GCSE Biology – Vaccinations

Last updated: 22/04/2020

Edexcel GCSE Science – Biology higher Health, disease and the development of medicines GCSE Biology – Vaccinations

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-I can describe how vaccinations can prevent illness
-I can explain how vaccines work

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Question 1 of 25

1. Question
What is a vaccination?
- Introducing small quantities of a pathogen into the body
- Introducing small quantities of a phagocyte into the body
- Introducing large quantities of a pathogen into the body
- Introducing small quantities of an antitoxin into the body
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Question 2 of 25

2. Question
What type of disease do vaccines protect against?
- Communicable disease
- Safe disease
- Dangerous disease
- Non-communicable disease
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Question 3 of 25

3. Question
What type of cells do vaccinations stimulate?
- White blood cells
- Red blood cells
- Platelet
- Plasma
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Question 4 of 25

4. Question
What type of cells produce antibodies?
- White blood cells
- Red blood cells
- Root hair cells
- Protist cells
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Question 5 of 25

5. Question
What do white blood cells destroy?
- Pathogens
- Antibodies
- Antitoxins
- Red blood cells
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Question 6 of 25

6. Question
What do white blood cells destroy?
- Antigens
- Antibodies
- Antitoxins
- Plasma
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Question 7 of 25

7. Question
What is injected into the body during a vaccination?
- Pathogens
- Antibodies
- White blood cells
- Antitoxins
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Question 8 of 25

8. Question
What form must the pathogen be in for a vaccination?
- A dead or inactive form
- An extremely active form
- A normal form
- A metastable form
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Question 9 of 25

9. Question
What does this pathogen cause the body to do?
- Produce antibodies
- Produce antigens
- Produce pathogens
- Produce red blood cells
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Question 10 of 25

10. Question
What happens if the same pathogen re-enters the body?
- White blood memory cells respond to destroy the pathogen
- Red blood memory cells respond to destroy the pathogen
- White blood memory cells respond to destroy the body's cells
- The body's immune system provides an optimum environment for the pathogen
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Question 11 of 25

11. Question
What does it mean you are when you have memory cells for that pathogen?
- Immune to the disease
- Risk factor
- Infected
- Intoxicated
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Question 12 of 25

12. Question
Why is vaccination beneficial?
- The pathogen is killed before you feel ill
- You only feel slightly ill
- The pathogen is killed after you feel ill
- The pathogen makes you feel sick
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Question 13 of 25

13. Question
How long do vaccines last for?
- Many years
- A few weeks
- A few days
- A few months
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Question 14 of 25

14. Question
How do you get a vaccine update?
- Get another injection
- Get another test for the disease
- Remove the vaccination
- Remove the disease from the body
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Question 15 of 25

15. Question
What is herd immunity?
- Where large proportions of a community are immune to a disease
- Where large proportions of a community are not immune to a disease
- Where low proportions of a community are immune to a disease
- Where a new pathogen or disease is created
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Question 16 of 25

16. Question
What does herd immunity lead to?
- Pathogens not being spread
- Pathogens being spread
- Pathogens being spread more quickly
- Pathogens being synthesised
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Question 17 of 25

17. Question
Why are pathogens not spread if there is herd immunity?
- As few people can pass on the disease
- As everyone can pass on the disease
- As the disease is killed
- As the disease is now more dangerous, so people are more careful
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Question 18 of 25

18. Question
What is active immunity?
- When someone is immune after being exposed to the disease
- When someone is born immune to a disease
- When the disease has been killed
- When someone has never got an illness/disease from a certain pathogen
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Question 19 of 25

19. Question
How long does active immunity last for?
- Your entire life
- A few weeks
- A few months
- A few years
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Question 20 of 25

20. Question
What is passive immunity?
- When a person is provided with antibodies without getting the disease
- When a person gets the disease
- When a person is not immune to a disease
- When a person has produced their own antibodies
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Question 21 of 25

21. Question
How long does passive immunity last for?
- A few months
- A few years
- A few decades
- Your entire life
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Question 22 of 25

22. Question
Name an example of passive immunity.
- A newborn baby getting antibodies through placenta
- A mother getting antibodies through placenta
- Buying antibodies off someone else
- Getting a vaccine
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Question 23 of 25

23. Question
If someone comes into contact with a disease they have a vaccine for,
- They will not get the disease
- They may get the disease
- They will get the disease
- They are more likely to get the disease
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Question 24 of 25

24. Question
If someone comes into contact with a disease they do not have a vaccine for,
- They will not get the disease
- They may get the disease
- They will get the disease
- They are more likely to get the disease
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Question 25 of 25

25. Question
If someone is immune to one disease
- This does not show they are immune to other disease
- They are immune to most other diseases
- They are immune to some other diseases
- They are immune to a few other diseases
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