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ver time, red blood cells wear out and die. The average life of a red blood cell is about 120 days. The good news is that your body has its own factory making new blood cells every day. And you’ll never guess where! To discover the answer, circle the letter next to the larger amount in each pair of measurements. (If you need help, use the conversion chart.) Write the circled letters where they belong in the blanks.
Not all blood is red. Do the math to discover the color of each of these creature’s blood.
Your body’s blood-making factory is in:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
3 pints 1 quart 7 pints 1 gallon
1. 2.
1 cup 6 fluid ounces 4 pints 20 fluid ounces
6. 7.
9. 1 quart 5 cups 8. 5 fluid ounces 8 tablespoons
3. 8 tablespoons 26 teaspoons 1 gallon 5. 2 tablespoons 9 teaspoons 4. 6 pints
1 tablespoon 1 fluid ounce
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3 teaspoons 2 tablespoons 8 fluid ounces
Whether red, blue, green, or yellow, all blood performs the function of carrying oxygen to body cells.
1 cup 1 pint 1 quart 1 gallon
2 cups 2 pints 4 quarts
Standards Link: Mathematics: Calculate sums.
Blood Bank
BLOOD PLATELETS DONATE ACCIDENT PINT PLASMA SICK DROP PLUG LIVER HORMONES CELL BODY QUART SINGLE
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.
W Y
K A G U L P Q
H C S L D I D L I
O C I D O N A T E
R I N S O T Y P Q
M D G D E D L
O E L L O A R L A
N N E B S O L E R
E T I M
S H A B C R E B T
ometimes when people are sick or in an accident, they lose blood faster than their bodies can make it. Doctors get blood for these people from a blood bank. he blood bank is a place where blood that people have donated is saved until it is needed. Healthy adults can donate blood anytime.
Help the driver get the blood to the hospital.
S L I V E R O
P E L U T
S P
D U
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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