Vaccine Brain Pop

Vaccines trick your body into thinking it's been infected by a particular germ or pathogen.

• True

• False

With a vaccine, the body builds up an immunity to the germ/pathogen even though you've never actually had the germ/pathogen.

• True

• False

Getting a vaccine is like

• reading a book

• a training session

• chopping wood

• all of these

Viruses and bacteria rarely enter your body.

• True

• False

Leukocytes or white blood cells patrol the blood stream looking for

• beneficial bacteria to help

• bad germs (pathogens) to attack

• friends to play with

• ice cream

What do pathogens do in your body if your immune system doesn't attack it immediately?

• grow larger

• shrink

• disappear

• reproduce and make more of itself

What does an antibody attach to?

• antigen on the germ

• white blood cells in the blood

• nerve cells in the brain

• tubes in the lungs

How long do memory cells usually patrol your blood looking for the bad germs/pathogens for which you already have antibodies?

• an hour

• a month

• a year

• your entire life

What is in a vaccine that helps your immune system fight a particular pathogen?

• antigens

• the actual disease (whole bacteria or virus)

• antibiotic medicine

• candy

What diseases have vaccines stopped from spreading?

• measles

• polio

• small pox

• all of these