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Y9 Immune System Grosstest Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the primary response to an antigen?

a)

occurs on the first occasion it is encountered

b)

occurs on the second occasion it is encountered

c)

occurs on the third occasion it is encountered

d)

occurs on the fourth occasion it is encountered

2.

What is the primary response 1st line of defense to an infection?

a)

Barriers

b)

Phagocytes (macrophages and neutrophils)

c)

Lymphocytes (B-cell and Cytotoxic T-cells)

d)

Immunity

3.

What is the primary response 2nd line of defense to an infection?

a)

Barriers

b)

Phagocytes (macrophages and neutrophils)

c)

Lymphocytes (B-cell and Cytotoxic T-cells)

d)

Immunity

4.

What is the primary response 3rd line of defense to an infection?

a)

Barriers

b)

Phagocytes (macrophages and neutrophils)

c)

Lymphocytes (B-cell and Cytotoxic T-cells)

d)

Immunity

5.

What is the primary response 1st line of defense to an infection?

a)

Nonspecific (innate)

b)

Specific (adaptive)

6.

What is the primary response 2nd line of defense to an infection?

a)

Nonspecific (innate)

b)

Specific (adaptive)

7.

What is the primary response 3rd line of defense to an infection?

a)

Nonspecific (innate)

b)

Specific (adaptive)

8.

Which of the following is NOT a physical barrier?

a)

Nose hairs

b)

Sweat

c)

Skin

d)

Eyelashes

9.

To prevent microorganisms from entering the body

a)

1st Line of Defense

b)

2nd Line of Defense

c)

3rd Line of Defense

10.

To kill microorganisms if they get past the first line of defense and enter the body

a)

1st Line of Defense

b)

2nd Line of Defense

c)

3rd Line of Defense

11.

Which of the following is not a function of antibodies?

a)

Agglutination

b)

Signaling

c)

Neutralisation

d)

Phagocytosis

12.

A white blood cell that destroys pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down is called:

a)

Phagocyte

b)

B-cell

c)

Cytotoxic T-cell

d)

Helper T-cell

13.

Proteins that can attach to the antigen and make it useless

a)

antibody

b)

antigen

c)

B-cell

d)

T-cell

14.

What are the names of the two types of WHITE BLOOD CELL we have learned about?

a)

phagocytes and lymphocytes

b)

lymphocytes and platelets

c)

platelets and phagocytes

d)

phagocytes and plasma

15.

What is on the surface of pathogens that allows white blood cells to detect and recognise them?

a)

antibiotics

b)

antigens

c)

anticlockwise

d)

antihistamine

16.

What type of response are phagocytes?

a)

Nonspecific (innate)

b)

Specific (adaptive)

17.

What type of response are Lymphocytes?

a)

Nonspecific (innate)

b)

Specific (adaptive)

18.

Which of the following can be pathogens?

a)

Bacteria only

b)

Viruses only

c)

Bacteria and viruses

d)

Neither bacteria or viruses

19.

The chemical that causes the blood vessels around the infection to dilate (expand) so that more blood can flow to the infection

a)

Sweat

b)

Mucus

c)

Saliva

d)

Histamines

20.

The response to an infection which causes the area to redden, swell, and feel warm.

a)

Fever

b)

Mucus

c)

Dilation

d)

Inflammation

21.

Which of the following is a primary organ/tissue in the immune system?

a)

bone marrow

b)

tonsils

c)

spleen

d)

liver

22.

Neutrophils

a)

Much larger but less numerous, ingest and destroy pathogens  but die in the process

b)

Much larger but less numerous,

ingest and destroy pathogens, dead neutrophils and debris

c)

Smaller and more numerous, ingest and destroy pathogens but die in the process

d)

Smaller and more numerous,

ingest and destroy pathogens, dead neutrophils and debris

23.

Marcophages

a)

Much larger but less numerous, ingest and destroy pathogens  but die in the process

b)

Much larger but less numerous,

ingest and destroy pathogens, dead neutrophils and debris

c)

Smaller and more numerous, ingest and destroy pathogens but die in the process

d)

Smaller and more numerous,

ingest and destroy pathogens, dead neutrophils and debris

24.

Antibodies block binding sites on viruses or bacterial toxins

a)

Agglutination

b)

Signaling

c)

Neutralisation

d)

Phagocytosis

25.

Antibodies cause pathogens to clump together in groups

a)

Agglutination

b)

Signaling

c)

Neutralisation

d)

Phagocytosis

26.

Antibodies activate other immune signalling chemicals

a)

Agglutination

b)

Signaling

c)

Neutralisation

d)

Phagocytosis

27.
Where do T cells mature?
a)
bone marrow
b)
thymus
c)
brain
d)
thyroid
28.

These cells activate cytotoxic T cells as well as activate B cells

a)
Helper T Cells
b)
Cytotoxic T Cells
c)
Macrophages
d)

B-cells

29.

