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In high school, science students will look at the requirements for keeping healthy. This quiz looks at the natural defenses of the body against infection, such as white blood cells, antibodies, mucus, stomach acid and tears.
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The human body is well defended against infection. Sometimes pathogens like bacteria and viruses do get through, making you ill. There are physical barriers like your skin and the cilia (tiny moving hairs) and mucus that line your respiratory system. The mucus is sticky and traps bacteria and viruses that enter your nose as you breathe in. There are chemical barriers too such as enzymes in tears and saliva that break down pathogens.
When the pathogens do get past the first line of your body's defenses, the second line is the white blood cells. There are several different types of these each working in a different way. Some of them engulf (surround) the pathogen and secrete enzymes that digest the bacteria, virus or single celled organism that has arrived in your body. Others neutralize any toxins that enter the bloodstream from the infection. Another type of white blood cell produces antibodies that react to a specific pathogen that enters your bloodstream. These antibodies then either damage the pathogen, making it harmless, or label it so that other cells can find and destroy it.
The white blood cells that produce the antibodies remain in your bloodstream so that the next time the pathogen gets into your body, it can immediately be tackled. They give you an immunity to disease. This natural defense can also be introduced artificially by vaccination. Some diseases are very harmful to the human body, for example, polio. This terrible disease left many children unable to walk properly until a vaccine was found. Nowadays children are vaccinated well before they can develop polio and it is virtually unknown in developed countries with a good health system.
But despite your natural defenses, infections do get through. If you eat a properly balanced diet and exercise regularly, your immune system will work well against invading microorganisms.
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Which of the following statements about white blood cells is incorrect? |
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They engulf and ingest pathogens |
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They expel the pathogens from the bloodstream via the liver |
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They produce antibodies which neutralize pathogens |
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They produce antitoxins to neutralize the effects of the toxins from pathogens |
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Your body can develop a natural immunity to certain pathogens. What is the name of the cells responsible for this? |
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Lymphocytes |
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Leucocytes |
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Phagocytes |
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Virocytes |
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What is produced by a lymphocyte that enables it to neutralize pathogens? |
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Antigens |
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Antipaths |
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Antibodies |
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Antibacts |
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Which of the following statements is correct? |
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Passive immunity involves receiving antibodies |
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Antibiotics work because the prevent the toxins from being poisonous to the host |
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White blood cells produce antigens to protect the body |
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Viruses cause cholera and typhoid in poor areas of the world |
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Which of the following also help your body defend itself against infection? |
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Mucus and cilia in the respiratory system |
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Hydrochloric acid in the stomach |
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Lysozyme (an enzyme) in tears |
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All three of the above |
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Which of the following is not one of the ways that white blood cells provide active immunity? |
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They destroy invading pathogens by eating them |
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They produce antibodies to destroy pathogens |
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They produce antitoxins that neutralize toxins from pathogens |
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They destroy pathogens by ingesting them |
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Which of the following are the two main groups of white blood cells? |
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Phagocytes and lymphocytes |
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Stem cells and platelets |
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Macrophages and bacteriophages |
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Erythrocytes and monocytes |
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The lymphocytes produce antibodies. How do antibodies work? |
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They penetrate inside the pathogen and destroy its nucleus |
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They penetrate inside the pathogen and change the chemical composition of the cytoplasm |
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They attach to the pathogens and cause them to clump together making it easy for phagocytes to find and ingest them |
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They attach to the pathogens and take them to the liver where they are destroyed |
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Vaccination is used to immunize people against diseases. Pick the false statement: |
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Edward Jenner is credited with the discovery of vaccination |
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Vaccines contain the antibodies needed to protect your body from infection |
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Each vaccine protects you from a specific disease |
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Some vaccines contain the pathogen that causes the disease |
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Why are antibiotics no good for treating colds and 'flu? |
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Colds and 'flu are viral infections |
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Cold and 'flu mutate too quickly so the antibiotics only work for a very short time |
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Colds and 'flu are 'superbugs' and totally resistant to antibiotics |
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Antibiotics cannot work fast enough to treat colds and 'flu |
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Which of the following statements about white blood cells is incorrect? |
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They engulf and ingest pathogens |
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They expel the pathogens from the bloodstream via the liver |
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They produce antibodies which neutralize pathogens |
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They produce antitoxins to neutralize the effects of the toxins from pathogens |
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Your body can develop a natural immunity to certain pathogens. What is the name of the cells responsible for this? |
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Lymphocytes |
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Leucocytes |
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Phagocytes |
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Virocytes |
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3.
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What is produced by a lymphocyte that enables it to neutralize pathogens? |
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Antigens |
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Antipaths |
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Antibodies |
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Antibacts |
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Which of the following statements is correct? |
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Passive immunity involves receiving antibodies |
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Antibiotics work because the prevent the toxins from being poisonous to the host |
| [ ] |
White blood cells produce antigens to protect the body |
| [ ] |
Viruses cause cholera and typhoid in poor areas of the world |
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Which of the following also help your body defend itself against infection? |
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Mucus and cilia in the respiratory system |
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Hydrochloric acid in the stomach |
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Lysozyme (an enzyme) in tears |
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All three of the above |
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Which of the following is not one of the ways that white blood cells provide active immunity? |
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They destroy invading pathogens by eating them |
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They produce antibodies to destroy pathogens |
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They produce antitoxins that neutralize toxins from pathogens |
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They destroy pathogens by ingesting them |
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Which of the following are the two main groups of white blood cells? |
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Phagocytes and lymphocytes |
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Stem cells and platelets |
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Macrophages and bacteriophages |
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Erythrocytes and monocytes |
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8.
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The lymphocytes produce antibodies. How do antibodies work? |
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They penetrate inside the pathogen and destroy its nucleus |
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They penetrate inside the pathogen and change the chemical composition of the cytoplasm |
| [x] |
They attach to the pathogens and cause them to clump together making it easy for phagocytes to find and ingest them |
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They attach to the pathogens and take them to the liver where they are destroyed |
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Vaccination is used to immunize people against diseases. Pick the false statement: |
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Edward Jenner is credited with the discovery of vaccination |
| [x] |
Vaccines contain the antibodies needed to protect your body from infection |
| [ ] |
Each vaccine protects you from a specific disease |
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Some vaccines contain the pathogen that causes the disease |
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Why are antibiotics no good for treating colds and 'flu? |
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Colds and 'flu are viral infections |
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Cold and 'flu mutate too quickly so the antibiotics only work for a very short time |
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Colds and 'flu are 'superbugs' and totally resistant to antibiotics |
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Antibiotics cannot work fast enough to treat colds and 'flu |
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