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Vocabulary Quiz Immune System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Resistance

b)

Bacteria

c)

Allergy

d)

Immunity

2.

An injection containing dead or weak forms of a virus to help increase immunity.

a)

Pathogen

b)

Antigen

c)

Cure

d)

Vaccine

3.
Anything that triggers an immune response is a/n
a)
lymph cell
b)
antigen
c)
antibody
d)
neutrop
4.
What do scientists call bacteria and viruses that can make people sick?  
a)
diseases
b)
vaccines
c)
antibodies
d)
pathogens
5.
 Like all other body systems, the immune system helps the body maintain homeostasis.  Which statement best describes how the immune system does this?  
a)
it protects other organs and tissues from infection and disease
b)
it breaks down food to provide cells with nutrients
c)
it gathers information through the senses and controls all other body systems
d)
 it transports oxygen and carbon dioxide
6.
Diseases are passed from human to human by these four types of germs: 
a)
Viruses, influenza, HIV, and vaccines
b)
Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites
c)
Viruses, cancers, mutagens, and DNA
d)
Viruses, blood, pollutants, and symptoms
7.

What do B cells produce?

a)

antigens

b)

macrophages

c)

T cells

d)

antibodies

8.
What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen?
a)
Anti inflammatory
b)
Antigens
c)
Antiseptic
d)
Antibodies
9.

Organisms or particles that have the potential to cause a disease.

a)

Pathogen

b)

T-Cell

c)

B-Cell

d)

Thymus

10.

Proteins produced by B cells and designed to mark antigens to be destroyed, specific to the antigen.

a)

Antigens

b)

Active Immunity

c)

Antibodies

d)

Antibiotics

11.

The natural or genetic ability of an organism to avoid or repel attack by biotic agents (pathogens).

a)

Resistance

b)

Disease

c)

Infection

d)

Homeostasis

12.

White blood cells help to protect and defend against foreign invaders to maintain

a)

Disease

b)

homeostasis

c)

white blood cells

d)

pathogens

13.

The body's system of defense against disease causing agents

a)

White blood cells

b)

Antibodies

c)

B-cells

d)

Immune system

14.

A diverse group of cells that help protect the body from pathogens. They usually engulf (consume) and kill the pathogens

a)

Red Blood Cells

b)

Nerve Cells

c)

Bacterial cells

d)

White Blood cells.

15.

Which of the following can be true for a BACTERIUM? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Living pathogen

b)

Can be helpful

c)

Multicellular

d)

Has a nucleus

16.
What do B cells produce?
a)
antigens
b)
macrophages
c)
T cells
d)
antibodies
17.

True/False: Your body cannot make antibodies for pathogens that you have never been in contact with.

a)

True, because your body needs to encounter the pathogen at least once in order to create the antibodies.

b)

False, because you can make antibodies via immunizations given by a doctor.

18.

What is the function of antibodies within the immune system?

a)

Antibodies kill off any antigen that enters the body.

b)

Antibodies are only made when you are given a vaccination for specific antigens.

c)

Antibodies bind to specific antigens to flag for destruction.

d)

Antibodies are part of an external defense mechanism.

19.

Which of the following statements are TRUE about vaccinations? (choose all that apply)

a)

Allow B cells to make antibodies for any type of antigen the body comes in contact with.

b)

Triggers the body to make memory cells for specific pathogens.

c)

They are substances prepared from killed or weakened pathogens.

d)

Always allows the body to resist an infectious disease any time it comes into contact with it.

20.

What happens after the second time you are exposed to a pathogen?

a)

The body will not be able to fight off the pathogen quickly, because it knows how to get into the body easier.

b)

The body's immune system will react the same was as it did during the first exposure.

c)

The body can only be exposed to a pathogen a second time if you do not have a vaccine.

d)

The body will know how to fight off the pathogen quickly, because memory cells have been created after the first encounter.