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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are considered internal defenses? (there may be more than one correct answer)
Mucus
Inflammation
Tears
Hair
Tcells
- 2. Multiple Choice
True/False: Your body cannot make antibodies for pathogens that you have never been in contact with.
True, because your body needs to encounter the pathogen at least once in order to create the antibodies.
False, because you can make antibodies via immunizations given by a doctor.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The immune system works with all of the following system EXCEPT...
the integumentary
the lymphatic
the muscular
the cardiovascular
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the function of antibodies within the immune system?
Antibodies kill off any antigen that enters the body.
Antibodies are only made when you are given a vaccination for specific antigens.
Antibodies bind to specific antigens to flag for destruction.
Antibodies are part of an external defense mechanism.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements are TRUE about vaccinations?
Allow B cells to make antibodies for any type of antigen the body comes in contact with.
Triggers the body to make memory cells for specific pathogens.
They are substances prepared from killed or weakened pathogens.
Always allows the body to resist an infectious disease any time it comes into contact with it.
- 6. Multiple Choice
All of the following are examples of white blood cells EXCEPT
Killer T cells
Supporter T cells
Macrophage
Vaccine
B Cell
- 7. Multiple Choice
What happens after the second time you are exposed to a pathogen?
The body will not be able to fight off the pathogen quickly, because it knows how to get into the body easier.
The body's immune system will react the same was as it did during the first exposure.
The body can only be exposed to a pathogen a second time if you do not have a vaccine.
The body will know how to fight off the pathogen quickly, because memory cells have been created after the first encounter.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Some examples of external defenses are...
Skin
Mucus
Inflammation
Saliva
Sweat
- 9. Multiple Choice
How do T cells differ from B cells?
T cells fight pathogens by killing pathogens directly, while B cells fight pathogens by making antibodies.
T cells only make memory cells, and B cells only make antigens
T cells fight pathogens by making antibodies, while B cells fight pathogens by killing pathogens directly.
T cells can only fight off pathogens the body has encountered once, and B cells can fight off any pathogen the body comes across.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following can challenge the immune system?
Allergies
Antibodies
Vaccines
Cancer
Macrophage
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is TRUE about someone's immune system that has allergies?
Body cells are dividing at an uncontrolled rate.
The body is reacting to foreign antigens that are not dangerous to most people.
T cells and B cells in the body cannot be activated.
The body is mistaking its own cells for foreign antigens.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Pathogens are...
Foreign substances that attack the body.
White blood cells that attack foreign substances that enter the body.
A type of internal defense mechanism in the immune system.
Proteins that cause disease.
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