Celebrate Heart Month with a Jump Rope or Hoops for Heart activity. Heart health affects everything you do. Treat your heart right with physical activity and good nutrition. Listen to the clues. Put your answer – with your first and last name and your teacher’s name in the red, white, and blue bucket in the cafeteria before lunch. Listen to tomorrow’s announcements for the answer and winner. Holidays and work days are from the Austin ISD calendar. Be sure to change to fit your school.
February 2016
S / M / T / W / T / F / S/ Stethoscopes are available through the American Heart Association. Contact:
North Texas:
South Texas:
Amy.Newman@heart. org / / /
1 Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called
A. arteries
B. veins
C. valves
D. atria / 2 The largest artery in the heart is the
A. septum
B. aorta
C. capillaries
D. femur / 3 Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart are called
A. arteries
B. veins
C. valves
D. atria / 4 The smallest blood vessels are called
A. veins
B. arteries
C. capillaries
D. phalanges / 5 Your body’s blood system is called
A. digestive system
B. respiratory system
C. circulatory system
D. solar system
/ 6
7 / 8 What keeps the blood flowing through
the heart in only one direction?
A. arteries
B. veins
C. valves
D. atria / 9 What is the main purpose of the heart?
A. To help breathe
B. to collect dirty blood from the body
C. to distribute blood to the body
D. to exercise the muscles / 10 What does your blood deliver to all the body’s cells?
A. iron
B. carbon dioxide
C. oxygen
D. food / 11 The heart has how many chambers?
A. six
B. five
C. four
D. three / 12 What is the size of the average heart?
A. a peanut
B. a foot
C. a clenched fist
D. a thumb / 13
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Staff
Development
No Students / 16 About how many times does the heart beat each day?
A. 1,000,000
B. 1,000
C. 10,000
D. 100,000 / 17 Which of the following is true?
A. The human heart weighs about 1 pound.
B. A baby’s heart beats twice as fast as an adult’s.
C. The human heart is a muscle.
D. All of the above. / 18 The beating sound your heart makes comes from
a. blood going in the wrong direction
B. valves opening & closing
C. the heart skipping beats
D. your ears playing tricks on you / 19 The greatest risk to a healthy heart is
A. smoking
B. not getting enough physical activity
C. eating lots of *SLOW & WHOA foods
D. all of the above. / 20
21 / 22 What part of the heart pumps into all parts of the body?
A. left ventricle
B. right ventricle
C. right atrium
D. aorta / 23 What part of the heart does the blood with less oxygen flow to first?
A. right atrium
B. right ventricle
C. left ventricle
D. left atrium / 24 Your heart is a
A. bone
B. muscle
C. tendon
D. ligament
/ 25 What does the blood do while it’s in the lungs?
A. It rests.
B. It picks up oxygen.
C. It gives away oxygen.
D. It picks up waste gases.
/ 26 The heart’s pumping action circulates all of our blood throughout the body __ times per minute?
A. once
B. 10 times
C. twice
D. 3 times / 27
28 / 29 The heart provides your body with
A. oxygen
B. nutrient
C. a way to get rid of waste
D. all of the above / *terms from CATCH program