The Heart & Blood · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Your Heart and Blood

Science · The Human Body · ages 5-7
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Where can you feel your heartbeat?

    • On your knee
    • On your elbow
    • On your chest or wrist

  2. What is your heart?

    • A bone in your chest
    • A muscle that pumps blood
    • A tube that carries air

  3. Blood vessels are tubes that carry blood around your body.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Each heart below stands for one heartbeat. Count them and type the number.

    Answer: ______________

  5. Why does your heart keep beating all day and all night?

    • It pumps blood to your whole body, even while you sleep
    • It only works when you run
    • It stops when you sit still

  6. Which body part pumps blood through tubes to reach your fingers and toes?

    • Your stomach
    • Your lungs
    • Your heart

  7. Ana presses her fingers on her cheek to find her heartbeat, but feels nothing. What should she try instead?

    • Press gently on her wrist or put a hand on her chest
    • Press harder on her cheek
    • Try pressing on her elbow

  8. Leo says his blood only moves when he is running. Is Leo right?

    • Yes, blood only moves during exercise
    • No, the heart pumps blood all the time, even resting
    • Yes, but only when he eats
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  1. On your chest or wrist · Place a hand on your chest or fingers on your wrist to feel it beat.
  2. A muscle that pumps blood · Your heart is a muscle. It pumps blood through your body.
  3. True · Blood vessels are tiny tubes. They carry blood everywhere in you.
  4. 6 · Count each heartbeat once, just like feeling a real pulse: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
  5. It pumps blood to your whole body, even while you sleep · Your body always needs blood, so your heart never stops pumping.
  6. Your heart · Blood vessels carry blood from your heart all the way to your fingers and toes.
  7. Press gently on her wrist or put a hand on her chest · The pulse is easiest to feel at spots like the wrist, neck, or chest, not the cheek.
  8. No, the heart pumps blood all the time, even resting · Your heart pumps blood every moment, whether you rest or run.
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