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- 1. Multiple Choice
Any organism that causes disease like a virus or bacteria is called:
Antibiotics
Antibody
Pathogen
Phagocyte
- 2. Multiple Choice
Part of the body's defense against pathogens, in which fluid and white blood cells leak from blood vessels into tissues and destroy pathogens by breaking them down?
Protective barrier
Inflammatory response
Immune response
Stomach acid
- 3. Multiple Choice
A white blood cell that destroys pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down is called:
B-cell
Phagocyte
Antibody
Antigen
- 4. Multiple Choice
Part of the body's defense against pathogens in which cells of the immune system react to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically at that pathogen is called:
Protective Barrier
Inflammatory Response
Immune Response
Stomach acid
- 5. Multiple Choice
A molecule that the immune system recognizes either as part of the body or as coming from outside the body:
Antigen
Antibodies
Antibiotics
Antipaths
- 6. Multiple Choice
A protein produced by B cells of the immune system that destroys pathogens is called:
Antigens
Antibodies
T-cells
Lymphocytes
- 7. Multiple Choice
The body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease is called:
Tolerance
Immunity
Vaccine
Inflammatory response
- 8. Multiple Choice
The process by which harmless antigens are introduced into a person's body to produce active immunity is called:
Vaccination
Immunity
Passive Immunity
Protective Barrier
- 9. Multiple Choice
A chemical that kills bacteria or slows their growth is called:
Antivirals
Vaccine
Antibiotics
Antigen
- 10. Multiple Choice
A disease caused by a living thing in the body:
Noninfectious
Infectious
Allergies
Vaccination
- 11. Multiple Choice
A substance used in a vaccination that consists of pathogens that have been weakened or killed but can still trigger the immune system into action:
Vaccine
Antigen
Toxins
Antibiotics
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is a function of the IMMUNE system?
To transport materials like oxygen to our cells
To break down food and absorb the nutrients
To fight off diseases with white blood cells
To control the body using the brain
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a part of the immune system?
Spleen
Tonsils
Lymph nodes
Liver
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a way to spread infectious diseases?
Touching contaminated objects
Not washing hands regularly
Being near infected people
All of these are ways
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