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WorksheetsImmune Response and Vaccination
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 27mins
The immune system's main role is to:
Protect the body against viruses
Protect the body against bacteria
Protect the body against disease
Protect the body against fungus
Vaccinations work because they:
Mimic the immune system's way to protect the body
Put disease into the blood stream
Have been created by scientists
All of the above
Vaccinations include:
Suspensions of killed organisms
Portions of killed organisms
All of the above
Foreign cells in the body carry foreign proteins that the body recognises as 'non-self'. These are called:
Antibodies
Antigens
Red Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
In order to fight foreign invaders in the body, white blood cells create:
Red blood cells
Leukocytes
Antigens
Antibodies
Antibodies help the body to:
Destroy pathogens
Create antigens
Destroy antibodies
All of the above
When the body encounters a pathogen, antibodies are created that are specific to that pathogen. The next time the body encounters the pathogen, the response will be:
Slower
Faster
Vaccines deliberately expose humans to disease to create antibodies against the disease. We don't get sick from the vaccine like we would from the real disease because:
The dosage is small
The pathogen is dead or inactivated
It is administered when we are healthy
All of the above
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