WorksheetsImmune System
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 19mins
Tiny blood vessels small enough that red blood cells must pass through them one at a time
Veins
Capillaries
White Blood Cells
Lymph
Blood cells that carry oxygen out to the organs and tissues of the body
Red Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
Arteries
Platelets
The liquid part of the blood
White Blood Cells
Lymph
Red Blood Cells
Plasma
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Veins
Lymph Nodes
Arteries
Platelets
Masses of tissue that filter out bacteria and other foreign matter
Lymph Nodes
Lymph
Arteries
Capillaries
Blood cells that fight disease
Plasma
Red Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
Platelets
Blood cells that help stop bleeding by causing blood to clot
Red Blood Cells
Plasma
Platelets
White Blood Cells
A pale fluid that carries white blood cells through the lymphatic system
Lymph
Plasma
Arteries
Capillaries
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
Platelets
Arteries
Capillaries
Veins
When an artery leading to the brain becomes completely clogged, brain cells starve and die from lack of oxygen. What is this called?
Stroke
Heart attack
Lung disease
Scurvy
Which is NOT an example of a non-communicable disease?
Hemophilia
Scurvy
The flu
Lung cancer
What works symbiotically with a human body and helps it to live?
Virus
Disease
Antibody
Bacteria
Bacteria that digest plant matter, break down sugar, and release vitamins are likely living where?
On your skin
In your gut
In your scalp
Near the water
Where are white blood cells created?
In your heart
In your brain
In bone marrow
They are not created, they just exist.
What do we call a disease that can be passed from animals to humans?
Non-communicable
Zoonotic
Infectious
Diseases cannot be passed from animals to humans
What do bacteria and viruses have on their outsides that antibodies can attach to?
Antigens
Lymph
Antibiotics
Microbiomes
The first antibiotic was discovered by (a) .
Fleming's medicine was made from mold and he called it (a) .
When you’ve already had a disease once, you are (a) because your body has built antibodies to recognize and fight that disease.
A country doctor named (a) created the first vaccination against smallpox by injecting patients with the vaccinia virus.
(a) is an example of a zoonotic disease.
When an artery leading to the heart gets clogged, it causes some of the heart tissue to die from lack of oxygen. This is called a (a) .
A (a) works by introducing your body to a weakened or dead form of a disease so that it can create antibodies that will protect you should you encounter the disease again.
When a person is (a) they are at risk of passing a disease to other people.
What is the path blood travels as it is pumped from your heart?
____Heart____ → ____Lungs____ → ____Heart____ → ____Arteries____ →
___Capillaries___ → ____Veins_____ → ____Heart____→
___Capillaries___ → ____Heart____ → ____Lungs____ → ____Heart____ →
__Arteries_____ →
____Veins_____ →
____Heart____→
____Heart____ → ____Lungs____ → ____Heart____ →
____Heart____→ __Arteries_____ →
___Capillaries___ → ____Veins_____ →
____Heart____ → ____Lungs____ → ____Heart____ → ____Arteries____ →
____Lungs____ → ____Veins_____ → ____Lungs____ →
What is one of the ways a person can get a non-communicable disease? (3 points)
Sleeping too much
Heredity (get from parents)
Poor nutrition
Risky behaviors
What are the four things you can do to reduce your risk of stroke or heart attack?
Swim Daily
Drink water
Walk 10,000 steps
Play on the swings
Exercise
Eat healthy
Don’t use tobacco
Get plenty of sleep
Only eat red fruit
Do pushups
See a doctor
Own a pet
Take vitamins
Don't play videogames
Go to school
Bring your teacher a treat
What is one thing you can do to prevent the spread of a communicable disease?
Keep your home, school, area clean
Stay home when contagious
Wash hands
Cover mouth when coughing or sneezing
