Immune System Notes 2020

Antibiotics work against most

• Bacteria
• Bacteria & Viruses
• Vaccines
• Viruses

Which of the following illness is caused by pathogens?

• Bruise
• Blood Clot
• Diabetes
• Influenza

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

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

Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

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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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Which answer best describes how infectious diseases get transmitted (passed on)?  

• people can sneeze or cough and pass disease on through the air
• drinking water can be contaminated with diseases
• objects such as doorknobs and towels can be contaminated by disease
• all of the above answers are ways that diseases are transmitted

A super bug is a

• flying cockroach

• bacteria immune to antibiotics

• bacteria susceptible to antibiotics

• disease such as ringworm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1