Each B-cell carries only ___ type(s) of antibody, making it a specialist for ___ particular foreign antigen(s)

a)

one, one

b)

one, two

c)

two, two

d)

two, one

30.

These cells target body cells that have already been infected by a pathogen or become cancerous

a)

Cytotoxic T-cells

b)

B-cells

c)

Helper T-cells

d)

Macrophage

31.

Cytotoxic T-cells bind to the infected cell's membrane and release specialized enzymes such that poke holes in the cell’s membrane. This is called...

a)

Phagocytosis

b)

Apoptosis

c)

Inflammatory Response

d)

Specialized Proteins

32.

True or False: Antibodies can only mark ONE type of antigen. In other words, they are specific to one type of disease.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

A cell that is actively making antibodies is called a(n)

a)

memory B cell

b)

plasma B cell

c)

Helper T cell

d)

Naive B cell

34.
Viruses are
a)
easily killed
b)
destroyed by antibiotics
c)
nonliving
d)
different kinds of bacteria
35.
__________ immunity is when the bodies makes its own antibodies.
a)
passive
b)
active
c)
cell mediated
d)
false
36.

Needs a HOST to reproduce and spread in

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

37.
Compared to bacteria, viruses are much...
a)
smaller. 
b)
larger. 
c)
the same. 
38.

Contains GENETIC MATERIAL- DNA/RNA

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Both bacteria & virus

d)

Neither bacteria nor virus

39.

Getting Antibodies during breastfeeding

a)

active natural

b)

active passive

c)

passive natural

d)

passive artificial

40.

Getting Antibodies from a Vaccine

a)

active natural

b)

active passive

c)

passive natural

d)

passive artificial

41.

Getting a dead/weakened verion of a virus from a Vaccine

a)

active natural

b)

active artificial

c)

passive natural

d)

passive artificial

42.

Getting a virus like COVID

a)

active natural

b)

active passive

c)

passive natural

d)

passive artificial

43.

You sneeze

a)

1st line of defense, primary response

b)

2nd line of defense, primary response

c)

3rd line of defense, primary response

d)

Secondary Response

44.

Your knee swells after cutting it

a)

1st line of defense, primary response

b)

2nd line of defense, primary response

c)

3rd line of defense, primary response

d)

Secondary Response

45.

Your healthy body cells are infected with COVID

a)

1st line of defense, primary response

b)

2nd line of defense, primary response

c)

3rd line of defense, primary response

d)

Secondary Response

46.

When you were a kid you got chicken pox, so you can not get them again

a)

1st line of defense, primary response

b)

2nd line of defense, primary response

c)

3rd line of defense, primary response

d)

Secondary Response

47.

Stops protein synthesis

a)

Bacteriostatic

b)

Bacteriocidal

48.

Does not allow a cell wall to form.

a)

Bacteriostatic

b)

Bacteriocidal

49.

Tetracycline

a)

Bacteriostatic

b)

Bacteriocidal

50.

Penicillin

a)

Bacteriostatic

b)

Bacteriocidal

51.

Select the disease which can be treated with antibiotics.

a)

Cold

b)

Influenza

c)

COVID 19

d)

Bacterial infection

52.

Select the part of a bacteria cell antibiotics attack and destroy.

a)

DNA

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Cell membrane

d)

Cell wall

53.

Select the example of something which does not cause antibiotic resistance.

a)

Not finishing a course of antibiotics.

b)

Giving antibiotics to live stock (animals we eat).

c)

Using antibiotics when we don't need them.

d)

Finishing a course of antibiotics.

54.

Antibiotic resistance is a huge problem because the antibiotics we have now to fight bacteria will not work. Therefore we will need to make new kinds of .......... to fight the new types of ...........

a)

antibiotics, bacteria

b)

bacteria, antibiotics

c)

antibodies, bacteria

d)

antibiotics, viruses

55.

How is a bacteria cell (Prokaryotic cell) different from our cells (Eukaryotic cell)

a)

Bacteria cell doesn't make proteins

b)

Bacteria cell does not have a nucleus

c)

Bacteria cell does not have a cell membrane

d)

Bacteria cell cannot divide by asexual reproduction

56.
Antibiotics kill viruses
a)
True
b)
False
57.

Which would you take to help with a viral infection?

a)

antiviral medication

b)

antibiotic medication

c)

antihistamine medication

d)

Vitamin E supplements

58.

Herd immunity protects people who can't become immune because

a)

not enough sick people are around to infect vulnerable people

b)

too many sick people make it impossible to spread disease

c)

the vulnerable people become immune

d)

herd immunity does not protect vulnerable people

59.

Immunity is created quickly, but does not last a long time.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

60.

Immunity is created slowly, but lasts a long time.

a)

Active

b)

Passive