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GCSE Immunity and Disease Recap

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the correct term for this definition: A microorganism that causes a disease

a)

Antibody

b)

Antigen

c)

Pathogen

d)

Antitoxin

2.

Select the correct term for this definition: A protein on the surface of a pathogen that causes an immune response by the body

a)

Antibody

b)

Antigen

c)

Pathogen

d)

Antitoxin

3.

Select the correct term for this definition: A protein produced by white blood cells that can destroy pathogens

a)

Antibody

b)

Antigen

c)

Pathogen

d)

Antitoxin

4.

Select the correct term for this definition: A drug that is used to treat bacterial infections

a)

Antibody

b)

Antigen

c)

Antibiotic

d)

Antitoxin

5.

A dummy drug that is used during a drug trial that doesn't contain any active ingredient is called a (a)  

6.

Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus? (careful, it could be more than 1!)

a)

AIDS

b)

Influenza

c)

Salmonella

d)

Gonorrhea

e)

Rose black spot

7.

Which of the following diseases is caused by a bacteria? (careful, it could be more than 1!)

a)

Rubella

b)

Influenza

c)

Salmonella

d)

Malaria

e)

Rose black spot

8.

Which of the following diseases is caused by a protist? (careful, it could be more than 1!)

a)

Rubella

b)

Influenza

c)

Salmonella

d)

Malaria

e)

Measles

9.

The malaria pathogen spends some of its life cycle in humans and the rest of the time reproducing inside a mosquito. The mosquito transfers the pathogen from one human to another. The mosquito is therefore known as a what?

(a)  

10.

What do we call a drug trial that is conducted where neither the doctors nor patients know who is receiving the active drug?

a)

Open trial

b)

Single blind trial

c)

Double blind trial

d)

Triple blind trial

11.

What are we looking for when testing a new drug?

a)

Side effects

b)

The efficacy

c)

The dosage

d)

The costs

12.

Which scientist(s) is/are credited with the 'discovery' of the antibiotic penicillin?

a)

Alexander Fleming

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

James Watson and Francis Crick

d)

Marie and Pierre Curie