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WorksheetsYear 10 revision The immune system
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Microbes have proteins on their surface that are called
hair cells
Antigens
Antibodies
Immune spikes
What is the name of the white blood cells that recognise antigens and then engulf (eat) them?
Monocytes
Lymphocytes
Basophils
Phagocytes
What is the name of the white blood cells that recognise antigens and then produce antibodies to neutralise them?
Phagocytes
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils
Basophils
How do white blood cells recognise different microorganisms?
By their shape
By their specific antigen
By their temperature
By their numbers
Which of these is NOT one of the things antibodies can do?
Mark the microbe for destruction by the phagocytes
Clump microbes together so many can be destroyed at once
Cause the destruction of the microbe
Burn calories
We build up immunity by lymphocytes cells dividing many times, all producing the same type of what?
Antigen
Antibody
Antimony
Spike protein
When all microorganisms have been killed, all cloned lymphocytes producing antibodies against them die off except a few that are called ...what?
Clone cells
Old lymphocytes
Memory cells
Pathogens
Having immunity means having...what?
Memory lymphocyte cells that can quickly multiply to kill a microorganism
A large number of white blood cells
A high temperature
Inflammation
A vaccination is an injection of
The microorganism that produces the disease
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils
An antigen on a part of the microorganism
A secondary immune response produces
Less antibodies against the microorganism than the primary response
As many antibodies against the microorganism as the primary response
More antibodies against the microorganism than the primary response
No antibodies at all
Herd immunity means
A herd of animals has been immunised
A few people in a group have been immunised
Enough people in a group have been immunised to prevent the spread of a disease
All children have been immunised
If a microorganism has a high mutation rate, this means we have to be vaccinated more or less often than for a microorganism with a low mutation rate? (Answer more or less)
(a)
Measles has a low or high mutation rate?
(a)
Flu has a low or high mutation rate?
(a)
