Immune System

Immune System

KG - University

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40 Qs

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Immune System

Immune System

Assessment

Quiz

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Biology

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KG - University

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Medium

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NGSS
HS-LS1-1, HS-LS1-4, HS-LS4-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Darrell Steely

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This quiz comprehensively covers the human immune system, targeting high school biology students at the 9th-12th grade level. The questions assess understanding of both innate and adaptive immunity, requiring students to distinguish between the body's first-line defenses and more sophisticated cellular responses. Students must demonstrate knowledge of key immune system components including white blood cell types (phagocytes, lymphocytes, B cells, T cells), their specific functions, and how they interact to protect against pathogens. The quiz requires mastery of immune system vocabulary including antigens, antibodies, pathogens, and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), while also testing conceptual understanding of processes like clonal selection, inflammatory response, and the difference between primary and secondary immune responses. Students need to understand the molecular basis of immunity, including how vaccines work and why memory cells provide long-lasting protection against specific diseases. Created by Nancy Day, a Biology teacher in the US who teaches grade K-University. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes in the high school biology classroom, functioning effectively as a unit review, homework assignment, or formative assessment tool to gauge student understanding before a summative exam. The quiz can be used as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge at the beginning of immune system lessons, or as structured practice to reinforce learning after direct instruction on immune system components and functions. Teachers can assign this quiz as independent homework to help students self-assess their mastery of immune system concepts, or use it during class as a review activity before moving to more complex topics like autoimmune disorders or immunotherapy. The assessment aligns with NGSS standards HS-LS1-3 (planning and carrying out investigations to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis) and supports Common Core literacy standards in science through its emphasis on precise scientific vocabulary and conceptual understanding.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are two parts of the innate immune system?

barriers and phagocytes
phagocytes and inflammatory response
antibodies and phagocytes
T cells and B cells

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the job of the immune system?

To protect your body from drugs and medicine
To protect your body from air and water
To protect your body from pathogens
To protect your body from itself

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

These cells are responsible for making antibodies

B Cells
Killer T Cells
Helper T Cells
Macrophages

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a protein produced by a b cell of the immune system that destroys a pathogen

B Cell
T Cell
Vaccination
Antibody

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Enzyme in saliva and tears that kills certain kinds of bacteria.
 

histamine 
lysozyme 
cytokines 
basophil

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Disease-causing microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.

pathogen 
allergen
prion 
antigen 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

  A substance or part of a substance (living or nonliving) that the immune system recognizes as foreign and activates the immune system and reacts with immune cells or their products, such as antibodies.

pathogen 
allergen 
antigen 
antibody

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