Vaccines Quiz Review

The first person to discover the vaccines was...

• Edward Cullen

• Bruce Jenner

• Edward Jenner

• None of them

Jenner, used the virus of ___________________ to produce the first vaccine.

• Smallpox

• Chickenpox

• Malaria

• Cowpox

The vaccines trigger the immune system creating specific ______________ for the pathogen.

• antigens

• antibodies

• medicine

• cells

Which kind of vaccine is made of a weakened, living version of a virus?

• Subunit Vaccines

• Inactive Vaccines

• DNA/RNA Vaccines

• Live Attenuated Vaccines

The two types of traditional vaccines are made from:

• only a part of the virus

• the entire virus, either weakened or killed

• the entire virus, 100% full strength

• the genome (genetic material) of the virus

The new RNA vaccine for Covid-19 is made from:

• the entire virus

• the entire genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus

• only a small part of the virus

• only a small part of the genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus

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The word vaccine comes from the word vacca., the Latin word for

• small pox

• cow

• fever

• immune

Sometimes vaccines need boosters to remain effective.

• True

• False

Vaccines that introduce a small piece of the virus to the host are known as

• subunit vaccines

• viral vector vaccines

• mRNA vaccines

• inactivated vaccines

What is the purpose of a toxoid vaccine?

• To make you sick

• To fight off toxins created by pathogen

• To spread pathogen

• To weaken the immune system