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Immunity

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
__________ immunity is when the bodies makes its own antibodies.
a)
passive
b)
active
c)
cell mediated
d)
false
2.

Anything that triggers an immune response is a/n

a)

lymph cell

b)

antigen

c)

antibody

d)

neutrophil

3.
What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen?
a)
Anti inflammatory
b)
Antigens
c)
Antiseptic
d)
Antibodies
4.

Which is an example of Natural passive immunity?

a)

people being vaccinated against disease

b)

people taking vitamins to boost their immune response

c)

people receiving antibodies from their mothers before birth

d)

people producing antibodies against organisms that cause diseases they have had previously

5.

A weakened or live attenuated virus can act as a:

a)

Allergen

b)

Virus

c)

Vaccine

d)

Pathogen

6.

Immunity that occurs when a person's own immune system produces antibodies in response to the presence of a pathogen when a person gets sick

a)

Natural Passive Immunity

b)

Natural Active Immunity

c)

Artificial Active Immunity

d)

Artificial Passive Immunity

7.

Immunity in which antibodies are given to a person rather than produced within the person's own body

a)

Artificial Passive Immunity

b)

Natural Passive Immunity

c)

Artificial Active Immunity

d)

Artificial Passive Immunity

8.

Which immunity is present at birth and passed from the mother to the baby through milk and the placenta?

a)

Artificial Active Immunity

b)

Natural Active immunity

c)

Natural passive immunity

d)

Artificial passive immunity

9.

Diphtheria is a disease caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. A six month old baby boy, whose mother and father both had diphtheria as children, will develop active immunity against diphtheria if he

a)

is being breast fed

b)

receives a blood transfusion from the father

c)

receives an injection of weakened diphtheria bacteria

d)

receives injections of gamma globulin from the mother

10.

A condition in which a person's immune system is overly sensitive to environmental substances that are normally harmless.

a)

Allergy

b)

Antigen

c)

Bacteria

d)

Virus