Blood Typing — Questions and answers

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What big problem did Karl Landsteiner try to solve in 1900?

Choices

  1. A) Why some people got sick from eating food.
  2. B) Why blood transfusions were often deadly. ✓
  3. C) How to build tall buildings in Vienna.
  4. D) How to make new medicines for colds.

Answer: B) Why blood transfusions were often deadly.

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Before Karl Landsteiner's discoveries, what did most doctors believe about human blood?

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  1. A) They believed all human blood was exactly the same. ✓
  2. B) They thought blood could change colors.
  3. C) They knew about different blood types already.
  4. D) They thought blood was not important.

Answer: A) They believed all human blood was exactly the same.

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How did Karl Landsteiner decide to find the answer to the blood mystery?

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  1. A) He asked all his friends what they thought.
  2. B) He believed the problem was outside the blood itself.
  3. C) He thought the differences were inside the blood and he'd observe carefully. ✓
  4. D) He hoped someone else would find the answer.

Answer: C) He thought the differences were inside the blood and he'd observe carefully.

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What was a key part of Karl Landsteiner's experiment with blood samples?

Choices

  1. A) He mixed different kinds of food together.
  2. B) He systematically mixed red blood cells from one person with serum from another. ✓
  3. C) D) He tried to make the blood glow in the dark.
  4. D) He only looked at blood from animals.

Answer: B) He systematically mixed red blood cells from one person with serum from another.

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What did Karl Landsteiner discover by carefully watching blood samples?

Choices

  1. A) That all blood was exactly the same.
  2. B) That blood always clumped together.
  3. C) That there were distinct groups of blood (like A, B, and O). ✓
  4. D) That blood could turn into water.

Answer: C) That there were distinct groups of blood (like A, B, and O).

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Who was one of the first doctors to use Landsteiner's ideas to make blood transfusions safer?

Choices

  1. A) Dr. Karl Landsteiner himself.
  2. B) Dr. Reuben Ottenberg in New York. ✓
  3. C) A nurse in Vienna.
  4. D) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Answer: B) Dr. Reuben Ottenberg in New York.

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What helped make blood typing become widely accepted and used quickly?

Choices

  1. A) People wanted to know their blood type for fun.
  2. B) Major wars, like World War I and II, showed it saved many lives. ✓
  3. C) Doctors decided it was a good idea just because.
  4. D) Blood banks gave away free blood type tests.

Answer: B) Major wars, like World War I and II, showed it saved many lives.

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What special award did Karl Landsteiner receive for discovering blood typing?

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  1. A) A medal for the best scientist in Vienna.
  2. B) The Nobel Prize. ✓
  3. C) A new microscope.
  4. D) A big party in his honor.

Answer: B) The Nobel Prize.

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