Immune System Unit Pre-assessment (Grade 7)
Immune System Unit Pre-Assessment (Grade 7)
- 1.A person who has HIV/AIDS and a comprised immune system will not be able to (Standard 5.2a, 5.2f)
- A.
Produce antigens
- B.
Produce red blood cells
- C.
Fight infections
- D.
Digest food properly
- E.
Produce hormones
- 2.Which of the following is true about viruses? (Standard 5.2b)
- A.
All viruses contain DNA
- B.
The building blocks of viruses are cells
- C.
A virus is composed of a core of DNA or RNA
- D.
A virus is composed of nerve tissue
- E.
All of the above
- 3.Lymphocytes recognize as foreign molecules (Standard 5.2c)
- A.
Antibodies
- B.
Antigens
- C.
Allergies
- D.
Platelets
- E.
Plastids
- 4.The human body (Standard 5.2d):
- A.
Does not make cytotoxic T cells.
- B.
Makes only one type of cytotoxic T cells.
- C.
Makes exactly one hundred different types of cytotoxic T cells.
- D.
Makes millions of different types of cytotoxic T cells.
- E.
Only makes helper T cells, not cytotoxic T cells.
- 5.Which of the following statements is true about vaccinations (Standard 5.2e)?
- A.
Vaccinations use weakened microbes (or parts of them) to stimulate the immune system to react.
- B.
Vaccinations utilize hormones in the blood to inhibit reproduction of the virus.
- C.
Vaccinations release enzymes from platelets that hydrolyze the virus.
- D.
Vaccinations produce antigens that deactivate the virus.
- E.
None of these statements are true.
- 6.Failure of negative feedback mechanisms to maintain homeostasis (Standard 5.2 a):
- A.
Occurs when blood pressure increases during exercise
- B.
Cannot be corrected by medical therapy
- C.
Can be corrected by stimulating positive-feedback mechanisms
- D.
Occurs when cytotoxic T cells are produced by the immune system
- E.
May produce disease
- 7.Which letter best represents the following statement: chemicals known as histamines are released as a result of antibody production (Standard 5.2g)
- A.
Active immunity
- B.
Passive immunity
- C.
Allergies
- D.
Tissue Rejection
- E.
Negative Feedback
- 8.Which of the following factors may cause disease (Standard 5.2h)?
- A.
Toxic substances
- B.
Poor nutrition
- C.
Inheritance
- D.
Personal behavior
- E.
All of the above
- 9.Antibiotics have been developed by biological researchers to protect humans from which type of infections (Standard 5.2j)?
- A.
Bacterial
- B.
Viral
- C.
Cancer
- D.
Both a and b
- E.
All of the above
- 10.Rate, on a scale of 1 – 4, 1 being the lowest and 4 being the highest, how much do you already know about the immune system and disease?
- 11.Rate, on a scale of 1 – 4, 1 being the lowest and 4 being the highest, how interested are you in the immune system and disease?
- 12.Which statement best describes the diagram below (Standard 5.2i)?
- A.
Uncontrolled cell division causes cancer
- B.
Cell division accelerates to maintain homeostasis
- C.
The immune system rapidly fights a dangerous virus
- D.
When skin cells die, they are quickly replaced
- E.
All of the above
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