immune system

Antibiotics work against most

• Bacteria
• Bacteria & Viruses
• Vaccines
• Viruses

Vaccinations are used for

• Curing the illness
• Preventing the Illness
• Getting the illness

What are the 4 types of pathogens that could cause illness?

• animals, bacteria, fungi and plants
• bacteria, fungi, nucleus, protist
• bacteria, fungi, viruses, protist
• bacteria, plants, fungi, protist

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles
• get rid of waste from the body
• protect the body from pathogens
• move blood through the body

What type of microbe is used in a vaccine?

• it doesn't really matter
• a damaged one
• a weakened or inactivated one
• a normal one

Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...

• autoimmune diseases
• helper t-cells
• fever
• antibodies

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Which would most likely prevent a cold virus from spreading in a classroom?

• tissue at a teacher's desk
• students wash hands regularly with soap 
• students shake hands regularly with each other
• students wipe desks with dry paper towels

Which one is a way the body defends against a pathogen?

• Fever
• Stomach Acid digesting
• White Blood Cells fighing
• All of these are correct

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A disease that is harmful to the body and is contagious is called....

• Non-Infectious
• Infectious

The picture below illustrates one internal part of the body’s immune system. What process is illustrated in the picture?  

• a skin cell destroying germs.
• inflammation near an opened wound
• a white blood cell destroying pathogens
• mucus in the lungs destroying pathogens

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