Biology
TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS
TRANSPORT IN ANIMALSBRIEF DESCRIPTION This unit deals with:
MAIN CONTENT AND CONCEPTS THAT THE TEACHER SHOULD EMPHASISE
TEACHING/LEARNING MATERIALS (Worksheet, stimulus activity, experiments, items of evidence, statistics, texts, pictures, diagrams, graphs) ICT animations on:
Evaluation questions. Qn. 1. a .i) Name the main blood vessel that conducts blood away from the heart? ii) Name the main blood vessel that conducts blood from the rest of the body to the heart? b) Give two structural characteristics of each of the blood vessels named in (a) above Qn 2. To decide on whether a transfusion is possible or not, one considers the reaction of the antibodies of the recipient against the antigens of the donor. If agglutination of red blood cells occurs, the transfusion is not possible. In the table below put a tick where transfusion is possible and a cross where it is not. Answers to evaluation questions. 2. a) i. Aorta ii) Vena cava b) Aorta - Thick walled, narrow lumen Vena Cava - Thin walled, wide lumen, valves at intervals. 3. |
Chapisha Maoni