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Immune System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Tolerance

b)

Immunity

c)

Vaccine

d)

Inflammatory response

2.

Any organism that causes disease like a virus or bacteria is called:

a)

Antibiotics

b)

Antibody

c)

Pathogen

d)

Phagocyte

3.

Part of the body's defense against pathogens, in which fluid and white blood cells leak from blood vessels into tissues and destroy pathogens by breaking them down?

a)

Protective barrier

b)

Inflammatory response

c)

Immune response

d)

Stomach acid

4.

The process by which harmless antigens are introduced into a person's body to produce active immunity is called:

a)

Vaccination

b)

Immunity

c)

Passive Immunity

d)

Protective Barrier

5.

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

6.

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

7.

What is a function of the IMMUNE system?

a)

To transport materials like oxygen to our cells

b)

To break down food and absorb the nutrients

c)

To fight off diseases with white blood cells

d)

To control the body using the brain

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.

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