: Choose the term in the left hand column and match it by drawing a line to the correct
definition in the right hand column
1)
Terms Definitions
a) the movement of blood
through the body that is caused by the
1) Leukocyte pumping action of the heart
2) Ventricle b) energy that fuels our body
3) circulation c) one of two sections of the
4) Nutrients heart that pump blood out of the body
5) bone marrow d) a substance that plants,
6) platelets animals, and people need to live and
7) Calorie grow
8) cholesterol e) a small, round, thin blood cell
9) atrium that helps blood to stop flowing from a
10) erythrocyte cut by becoming thick and sticky
f) white blood cell; a clear or
colorless cell in the blood that protects
the body from disease
g) a soft substance that fills the
bones of people and animals
h) one of two sections of the
heart that takes blood in from the
veins
i) red blood cell; a red-colored
blood cell that carries oxygen from the
lungs to other parts of the body
j) a substance that is found in
the bodies of people and animals

Answer Key: 1-f, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d, 5-g, 6-e, 7-b, 8-j, 9-h, 10-i

Section 3: Short Answer

1) John doesnt have the healthiest of habits. He eats a lot of greasy

foods that are high in fat and calories and doesnt exercise very often, except for
 when hes in gym class. At his last doctors visit, Johns doctor was worried about
his heart becoming too strained from keeping up with Johns unhealthy habits.
What can John do to improve his heart health?

2) Briefly discuss what circulation is. Talk about what happens to the
blood once its pumped out of the heart. Where does it go? How does it come
back to the heart?

Assessment Scale for Short Answer Questions:

4: Student responds with correct information regarding the prompt and provides multiple
examples as well as supporting details. Student is able to answer question in 3 or more
complete sentences with accurate grammar and punctuation

3: Student responds with correct information regarding the prompt and provides 1-2 examples
with a few supporting details. Student is able to answer prompt in 2-3 complete sentences.
Student may have some grammar and punctuation mistakes, but does not interfere with the
meaning of their answer

2: Student responds with a partially correct answer to the prompt and provides 1 example with
no supporting details. Student wrote only 1-3 sentences (may not be complete) and made
grammar and punctuation mistakes that interfere with the meaning of their answer

1: Student does not respond correctly to the prompt, but has some sentences that touch upon
the question being asked. Student has multiple grammar and punctuation issues occurring in
their writing that makes their response difficult to understand.