Disease and Immunity

Which system has the primary function of fighting disease?

• circulatory

• integumentary

• immune

• respiratory

This allows us to develop an artificial immunity to a disease without ever getting sick from the disease.

• antibiotics

• vaccines

• blood transfusions

How are vaccinations able to help us develop immunity?

• Exposure to disease creates antibodies which make us immune

• Exposure to antibodies which makes us the disease immune to us

• Exposure to immunity's which make us antibodies to the disease

Which of the following illness is caused by pathogens?

• Bruise

• Blood Clot

• Diabetes

• Influenza

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

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 immune system fights diseases. The circulatory system pairs with the immune system because ___.

• blood is made in the bones.

• plasma carries nutrients.

• red blood cells carry oxygen.

• white blood cells fight infection.

Antibiotics work against most

• Bacteria

• Bacteria & Viruses

• Vaccines

• Viruses

Part of the body's defense against pathogens in which cells of the immune system react to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically at that pathogen is called:

• Protective Barrier

• Inflammatory Response

• Immune Response

• Stomach acid