Biology: Immune System
Test Quiz
1. What is the function of the immune system?
a. To fight off diseases
b. To distribute energy throughout the body
c. To be an instrument of communication between different parts of the body
d. To break down food
e. To regenerate cells
2. True or False: Disease fighting cells are stored all throughout the body.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
3. Which of the following are proteins that fight off diseases?
a. Antibodies
b. B Cells
c. Antigens
d. Memory Cells
e. T Cells
4. How do antibodies fight antigens?
a. Specific binding sites on antibodies join with specific markers on antigens
b. Antibodies ignore 'good' cells and attack 'bad' ones
c. Antibodies destroy all the cells they come in contact with
d. Both A and B
e. All of the Above
5. Which of the following remember antigens that have already attacked the body?
a. Antibodies
b. B Cells
c. Antigens
d. Memory Cells
e. T Cells
6. True or False: Each B cell can make multiple types of antibodies.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
7. Which of the following get rid of good cells that have been infected?
a. Antibodies
b. B Cells
c. Antigens
d. Memory Cells
e. T Cells
8. Which of the following is NOT a way to get immunity?
a. Vaccines
b. Getting sick
c. Avoiding going to the doctor
d. While growing in the womb
e. Nursing
9. What do vaccines introduce into our bodies?
a. Live microbes
b. Dead or modified microbes
c. Antibodies
d. Helper T Cells
e. Killer T Cells
10. Which of the following diseases is known to be caused by a glitch in the immune system?
a. Asthma
b. Bronchitis
c. Cancer
d. Type 1 Diabetes
e. Type 2 Diabetes
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