WorksheetsMicroorganisms, disease and the immune system
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 19mins
Select all of the microorganisms that are living
Bacteria
Virus
Fungus
Parasite
Wood ticks, liver flukes, and tape worms are examples of this type of microorganism
bacteria
virus
fungus
parasite
Athlete's foot, jock itch, and yeast infections are examples of diseases caused by this type of microorganism
bacteria
virus
fungus
parasite
Which microorganism is nonliving?
bacteria
virus
fungus
parasite
Which microorganism is single-celled and has no nucleus?
Bacteria
Virus
Fungus
Parasite
You are sick with a virus, what type of medicine will the doctor prescribe?
Antibiotics are given to you before you get sick with a virus
Antibiotics are given to you after you get sick with a virus
Vaccines are given to you after you are sick with a virus
None, you can prevent a virus if you get a vaccine in advance, but you can not treat a virus once you are sick with it
Diabetes is a disease that can not be passed from one person to another. Because of this, we say it is...
infectious
noninfectious
immune
harmless
You are sick with strep throat, which is a bacterial infection. What type of medicine will the doctor prescribe?
a vaccine
an antibiotic
an antibody
an immune system
Swine flu is a disease that can be passed from one person to another. Because of this we say it is ...
infectious
noninfectious
immune
harmless
The "tags" or "flags" the B-cells use to mark an invader are called ...
antibiotics
antibodies
vaccines
infectious
Skin, membranes, white blood cells and more make up this system in the body.
nervous system
digestive system
immune system
reproductive system
What are TWO ways you can get immunity from a virus? (select both)
getting a vaccine for the virus
getting infected with the virus (getting sick from the virus on accident or on purpose)
taking antibiotics
eating probiotics
What is the FIRST step of how a vaccine works?
Your body makes antibodies and destroys the invaders
You get a shot with weakened invaders in it
You don't get sick the next time those invaders enter your body
The antibodies stay in your body to "remember" the invaders
Which part of the immune system is responsible keeping invaders out of the body?
Vaccines
Macrophages
T-cell
B-cell
Skin and membranes
Which part of the immune system is roams the body looking for invaders to engulf (eat)?
Vaccines
Macrophages
T-cell
B-cell
Skin and membranes
Which part of the immune system is responsible for making antibodies that tag invaders for destruction
Vaccines
Macrophages
T-cell
B-cell
Skin and membranes
Which part of the immune system is responsible for destroying infected cells that have been tagged?
Vaccines
Macrophages
T-cell
B-cell
Skin and membranes
True or False: If you get sick with a virus as a child, you are much more likely to get the same virus as an adult
True
False
Which graph shows someone who got sick, stopped taking their antibiotics when they started to feel better, then got sick again?
Which statement could explain the graph?
Xefeng got a flu vaccine at day 0
Kang took antibiotics for strep throat on day 15
Wei got a shot on day 10
Which statement could explain the graph?
Misha was exposed to pink eye on day 0 and then got infected
Boris got a shot on day 15
Sasha was exposed to flu on day 10 when he shared a coke with Alyona
