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The Immune System

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of contact are cold and flu viruses spread by?

a)

Indirect

b)

Direct

2.

How is malaria spread?

a)

not doing your homework

b)

Not washing your hands

c)

Bites from infected organisms

d)

Touching mold

3.

how do viruses make people sick?

a)

The germs fight

b)

They take over cells to reproduce

c)

Your stomach wont let you digest food therefore you throw up

d)

when you dont drink enough water

4.

Which WBC is the rarest?

a)

basophils

b)

monocytes

c)

lymphocytes

d)

eosinophils

5.

Which WBC is best at defending against viruses?

a)

monocytes

b)

basophils

c)

lymphocytes

d)

neutrophils

6.

What are two functions of the lymphatic system?

a)

Get rid of toxins

b)

Let WBC exit

c)

Toxins come into the body

d)

Transport WBC

7.

Which WBC is the largest and capable of fighting viruses, bacteria, and fungi?

a)

neutrophils

b)

monocytes

c)

eosinophils

d)

lymphocytes

8.

What are 4 immune defeneses?

a)

Skin, blood, large intestine, small intestine

b)

mucus, tonsils, teeth, bones

c)

Skin, mucus, saliva, sweat

d)

sweat, tongue, toes, wrist

9.

which nonspecific immune defender acts like a wall?

a)

mucus

b)

sweat

c)

saliva

d)

skin

10.

What makes up the specific immune system?

a)

RBC

b)

bone marrow

c)

WBC

d)

yellow marrow

11.

Where are most WBC born?

a)

Bone marrow

b)

Red marrow

c)

Yellow marrow

d)

spongy bone

12.

Contacting a disease by in direct contact what has to happen?

a)

cough on someone

b)

Touch a door handle

c)

Contact with the fluid of the body( like blood)

d)

Touch someone dirty tissues

13.

How do certain parasites cause sickness to people?

a)

dehydration will start killing you

b)

They take nutrients from the body

c)

they crawl in your bed if you dont wash the sheets

d)

they jump on you like tics and infect

14.

What are the 5 types of pathogens which cause illness?

a)

Bacteria, tapeworms, slime, tics, frogs

b)

Bacteria, viruses, fungi, slime, peanut butter

c)

Bacteria, viruses, fungi, multi cellular parasites, non multi cellular parasites

d)

viruses, germs, bananas, gold, mold

15.

What does the term Leuko mean?

a)

Pink

b)

Black

c)

Green

d)

White

16.

What does the term Cyte mean?

a)

bone

b)

cell

c)

plasma

d)

blood

17.

When does the specific immune system start to work?

a)

When you start the car engine

b)

when you wake up

c)

When pathogens enter the body

d)

When you get a flu shot

18.

How does inflammation defend against pathogens?

a)

When blood vessels get bigger causing WBC to enter

b)

When you loose excess fat

c)

When the WBC explode

d)

When you blood vessels dissapear

19.

What type of contact is AIDS spread by?

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

20.

What is a pathogen?

a)

anything that causes a bruise

b)

a path to a fever

c)

a dirty tissue

d)

anything that can cause a disease

21.

How can a person be infected by rabies?

a)

by touching mold

b)

By coming in contact with saliva

c)

being near wild animals

22.

How do some bacterias make people feel sick?

a)

drinking old water

b)

touching dirty door handles

c)

toxins of killing cells

23.

how does sweat defend against pathogens?

a)

it uses the acid and salt in sweat

b)

the heat makes them go away

c)

the sweat that drips washes them away

d)

the sweat burns them

24.

What are WBC also known as?

a)

plasm

b)

cells

c)

leukocytes

d)

monocytes

25.

Which WBC defends against parasitic worms?

a)

eosinophils

b)

monocytes

c)

lymphocytes

d)

basophils

26.

What are the 3 parts of the lymphatic system?

a)

lymodes, lymph glade, lymph vessles

b)

lymph glade, tapeworms, blood

c)

lymph vessles, intestines, tonsils

d)

lymodes, liver, plasma

27.

Which WBC are capable of making antibodies?

a)

basophils

b)

lymphocytes

c)

eosinophils

d)

leukocytes