AP Biology Immune System

Antibodies are chains of...

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Proteins

• Nucleic acid

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles

• get rid of waste from the body

• protect the body from pathogens

• move blood through the body

Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...

• autoimmune diseases

• helper t-cells

• fever

• antibodies

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Which system has the primary function of fighting disease?

• circulatory

• integumentary

• immune

• respiratory

This allows us to develop an artificial immunity to a disease without ever getting sick from the disease.

• antibiotics

• vaccines

• blood transfusions

How are vaccinations able to help us develop immunity?

• Exposure to disease creates antibodies which make us immune

• Exposure to antibodies which makes us the disease immune to us

• Exposure to immunity's which make us antibodies to the disease

Which of the following illness is caused by pathogens?

• Bruise

• Blood Clot

• Diabetes

• Influenza

Which answer best describes how infectious diseases get transmitted (passed on)?  

• people can sneeze or cough and pass disease on through the air

• drinking water can be contaminated with diseases

• objects such as doorknobs and towels can be contaminated by disease

• all of the above answers are ways that diseases are transmitted

The human body has both internal and external defense against disease.  Which of these includes only internal defenses?  

• hair and inflammation

• white blood cells and sweat

• inflammation and white blood cells

• skin and mucus

Why might you become ill after visiting a friend who is sick with the flu?

• The room your friend was in was too warm.

• You ate the same kind of food your friend ate.

• You did not dress properly.

• The virus that causes the flu entered your body.