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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the job of the immune system?To protect your body from drugs and medicineTo protect your body from air and waterTo protect your body from pathogensTo protect your body from itself
- 2. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False?
The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissue, and organs that work together to protect the bodyTrueFalse - 3. Multiple Choice
Pathoges are
disease causing microorganisms
agents that caused diseases
causes of illness
all of these
- 4. Multiple Choice
Different groups of agents that caused diseases are
bacteria
viruses
protozoans
all of these
- 5. Multiple Choice
Agents that cause infectious diseases can be transmitted in many ways like
through the air
through contaminated water
through body fluids
all of the above
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one of the ways that antibiotics work?They can stop bacteria from reproducingThey can stop viruses from reproducingThey stop toxins from poisoning the tissues of hostsThey engulf the pathogens
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat sort of pathogen causes influenza (flu)?A bacteriumA virusA fungusA protist
- 8. Multiple ChoiceDisease-causing microorganism, such as a bacterium or fungus.antigenprionpathogenallergen
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is one MAJOR organ of the Immune System?Spinal CordBrainSkinHeart - 10. Multiple ChoiceBacteria can only be spread through coughingFalseTrue
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAn organism that lives on or in a host and causes it harm is calleda hosta parasitea cella virus
- 12. Multiple Choice
The blood cells that fight pathogens.
Leukocytes
Red blood cells
Plasma
Hemoglobin
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA protein made by white blood cells to fight a specific pathogen.AntibodyAntivirusAllegraAllotment
- 14. Multiple Choice
the body's response to an infection by showing redness, swelling, & pain
immunization
mobilization (stage of infection)
inflammation
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an effective method of preventing infection by Malaria?
Use pesticides to kill the mosquito (vector)
Quarantine the mosquitos that carry the parasite
Provide condoms to prevent transmission of parasite during sex
Drink plenty of water
- 16. Multiple Choice
A host is:
An organism that harbors a pathogen
Grant Denyer on Family Feud
An animal that transmits a pathogen
A microorganism that has been transmitted
- 17. Multiple Choice
Leukocytes include a wide range of different white blood cells. Which of the following are responsible for destroying cancerous cells?
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Natural Killer Cells
Macrophages
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following cells can become "memory" cells?
A cells
B cells
C cells
D cells
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following disease is NOT caused by a virus?TetanusFluCommon ColdMeasles
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a substance usually prepared from killed or weaken pathogens?White blood CellsAntibodiesLymphVaccines
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one way a pathogen can enter the body?NoseMouthBroken SkinAll of the Aove
- 22. Multiple ChoiceContagious, disfiguring and often deadly disease that has affected humans for thousands of years. Eradicated worldwide by 1980.SmallpoxAnthraxPlagueRicin
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat viral diseases are transmitted by a mosquitoes bite.HIVMalariaPneumoniaRabies
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat its the definition of a prevention?anything that make me sick.changes of sign our body give us about something wrongmedicationsmeasures that we can take to avoid get sick.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat its the best way to avoid any disease.visit doctor frequentlytake medicinepreventionbe alone
- 26. Multiple Choice
Can pathogens survive outside a person's body?
Yes
No
- 27. Multiple Choice
What are noninfectious diseases?
Diseases that are not caused by pathogens
The ability to destroy pathogens before they cause you to be sick
Diseases that are caused by pathogens
Diseases that can be transfered from one person to another
- 28. Multiple ChoiceHeredity, and environment contribute to which type of diseases.....infectiousflucontagiousnoninfectious
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich disease is a non-infectious disease?DiabetesInfluenzaAIDSChickenpox
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are noninfectious diseases? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY!!
cancer
diabetes
Lyme disease
allergies
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