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Immune

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the body's first line of defense against disease?

a)

skin

b)

blood

c)

antibodies

d)

enzymes

2.
What are Lymphocytes?
a)
A type of red blood cell
b)
A nucleus 
c)
A type of white blood cell
d)
Bone Marrow
3.

What is the ability to resist the pathogens that cause a particular disease?

a)

defense

b)

immunity

c)

immune system

4.

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

5.

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

6.

As part of the immune system, white blood cells fight germs. Another name for white blood cells is ....

a)

a. Rhinovirus

b)

c. Glands

c)

b. Leukocytes

d)

d. Nodes

7.

What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen?

a)

Anti inflammatory

b)

Antigens

c)

Antiseptic

d)

Antibodies

8.

A protein produced by B cells of the immune system that destroys pathogens is called:

a)

Antigens

b)

Antibodies

c)

T-cells

d)

Lymphocytes

9.

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

a)

Antivirals

b)

Vaccine

c)

Antibiotics

d)

Antigen

10.

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

11.

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

12.

Which of the following is a way to spread infectious diseases?

a)

Touching contaminated objects

b)

Not washing hands regularly

c)

Being near infected people

d)

All of these are ways

13.
What is the term for a strong response to a harmless antigen in the environment?
a)
cell-mediated immunity
b)
an allergy
c)
inflammatory response
d)
an autoimmune disease
14.

An immune response that occurs in the human body is shown above. This activity helps to do which of the following?

a)

Produce antibiotics to control disease

b)

Provide protection against a specific pathogen

c)

Provide protection against all types of pathogens

d)

Eliminate harmful gene alterations

15.

Although vaccines cannot be used to treat a person who is sick, they can help to prevent infections. Vaccinations tell the body to create "memory cells", which will function later to create antibodies against certain pathogens. When a person is vaccinated, what are they injected with?

a)

antibodies to a disease bacterium

b)

live, inactive viruses

c)

weakened viruses or antigens from the virus

d)

blood from a person who has had the disease

16.

A protein that attacks antigens is called:

a)

Antibody

b)

Immune response

c)

Inflammatory Response

d)

Vector

17.

What is the molecule located on the outside of a pathogen that the immune system recognizes?

a)

Lymphocyte

b)

Antigen

c)

Pathogen

d)

Inflammation

18.

The diagram shows a pathogen, what is the arrow pointing to on the surface of the pathogen?

a)

a molecule called an antigen

b)

a molecule called an antibody

19.

What function do memory cells have in our body?

a)

They help our immune system remember pathogens

b)

They store information in our short-term memory

c)

They send chemical signals from our blood to the brain

d)

All of the above

20.

What are the 4 types of pathogens that could cause illness?

a)

animals, bacteria, fungi and plants

b)

bacteria, fungi, nucleus, parasites

c)

bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites

d)

bacteria, plants, fungi, parasites