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Health Part 2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Find the average of these numbers - 3,4,5,6,7

a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
2.

Find the average of these numbers - 5, 4, 1, 8, 4, 2

a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
3.

What are the names of the two types of WHITE BLOOD CELL that fight against infection?

a)

macrophages and lymphocytes

b)

lymphocytes and platelets

c)

platelets and macrophages

d)

macrophages and plasma

4.

What is a vaccine?

a)

when a live pathogen is injected into the body

b)

when a medicine is injected into the body

c)

when a dead or weakened pathogen is injected into the body

d)

when a dead or inactive pathogen put on the surface of your skin

5.

What do the white blood cells produce when a vaccine is given?

a)

antibiotics

b)

antitoxins

c)

antibodies

d)

antigens

6.

Which is the blood cell that engulfs pathogens?

a)

platelet

b)

red blood cell

c)

macrophage

d)

lymphocyte

7.

What is a pathogen?

a)

a disease - causing micro-organism

b)

a germ

c)

dirt

d)

cytoplasm

8.

which cells produce antibodies?

a)

phagocytes

b)

red blood cells

c)

lymphocytes

d)

platelets

9.

What is important about the antibodies?

a)

they attach to a specific pathogen

b)

they are proteins

c)

they can float

d)

they are in the blood

10.

What does mucus do in our airways?

a)

trap pathogens to stop them infecting our lungs

b)

make us ill

c)

stop the lungs expanding

d)

smell horrible

11.

What happens to mucus in our airways that has trapped pathogens?

a)

it stays there

b)

it is dissolved

c)

it is coughed up and removed

d)

it moves into our lungs

12.
What is the main purpose of the immune system?
a)
support the body through bones and muscles
b)
get rid of waste from the body
c)
protect the body from pathogens
d)
move blood through the body
13.

What is the body's first line of defence against infection?

a)

Physical barriers

b)

White blood cells

c)

Blood plasma

d)

Red blood cells

14.

Name as many physical barriers for micro-organisms to be stopped as you can.

4 lines
15.

Where is the diaphragm loctaed?

a)

In the lungs

b)

Under the lungs

c)

Above the lungs

d)

To the right of the lungs

16.

What is he biological name for the windpipe?

a)

Trachea

b)

Epiglottis

c)

Pharynx

d)

Larynx

17.

Where does gaseous exchange happen in the lungs

(a)  

18.

What connects the nose and mouth to the lungs

a)

Oesophagus

b)

Trachea

c)

Bronchioles

d)

Alveoli

19.

The trachea is held open by rings of .....

a)

Muscle

b)

Tendons

c)

Cartilage

d)

Ligaments

20.
the gas known as _______ is needed to stay alive and properly.
a)
oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
nitrogen
d)
helium
21.
What is breathed out from our mouth and nose?
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
helium
22.

What is the name of the air sacs, where gas exchange takes place?

a)

Bronchi

b)

Lungs

c)

Oxygen

d)

Alveoli

23.

What is the name of the two narrower tubes branching from the trachea, that lead into the lungs?

a)

Nose

b)

Bronchi

c)

Lungs

d)

Alveoli

24.

What is the name of the small tubes leading to the alveoli?

a)

Bronchioles

b)

Trachea

c)

Alveoli

d)

Cilia

25.

What is the name of the bones that provide protection to the lungs?

a)

Ribs

b)

Diaphragm

c)

Alveoli

d)

Lungs