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Disease & Immunity Quiz


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A toxin or other foreign substance which creates an immune response and the production of antibodies

A. Antigen

B. Pathogen

C. Antibody

D. Immunity


What pathogen causes the common cold?

A. Virus

B. Bacteria

C. Fungi

D. Protista


Anything that triggers an immune response is a/n

A. lymph cell

B. antigen

C. antibody

D. neutrop


Viruses are

A. easily killed

B. destroyed by antibiotics

C. nonliving

D. different kinds of bacteria


Doctors sometimes use a vaccine to prepare the body to defend itself against future infections. These vaccines most often contain

A. antibodies

B. antibiotics

C. white blood cells

D. weakened pathogens


A vaccination

A. Is a type of white blood cell that eats bacteria

B. Protects your body via needle or capsule

C. Causes your body to react as if it had met a pathogen

D. Is made up of collagen, and can be in the form of gelatine


Disease causing agents such as bacteria and viruses are called _______________.

A. pathogens

B. antibodies

C. villians

D. particles


Name the system that will directly respond to these vaccines.

A. Excretory

B. Digestive

C. Immune

D. Endocrine


Passive immunity is when

A. You produce your own antibodies to a disease

B. You are given antibodies to a disease

C. You are immune to any type of disease

D. Macrophages invade your lymphatic system and shield you from ever falling sick


Cholera is spread through

A. polluted air

B. contaminated food and water

C. insect bites

D. helminths


An infectious disease from an animal passed to a human that causes illness is a genetic disease.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


__________ immunity is when the bodies makes its own antibodies.

A. passive

B. active

C. cell mediated

D. FALSE


What do memory cells do?

A. Kills the virus

B. Eats the virus

C. Patrol the area and make the immune system work faster next time.

D. Makes antibodies


A living cell that a virus infects is called a ________ cell.

A. mast

B. host

C. cast

D. partner


Bacteria are smaller than viruses.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


What is the best definition of antibodies?

A. antibiotics that help you when you are sick

B. organs that create pathogens

C. pathogens that enter the bloodstream

D. proteins that attach to antigens and make them useless


TRUE or FALSE.

When child B is administered these vaccines, child B will form antigens against both diseases

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


What is the primary function of your immune system?

A. to create organelles

B. to protect your body from pathogens

C. to aid in blood circulation

D. to protect your bones and muscles


Most bacterial diseases can be treated with _______________.

A. antibiotics

B. carcinogens

C. pathogens

D. microbes


First line defenses include

A. skin

B. hair

C. mucus

D. all of the above


Y shaped proteins that may mark pathogens for destruction are

A. antigens

B. T cells

C. antibodies

D. neutrophils


Which one is a way the body defends against a pathogen?

A. Fever

B. Stomach Acid digesting

C. White Blood Cells fighing

D. All of these are correct


Active immunity lasts for a ____________ time. Passive immunity lasts for a ___________ time.

A. Long; Short

B. Life; Life

C. Hours; Long

D. Short; Long


Skin protects a person from pathogens by _______________.

A. being thin and easy to allow things through

B. shedding occasionally

C. serving as a protective layer that keeps foreign objects out

D. allowing bacteria to enter if it is healthy


What is the scientific term for spreading a disease?

A. Passing

B. Catching

C. Transmitting

D. Giving




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