WorksheetsImmune System Notes 2020
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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.
Vaccinations are used for
a)
Curing the illness
b)
Preventing the Illness
c)
Getting the illness
4.
What are the 4 types of pathogens that could cause illness?
a)
animals, bacteria, fungi and plants
b)
bacteria, fungi, nucleus, protist
c)
bacteria, fungi, viruses, protist
d)
bacteria, plants, fungi, protist
5.
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
6.
Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...
a)
autoimmune diseases
b)
helper t-cells
c)
fever
d)
antibodies
7.
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
8.
Which one is a way the body defends against a pathogen?
a)
Fever
b)
Stomach Acid digesting
c)
White Blood Cells fighing
d)
All of these are correct
9.
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
10.
A super bug is a
a)
flying cockroach
b)
bacteria immune to antibiotics
c)
bacteria susceptible to antibiotics
d)
disease such as ringworm
11.
A major virus able to be vaccinated against.
a)
rabies
b)
acne
c)
cancer
12.
An outbreak of a disease in a area is called a
a)
epidemic
b)
pandemic
c)
TEOTWAWKI
13.
A major and very deadly outbreak that spreads rapidly across the world is called a
a)
epidemic
b)
pandemic
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