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Microorganisms, disease and the immune system

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select all of the microorganisms that are living

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Fungus

d)

Parasite

2.

Wood ticks, liver flukes, and tape worms are examples of this type of microorganism

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

fungus

d)

parasite

3.

Athlete's foot, jock itch, and yeast infections are examples of diseases caused by this type of microorganism

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

fungus

d)

parasite

4.

Which microorganism is nonliving?

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

fungus

d)

parasite

5.

Which microorganism is single-celled and has no nucleus?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Fungus

d)

Parasite

6.

You are sick with a virus, what type of medicine will the doctor prescribe?

a)

Antibiotics are given to you before you get sick with a virus

b)

Antibiotics are given to you after you get sick with a virus

c)

Vaccines are given to you after you are sick with a virus

d)

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

7.

Diabetes is a disease that can not be passed from one person to another. Because of this, we say it is...

a)

infectious

b)

noninfectious

c)

immune

d)

harmless

8.

You are sick with strep throat, which is a bacterial infection. What type of medicine will the doctor prescribe?

a)

a vaccine

b)

an antibiotic

c)

an antibody

d)

an immune system

9.

Swine flu is a disease that can be passed from one person to another. Because of this we say it is ...

a)

infectious

b)

noninfectious

c)

immune

d)

harmless

10.

The "tags" or "flags" the B-cells use to mark an invader are called ...

a)

antibiotics

b)

antibodies

c)

vaccines

d)

infectious

11.

Skin, membranes, white blood cells and more make up this system in the body.

a)

nervous system

b)

digestive system

c)

immune system

d)

reproductive system

12.

What are TWO ways you can get immunity from a virus? (select both)

a)

getting a vaccine for the virus

b)

getting infected with the virus (getting sick from the virus on accident or on purpose)

c)

taking antibiotics

d)

eating probiotics

13.

What is the FIRST step of how a vaccine works?

a)

Your body makes antibodies and destroys the invaders

b)

You get a shot with weakened invaders in it

c)

You don't get sick the next time those invaders enter your body

d)

The antibodies stay in your body to "remember" the invaders

14.

Which part of the immune system is responsible keeping invaders out of the body?

a)

Vaccines

b)

Macrophages

c)

T-cell

d)

B-cell

e)

Skin and membranes

15.

Which part of the immune system is roams the body looking for invaders to engulf (eat)?

a)

Vaccines

b)

Macrophages

c)

T-cell

d)

B-cell

e)

Skin and membranes

16.

Which part of the immune system is responsible for making antibodies that tag invaders for destruction

a)

Vaccines

b)

Macrophages

c)

T-cell

d)

B-cell

e)

Skin and membranes

17.

Which part of the immune system is responsible for destroying infected cells that have been tagged?

a)

Vaccines

b)

Macrophages

c)

T-cell

d)

B-cell

e)

Skin and membranes

18.

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

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which graph shows someone who got sick, stopped taking their antibiotics when they started to feel better, then got sick again?

a)
b)
20.

Which statement could explain the graph?

a)

Xefeng got a flu vaccine at day 0

b)

Kang took antibiotics for strep throat on day 15

c)

Wei got a shot on day 10

21.

Which statement could explain the graph?

a)

Misha was exposed to pink eye on day 0 and then got infected

b)

Boris got a shot on day 15

c)

Sasha was exposed to flu on day 10 when he shared a coke with Alyona