The Respiratory System / The Immune System

Antibiotics work against most

• Bacteria
• Bacteria & Viruses
• Vaccines
• Viruses

Which of the following illness is caused by pathogens?

• Bruise
• Blood Clot
• Diabetes
• Influenza

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

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

A disease that is harmful to the body and is contagious is called....

• Non-Infectious
• Infectious

Jorge has a cold but feels well enough to study with his friends Lisa and Jin. Lisa and Jin become sick. Which term describes Jorge’s condition when he was studying with his friends?  

• noninfectious
• contagious
• immune
• deadly

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

The human body has both internal and external defense against disease.  Which of these includes only internal defenses?  

• hair and inflammation
• white blood cells and sweat
• inflammation and white blood cells
• skin and mucus

Why might you become ill after visiting a friend who is sick with the flu?

• The room your friend was in was too warm.

• You ate the same kind of food your friend ate.

• You did not dress properly.

• The virus that causes the flu entered your body.