Name: _______________________________________ Date: _____________________ Period: _______
Virtual Blood Typing Simulation
1. Go to the following URL:
Background:
2. Under the green “Reading” tab, click “Blood Groups, Blood Typing, and Blood Transfusions.” Read
through the material and answer the following questions.
1. Who discovered the human blood groups?
2. How much blood does a typical human have circulating throughout the body?
3. List and describe the four components of blood.
4. What causes the differences in the human blood groups?
5. What are antigens? Where are they found?
6. What are antibodies? Where are they found?
7. Describe the four human blood groups:
a. A:
b. B:
c. AB:
d. O (null):
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8. What is the Rh factor and where is it found?