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Unit 3: Blood & Immune

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These are small, spherical cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide

a)

erythrocytes

b)

leucocytes

c)

thrombocytes

d)

plasma

2.

What is the fluid portion of the blood called?

a)

Plasma

b)

Serum

c)

Erythrocyte

d)

Thrombocyte

3.

What are the cells called that are responsible for plug formation during blood clotting?

a)

Erythrocytes

b)

Leukocytes

c)

Hemoglobin

d)

Thrombocytes

4.

What is another name for white blood cells?

a)

Erythrocytes

b)

Leukocytes

c)

Thrombocytes

d)

Plasma

5.

These are responsible for protecting the body from foreign invaders.

a)

Leukocytes

b)

Erythrocytes

c)

Platelets

d)

Thrombocytes

6.

What is the average life span of an erythrocyte?

a)

10 days

b)

12 days

c)

120 days

d)

8000 days

7.

Which of the following is the component of plasma that helps strengthen blood clots?

a)

Nucleotide

b)

Glucose

c)

Clotting factors / Fibrin

d)

Nutrients

8.

Oxygen-transporting protein in red blood cells that is high in iron and gives the cells red color.

a)

thrombin

b)

hematocrit

c)

hemoglobin

d)

hemostasis

9.

An agent that causes a disease is a...

a)

Pathogen

b)

Coronavirus

c)

Antigen

d)

Leukocyte

10.

What is the function of the immune system? (select all that apply)

a)

identify self and non-self (foreign)

b)

get rid of waste from the body

c)

protect the body from pathogens

d)

move blood through the body

11.

What is the body's first line of defence against infection?

a)

Physical barriers

b)

White blood cells

c)

Blood plasma

d)

Red blood cells

12.

The response to an infection. Causes the area to redden, swell, and feel warm.

a)

Fever

b)

Mucus

c)

Dilation

d)

Inflammation

13.
Cells that ingest pathogens are
a)
plasma cells
b)
phagocytic cells
c)
helper T cells
d)
antibodies
14.
A white blood cell that makes antibodies
a)
T cell
b)
bacteria
c)
B cell
d)
mast cell
15.

What is the role of a Cytotoxic T cell?

a)

Kills cells infected with specific pathogens

b)

Helps activate other immune cells

c)

Produces antibodies

d)

Binds to antigens

16.

What is the role of a helper T cell?

a)

Kills pathogens

b)

Activate cytotoxic T cells and B cells

c)

Produces antibodies

d)

Binds to antigens

17.

What is the role of antibodies?

a)

Kills pathogens

b)

Helps activate other immune cells

c)

Produces antibodies

d)

Binds to antigens and neutralizes pathogen or tags it for destruction

18.

Which are the main weapons of the humoral immune response?

a)

Helper T cells

b)

CytotoxicT cells

c)

antibodies

d)

antigens

19.

Which cells are NOT part of Adaptive (specific) Immunity?

a)

Phagocytes

b)

B cells

c)

T cells

d)

None of the above

20.

Vaccinations will

a)

give you a deadly disease

b)

give you autism

c)

give you memory cells

d)

give you autoimmune diseases

21.

These cells hep to activate or program certain cells in Humoral AND Cell Mediated Response

a)

helper T cell

b)

mast cell

c)

cytotoxic T cell

d)

plasma cells