The Immune System

The immune system is your body's way of defending against infection and disease

• True

• False

What is a virus, bacteria, or other infectious agent called?

• Pathogen

• Virus

• Disease

• White Blood Cell

What would be considered a first line of defense for the immune system?

• Skin and mucous

• White blood cells

• Vaccines

• None of these

When our body is attacked by a pathogen, it may react with a fever to show that the immune system is actively fighting an infection

• True

• False

What are examples of pathogens?

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• Bacteria

• Virus

• Fungi

• Protists

The line of defense which includes the inflammatory response that protects the body against infection.

• 1st line of defense

• 2nd line of defense

• 3rd line of defense

• 4th line of defense

Antibiotics can kill viruses

• True

• False

Dead or weakened pathogens that are introduced to stimulate our bodies immune response

• Tylenol

• Antibodies

• Antibiotics

• Vaccine

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Non-living, microscopic pathogens that cause infectious disease such as the cold, flu, and Covid

• Fungi

• Bacteria

• Viruses

• Parasites

The line of defense that includes the immune response in which antibodies are made to recognize invaders.

• 1st line of defense

• 2nd line of defense

• 3rd line of defense