Biotechnology: Junior PracticumName:

Date:

Blood Web Quest

All weblinks can be found at:
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Directions: / Click on the link below to learn about the blood & follow the instructions.

(1) What year was the first modern human to human blood transfusion performed?______
(2)What year were platelets discovered? ______(3) By whom? ______
(4) What scientist was able to perform the first transfusion using crossmatching, and over the next several years successfully used the procedure in 128 cases? ______
(5) When were human blood groups discovered? ______Which scientists discovered the 4 human blood types? ______
(6) What characteristic of human blood was discovered in 1940? ______
(7) In what year was the first blood depot established and why was it established? ______
Next, click on this link to learn all about the blood groups:

(8) ABO blood groups are defined by specific, inherited molecules known as ______that are found on the surface of ______blood cells.
(9) A person has a natural immunity or antibody to protect themselves from other blood types.
What antibody(ies) does a person with blood type O have?______
(9) List the most common blood types in the United States. ______and ______.
(10) In the U.S., what is the percentage of people with type AB-?______.
Next, click on this link to learn all about the components of Blood:
(11) Blood is a mixture of ______and ______.
(12) The cellular material can be divided into ______, ______, and ______.
(13) Red blood cells, called ______, make up ______% of blood and they contain ______which functions to ______.
(14) White blood cells, called ______, have the primary job of ______. There are 3 types of WBC ______, ______, and ______.
(15) Platelets, called ______, are responsible for ______. They perform this function 2 ways, by either ______or by producing a protein called ______that ______.
(16) Plasma is ______it is made up of about 90% ______, the other 10% in a combination of ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, and ______.
Directions: / Go to the following web site on blood types by typing in this address:

(17) Complete the chart:
ABO
blood group / antigen
A / antigen
B / antibody
anti-A / antibody
anti-B
A / yes / no
B / no
no / yes
AB / yes
(18) If a person has Type B blood, what antigens and antibodies are present in their blood?
antigen(s) ______antibody(ies) ______
(19) If a person has TypeAB blood, what antigens and antibodies are present in their blood?
antigen(s) ______antibody(ies) ______
(20) A person with which blood type is a universal donor? Why? ______
(21) A person with which blood type is a universal receiver? Why? ______
Analyzing Genetic Inheritance Patterns:
(22) According to the genetic inheritance chart, can a person who is Type O blood, have a parent with type A blood? ______Explain why or why not? ______
(23) According to the chart, what are the possible blood types of a child with 2 parents that have type AB blood. ______
(24) (think about) How is the concept of secretors relevant to Forensic Science? ______
(25) Blood typing cannot be used to determine paternity. What other tests must be used? Name and describe them. ______

Play the Blood Typing Game:

Fill in the chart below to indicate the patient that came into the emergency room, what blood type they had and which blood you selected for the transfusion.

Description of Patient / Patient’s Blood Type / Blood Type Given In Transfusion

1. Were there any patients who could have received more than one type of blood? If so, which and what other types could have been used besides the type you chose? ______

2. Besides blood type, what other information might a doctor need to know before giving a patient a blood transfusion? ______Use a ‘google search’ to complete the following items. Give the web address where the information was located.

26. Complete the pie graph of each type of cell and the percentages contained in the average human's blood.

Web Address: ______

Components of Human Blood

27.Blood Types in Human Populations

Use different colors to make the chart & graph correspond.

Web Address: ______

Pie chartBar graph