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Diseases and the Body

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is a disease?

a)

a type of sickness

b)

a tiny living thing that can cause sickness when it enters a persons body

c)

a substance made by the body that fights germs and helps to destory them

2.

What is an antibody?

a)

a type of sickness

b)

a tiny living thing that can cause sickness when it enters a persons body

c)

a substance made by the body that fights germs and helps to destory them

3.

What is a germ?

a)

a type of sickness

b)

a tiny living thing that can cause sickness when it enters a persons body

c)

a substance made by the body that fights germs and helps to destory them

4.

What are viruses?

a)

one group of germs that are smaller than bacteria and can sometimes cause disease

b)

a tiny living thing that can cause sickness when it enters a persons body

c)

a substance made by the body that fights germs and helps to destory them

5.

What are bacteria?

a)

one group of germs that are smaller than bacteria and can sometimes cause disease

b)

one group of germs that can live in many places and can sometimes cause disease

c)

a substance made by the body that fights germs and helps to destory them

6.

What are bacteria and viruses?

a)

germs

b)

antibodies

c)

names of diseases

d)

vaccines

7.

Which of these is a compound word?

a)

diseases

b)

immune system

c)

vaccine

d)

poliovirus

8.

What is the best way to protect your pet from rabies?

a)

spend more time with your pet at home

b)

have the doctor give your pet a vaccine

c)

keep your pet away from ponds and steams

d)

walk your pet only in places with good lighting

9.

How can germs enter your body?

a)

through your mouth

b)

through a cut in your skin

c)

through your nose

d)

all of the above

10.

Why is it important to protect your body from germs?

a)

so that your immune system does not get tired

b)

so that you don't have too many antibodies

c)

so that you do not get sick

11.

Which one HELPS the body?

a)

vaccine

b)

virus

12.

Which one HURTS the body?

a)

vaccine

b)

virus

13.

The girls has a COLD.

a)

sickness

b)

NOT hot

14.

The WAVE reaches the beach. What does WAVE mean in this sentence?

a)

moving water

b)

Use your hand to say HI to a friend

c)

cheer a team

d)

move back and forth

15.

I WAVE at my friend on the bus. What does WAVE mean in this sentence?

a)

moving water

b)

using my hand to say hi

c)

four parts of the year

d)

to act nicely

16.

My sister is sick with a COLD. What does COLD mean in the sentence?

a)

diseases/illness

b)

not warm

c)

clear

d)

honest

17.

I wear my coat because it is COLD outside. What does COLD mean in this sentence?

a)

relax

b)

sickness/disease

c)

not warm

d)

the part that is left