Health Questions - Lesson 2 (page D44)

A substance that makes you immune to a disease without having to get the disease is a(n) ______________.

• antibody

• vaccine

• pathogen

• medicine

A cell that surrounds and destroys pathogens in the body is a ___________________.

• white blood cell

• red blood cell

• virus

• disease

The moist material that coats your nose and throat is __________________.

• white blood cell

• red blood cell

• mucus

• antibody

A substance that the body makes to fight a pathogen is a ___________.

• white blood cell

• virus

• mucus

• antibody

When you are protected from getting a disease; you are immune to it.

• True

• False

The network of cells, tissues, and organs that all work together to keep the body healthy and fight infection.

• Skin

• Mucus

• Immue System

• Immue

Sweat glands in the skin produce sweat that helps wash away germs on the skin's surface.

• Lymph Glands

• Skin

• Tonsils

• Cilia

A Sticky, gooey, substance found in the nose and along our respiratory tract.

• Cilia

• Stomach

• Spleen

• Mucus

Acid found in the _____________ can break down invading germs that make their way into the body with our food.

• Fever

• White Blood Cells

• Stomach

• Liver

The body's defenses that work to keep pathogens out of your body are its _________________.

• first-line defense

• second-line defense

• the L.A. Rams defense