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IMMUNITY

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name this process
a)
eating
b)
phagocytosis
c)
destruction
d)
ingesting
2.
Antibiotics do not work on 
a)
bacteria
b)
viruses
c)
fungi
d)
children
3.
Which of the following can cause infections to open cuts?
a)
Baceteria
b)
Viruses
c)
Fungi
d)
All of them
4.
HIV is an example of what kind of transmission?
a)
Bloodborne
b)
Waterborne
c)
Airborne
5.
What is the scientific term for spreading a disease?
a)
Passing
b)
Catching
c)
Transmitting
d)
Giving
6.
Which disease is caused by a bacteria?
a)
flu
b)
cold
c)
athletes foot
d)
strep throat
7.
What is one way a pathogen can enter the body?
a)
Nose
b)
Mouth
c)
Broken Skin
d)
All of the Aove
8.
What pathogen causes the common cold?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Protista
9.
Viruses are
a)
easily killed
b)
destroyed by antibiotics
c)
nonliving
d)
different kinds of bacteria
10.
Which picture illustrates a type of coccus bacterium?
a)
Picture 1.
b)
Picture 2
c)
Picture 3
11.
Cholera is spread through
a)
polluted air
b)
contaminated food and water
c)
insect bites
d)
helminths
12.
Some staphylococcal infections result from direct contact with infected wounds.
Which of the following cells is a first line of defence against staphylococcal bacteria? 
a)
B cells
b)
Skin cells
c)
Killer T cells
d)
Helper T cells
13.
Disease-causing microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
a)
pathogen 
b)
allergen
c)
prion 
d)
antigen 
14.
Which of the following is not a characteristic sign of acute inflammation?
a)
lasts for a long period of time
b)
swelling
c)
loss of movement
d)
redness
15.
The process where leukocytes engulf and digest bacteria is called 
a)
leukocytosis
b)
hydrostatic pressure
c)
pathogenolysis
d)
phagocytosis
16.
Inflammation is designed to be a protective defensive mechanism. 
a)
True
b)
False
17.
which of the following is NOT one of the signs of inflammation?
a)
redness (erythema)
b)
heat 
c)
pain
d)
bleeding
18.
What do white blood cells do?
a)
Seek out and kill all living tissue
b)
Seek out and kill pathogens
c)
Transport food around the body
d)
Repair cuts and injuries
19.
Which of the following is NOT a nonspecific defense?
a)
mucus
b)
sweat
c)
antibodies
d)
tears
20.
Antibiotics are used to treat
a)
viruses
b)
bacteria
c)
both viruses and bacteria
d)
fungal infections, only