Immune System

Question 1

What do antibodies do?

Answer 1

Antibodies fight specific diseases, made in the White blood cells

Question 2

What do antigens do?

Answer 2

Antigens are the signature of the disease, and are put in vaccines

Question 3

What does a vaccination do?

Answer 3

A vaccination contains a weaker dose of the disease that helps prevent illness

Question 4

How do white blood cells destroy microbes?

Answer 4

White blood cells destroy microbes by engulfing and digesting them

Question 5

How is acid rain formed?

Answer 5

The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves in the clouds to make it slightly acidic

Question 6

What disease is caused by HIV

Answer 6

AIDS is the disease caused by HIV

Question 7

What is the vertical transmission of a disease?

Answer 7

Transmitted mother to baby

Question 8

What is horizontal transmission of a disease?

Answer 8

Transmitted person to person

Question 9

What do white blood cells do?

Answer 9

White blood cells destroy all pathogen entering the immune system