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Immune System

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following systems protects the body from disease?
a)
Digestive System
b)
Nervous System
c)
Immune System
d)
Skeletal System
2.
How do germs enter the body?
a)
From touching a mucous membrane
b)
From not washing your hands
c)
a.  From touching your face
d)
All of the above
3.
Which pathogen can be cured by antibiotics?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Protist
d)
Fungi
4.
An example of a noninfectious disease is: 
a)
Influenza
b)
Small Pox
c)
Diabetes
d)
Typhoid
5.
An example of an infectious disease is:
a)
Diabetes
b)
Cancer
c)
Cardiovascular Disease
d)
Measles
6.

_______ can give you athlete's foot.

a)

Fungi

b)

Bacteria

c)

Viruses

7.
What is the main purpose of the immune system?
a)
support the body through bones and muscles
b)
get rid of waste from the body
c)
protect the body from pathogens
d)
move blood through the body
8.
Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...
a)
autoimmune diseases
b)
helper t-cells
c)
fever
d)
antibodies
9.
The human body has both internal and external defense against disease.  Which of these includes only internal defenses?  
a)
hair and inflammation
b)
white blood cells and sweat
c)
inflammation and white blood cells
d)
skin and mucus
10.

This allows us to develop an artificial immunity to a disease without ever getting sick from the disease.

a)

antibiotics

b)

vaccines

c)

blood transfusions

11.

How are vaccinations able to help us develop immunity?

a)

Exposure to disease creates antibodies which make us immune

b)

Exposure to antibodies which makes us the disease immune to us

c)

Exposure to immunity's which make us antibodies to the disease

12.

What is the specific response targeting a specific pathogen?

a)

Immune response

b)

Antigen

c)

Memory T and B cells

d)

Antibodies

13.

What micro-organism is responsible for causing disease?

a)

Pathogen

b)

Antibodies

c)

B-cells

d)

Lymphocyte

14.

T or F - Viruses can be treated with antibiotics.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

Name 3 parts of the body that keep pathogens out ("The First Line of Defense").

a)

White blood cells, tears, T-cells

b)

Saliva, inflammation, Lymphocytes

c)

Skin, tears, saliva

d)

Mucous membranes, fever, B-cells

16.
What are the 4 types of GERMS?
a)
parasite,ouchy,bug,animal
b)
parasite, fungi, animal,insect
c)
parasite,fungi,virus,bacteria
d)
bug,bird,goat,bear
17.
 Another name for white blood cells is:
a)
Blood 
b)
Photosyntesis
c)
Leukocytes
d)
Body
18.

Lymph nodes are found in the:

a)

Neck

b)

Armpits

c)

Groin

d)

All of the options

19.

When someone’s immune system overreacts to something harmless it’s called:

a)

Overreactus maximus

b)

An allergy

c)

A sneeze

d)

The measles

20.
Which of the following illness is caused by pathogens?
a)
Bruise
b)
Blood Clot
c)
Diabetes
d)
Influenza
21.
Vaccinations are used for
a)
Curing the illness
b)
Preventing the Illness
c)
Getting the illness
22.
What type of microbe is used in a vaccine?
a)
it doesn't really matter
b)
a damaged one
c)
a weakened or inactivated one
d)
a normal one
23.
What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen?
a)
Anti inflammatory
b)
Antigens
c)
Antiseptic
d)
Antibodies
24.
Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...
a)
autoimmune diseases
b)
helper t-cells
c)
fever
d)
antibodies
25.
Ringworm is caused by which pathogen?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Protist
d)
Fungi
26.
Which disease is caused by a bacteria?
a)
Malaria
b)
The flu
c)
Strep Throat
d)
Athlete's foot
27.
Which one is a way the body defends against a pathogen?
a)
Fever
b)
Stomach Acid digesting
c)
White Blood Cells fighing
d)
All of these are correct
28.
A disease that is harmful to the body and is contagious is called....
a)
Non-Infectious
b)
Infectious
29.
Which answer best describes how infectious diseases get transmitted (passed on)?  
a)
people can sneeze or cough and pass disease on through the air
b)
drinking water can be contaminated with diseases
c)
objects such as doorknobs and towels can be contaminated by disease
d)
all of the above answers are ways that diseases are transmitted
30.
The human body has both internal and external defense against disease.  Which of these includes only internal defenses?  
a)
hair and inflammation
b)
white blood cells and sweat
c)
inflammation and white blood cells
d)
skin and mucus
31.

The body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease is called:

a)

Tolerance

b)

Immunity

c)

Vaccine

d)

Inflammatory response

32.

A poison produced by bacteria that damages cells:

a)

Antibiotic

b)

Vaccine

c)

Antigen

d)

Toxins

33.

A chemical that kills bacteria or slows their growth is called:

a)

Antivirals

b)

Vaccine

c)

Antibiotics

d)

Antigen

34.

Immunity in which antibodies are given to a person rather than produced within the person's own body like with a baby and mother.

a)

Passive Immunity

b)

Active Immunity

c)

Vaccination

d)

Inflammatory response

35.

Immunity that occurs when a person's own immune system produces antibodies in response to the presence of a pathogen like with a vaccination.

a)

Passive Immunity

b)

Active Immunity

c)

Inflammatory Response

d)

Protective barrier like your skin

36.

Which is NOT a part of the immune system?

a)

Spleen

b)

Tonsils

c)

Lymph nodes

d)

Liver

37.
Which term describes a disease spread across the largest area?
a)
Epidemic
b)
Pandemic
c)
Sporadic
d)
Endemic
38.
Which is an example of passive immunity?
a)
You have been infected
b)
You have been vaccinated
c)
You made antibodies
d)
You got your mother's antibodies
39.
Which of the following is an example of active immunity?
a)
You get a vaccination
b)
You create antibodies
c)
You get infected
d)
All of these are correct
40.

All of the following are examples of white blood cells EXCEPT

a)

T cells

b)

Phagocytes

c)

Antibodies

d)

B Cells

41.

The ____ of malaria is a mosquito.

a)

antibody

b)

pathogen

c)

antibody

d)

vector

42.

A reaction by tissues to any type of injury by swelling, pain, heat, and redness is called

a)

phagocytosis

b)

physical defense

c)

inflammation

d)

infection

43.
Which is NOT considered FIRST line of defense?
a)
White Blood Cells
b)
Skin
c)
Hair
d)
Mucous Membranes

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