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Immune System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Antibiotics work against most
a)
Bacteria
b)
Bacteria & Viruses
c)
Vaccines
d)
Viruses
2.
Which of the following illness is caused by pathogens?
a)
Bruise
b)
Blood Clot
c)
Diabetes
d)
Influenza
3.
What is the main purpose of the immune system?
a)
support the body through bones and muscles
b)
get rid of waste from the body
c)
protect the body from pathogens
d)
move blood through the body
4.
Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...
a)
autoimmune diseases
b)
helper t-cells
c)
fever
d)
antibodies
5.
Which would most likely prevent a cold virus from spreading in a classroom?
a)
tissue at a teacher's desk
b)
students wash hands regularly with soap 
c)
students shake hands regularly with each other
d)
students wipe desks with dry paper towels
6.
A disease that is harmful to the body and is contagious is called....
a)
Non-Infectious
b)
Infectious
7.
Jorge has a cold but feels well enough to study with his friends Lisa and Jin. Lisa and Jin become sick. Which term describes Jorge’s condition when he was studying with his friends?  
a)
noninfectious
b)
contagious
c)
immune
d)
deadly
8.
Which answer best describes how infectious diseases get transmitted (passed on)?  
a)
people can sneeze or cough and pass disease on through the air
b)
drinking water can be contaminated with diseases
c)
objects such as doorknobs and towels can be contaminated by disease
d)
all of the above answers are ways that diseases are transmitted
9.
The human body has both internal and external defense against disease.  Which of these includes only internal defenses?  
a)
hair and inflammation
b)
white blood cells and sweat
c)
inflammation and white blood cells
d)
skin and mucus
10.

Why might you become ill after visiting a friend who is sick with the flu?

a)

The room your friend was in was too warm.

b)

You ate the same kind of food your friend ate.

c)

You did not dress properly.

d)

The virus that causes the flu entered your body.

11.

Which system has the primary function of fighting disease?

a)

circulatory

b)

integumentary

c)

immune

d)

respiratory

12.

One of the most important functions of the skin is to

a)

carry food to body cells.

b)

protect the body.

c)

help the body move.

d)

let food into the body.

13.

This allows us to develop an artificial immunity to a disease without ever getting sick from the disease.

a)

antibiotics

b)

vaccines

c)

blood transfusions

14.

How are vaccinations able to help us develop immunity?

a)

Exposure to disease creates antibodies which make us immune

b)

Exposure to antibodies which makes us the disease immune to us

c)

Exposure to immunity's which make us antibodies to the disease

15.

The immune system fights diseases. The circulatory system pairs with the immune system because ___.

a)

blood is made in the bones.

b)

plasma carries nutrients.

c)

red blood cells carry oxygen.

d)

white blood cells fight infection.