Immune System

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Pathogens are recognized by their...

• antigens
• antibodies
• killer t-cells
• B-cells

What body system protects animals against invaders such as bacteria and viruses?

• Immune System
• Integumentary System
• Mammary System
• Respiratory System

How do human diseases caused by bacteria and diseases caused by viruses react to antibiotics? 

• Neither responds to antibiotics.
• Both respond to antibiotics.
•  Viral diseases respond to antibiotics; bacterial diseases do not.
• Bacterial diseases respond to antibiotics; viral diseases do not.

What does a vaccine contain that stimulates the immune system to develop antibodies for that disease?

• Live viruses or bacteria
• Protein fragments from the virus or bacteria
• A dead or weakened form of the virus or bacterium
• Bacteriophages with DNA or RNA from the virus or bacteria

What is the function of innate immune response?

• Act very rapid as a first line of defense to eliminate the infection
• Trap microbes so they cannot spread in our body freely
• Coordinate and support adaptive immunity
• All of the above

What category of immune response would sneezing and mucus production fall under?

• Innate Immunity
• Acquired Immunity
• Humoral Immunity
• Cell Mediated Immunity

Phagocytes and lymphocytes are both types of

• white blood cells

• red blood cells

• pathogens

• lysozymes