Immune System and Biotechnology

Match

Match the following terms with their explanations.

• antibody

• antigens

• white blood cells

• pathogen

• vaccine

made by white blood cells to fight pathogens

chemical markers on pathogens

important cells in our immune system

any living organism that can cause disease

substance that protects against disease

• made by white blood cells to fight pathogens

• chemical markers on pathogens

• important cells in our immune system

• any living organism that can cause disease

• substance that protects against disease

Labelling

Match the following:

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Physical Barriers

Memory cells, B & T Cells

Inflammation/Fever

Chemical Barriers

Multiple Choice

The cell that is recognizing the antigen is a 

• memory

• T-cell

• macrophage

• MHC-II

Multiple Choice

The disease smallpox was eradicated (ended) in 1979 because

• of worldwide vaccination

• it went away naturally

• of antibiotic treatment

• of variolation (blowing smallpox up the nose)

Multiple Choice

True or False: Viruses that cause disease are killed using antibiotics.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a risk of overusing antibiotics to treat infections

• Bacteria may become resistant to antibiotics.

• Antibiotics increase the rate of infection.

• Antibiotics cause other diseases to develop.

Match

Match the following

• Used to mount an immune response against a virus

• Used to fight bacterial infections

• Nonspecific immunity

• Specific immunity

• Antibiotic Resistance

Vaccine

Antibiotics

Protects against all microorganisms equally

Response tailored to specific types of invaders

Inheriting genetic trait to defeat the drugs designed to kill them

• Vaccine

• Antibiotics

• Protects against all microorganisms equally

• Response tailored to specific types of invaders

• Inheriting genetic trait to defeat the drugs designed to kill them