AP Biology Immune System

The purpose of the immune system is to:

• Help germs invade your body

• Fight off sickness

• Make your nose run

• Give you diarrhea

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These are produced by B cells and designed to mark antigens to be destroyed.

• Antigens

• Active Immunity

• Antibodies

• Antibiotics

Which of the following is an example of active immunity?

• You get a vaccination

• You create antibodies

• You get infected

• All of these are correct

This allows us to develop an artificial immunity to a disease without ever getting

sick from the disease.

• antibiotics

• vaccines

• blood transfusions

Your body cannot make antibodies for pathogens that you have never been in contact with.

• True, because your body needs to encounter the pathogen at least once in order to create the antibodies.

• False, because you can make antibodies via immunizations given by a doctor.

All of the following are examples of white blood cells EXCEPT

• T cells

• Phagocytes

• Antibodies

• B Cells

Which is an example of passive immunity?

• You have been infected

• You have been vaccinated

• You made antibodies

• You got your mother's antibodies

What is the first barrier against disease?

• White blood cells

• Red blood cells

• the skin

• leucocytes 

Which of the following statements is TRUE about someone's immune system that has allergies?

• Body cells are dividing at an uncontrolled rate.

• The body is reacting to foreign materials that are not actually dangerous.

• T cells and B cells in the body cannot be activated.

• The body is mistaking its own cells for foreign antigens.

Which type of invader will antibiotics help your body fight off?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Protist

• Fungi