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Checkpoint: Acquiring Immunity

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Special proteins produced by the body to attack foreign invaders.
a)
antibodies
b)
antigen
2.
A pathogen is a disease-causing agent.
a)
true
b)
false
3.

Which type of vaccine uses a weakened version of the pathogen?

a)

Subunit

b)

Live attenuated

c)

Inactive

d)

mRNA

e)

Viral vector

4.

What type of immunity is gained from a vaccination?

a)

Natural passive

b)

Natural active

c)

Artificial passive

d)

Artificial active

5.

What kind of vaccine uses a modified virus cell to deliver genetic material to the vaccinated?

a)

Subunit

b)

Live attenuated

c)

Inactive

d)

mRNA

e)

Viral vector

6.

What type of immunity is gained from a vaccination?

a)

Natural passive

b)

Natural active

c)

Artificial passive

d)

Artificial active

7.

 __________ immunity is when the bodies makes its own antibodies.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

c)

Cell Mediated

d)

Artificial

8.

Which is an example of passive immunity?

a)

people being vaccinated against disease

b)

people receiving antibodies from their mothers before birth

c)

people taking vitamins to boost their immune response

d)

people producing antibodies against organisms that cause diseases they have had previosuly

9.

Immunity that occurs when a person's own immune system produces antibodies in response to the presence of a pathogen when a person gets sick

a)

Natural Passive Immunity

b)

Natural Active Immunity

c)

Artificial Active Immunity

10.

The immunity that has a long term to lifelong effect is

a)

active immunity

b)

Passive immunity

11.

Antibodies are the ........ of human's line defence

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

12.
A secondary immune response will be faster when...
a)
The individual has encountered the pathogen already
b)
The individual's macrophages are on high alert
c)
The individual has encountered the pathogen and has memory B cells circulating
d)
All of the above
13.
Which type of cell will remember what the antigen looks like and produce a rapid secondary response?
a)
Plasma  B cells
b)
Memory B cells
c)
Plasma T cells
d)
Memory T cells
14.

Short term immunity is also called (a)   .

15.

How do mRNA vaccines work by?

a)

introducing inactivated virus into the body to start an immune response.

b)

changing the DNA of your cells to protect you from infection from the virus.

c)

having your own cells make a protein from the virus so your immune cells will recognize the virus.

d)

using a carrier virus to start an immune response.

16.

True or False: Viruses that cause disease are killed using antibiotics.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

17.

The new RNA vaccine for Covid-19 is made from:

a)

the entire genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus

b)

the entire virus

c)

only a small part of the genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus

d)

only a small part of the virus

18.

Herd immunity protects populations because...

a)

herds of cows prevent infection

b)

of the herd, man.

c)

A low number of people in the population are protected by vaccination, this means that the disease easily spreads.

d)

a significant amount of the population is protected through vaccination against a virus or bacteria making it difficult for a disease to spread because there are so few susceptible people left to infect