Immune System Webquest
Name: _____________________
Period: __________
Visit the following website and answer the corresponding questions. Make sure to draw images NEATLY
and in COLOR where it asks you to do so.
Website #1 Microbiology Online:
http://www.microbiologyonline.org.uk/about-microbiology/microbes-and-the-human-body
 Click on Immune System:
1. List 5 types of 1st Line of Defense your body
has.
2. Describe your body’s 2nd Line of Defense
according to the website:
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 Click on Antibody-Antigen Complex:
If pathogens get past your 1st and 2nd line of defense, your 3rd line of defense (very specific) comes into
play. Define the following two words using the website:
3. Antigen: _________________________________________________________________
4. Antibody: _________________________________________________________________
5. Draw a picture of an antibody (the little Y’s) in the box.
6. Next, draw an antigen binding to the antibody’s specific
shape.
Label both the antibody and antigen.
Website #2 Ouch! Anatomy of a splinter:
http://www.cellsalive.com/ouch1.htm
1. Here you are looking at the complicated series of events that you body goes through in response to
something as tiny as a splinter. What type of cell responds to the trauma inflicted by a splinter?
____________________________
2. What is chemotaxis? ________________________________________________________
 Click on FIND  Right click on 510K time-lapse movie and CLICK OPEN. Watch the clip. Click the BACK
button to return to the site.
3. What is phagocytosis? _______________________________________________________
 Click on EAT  Right click on 510K time-lapse movie and CLICK OPEN. Watch the clip. Click the BACK
button to return to the site
4. What is oxidative burst? _____________________________________________________
 Click on KILL  There is no movie clip here, just read.
5. How do white cells kill things? __________________________________________________
Website #3 How Lymphocytes Produce Antibodies:
http://www.cellsalive.com/antibody.htm
1. What type of cell responds when an antigen infects the body? ___________________________
(Hint: its prefix means BIG)
2. What does this cell do in response to “eating” the antigen?
____________________________________________________________________________
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3. What other type of cells processes these antigens on its surface?
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Once both cells “throw up red flags,” what type of cell comes along to stimulate antibody production?
__________________________________________
5. The B cell then goes through a series of cloning processes in order to mass produce this particular
antibody. What type of cell does the B cell produce to carry out this process? __________________
Website #4 Rabies
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/kidsrabies/
Click on “WHAT IS RABIES?”
1.Rabies is caused by a virus or bacteria? ________________
2. Rabies can be spread from animal to ______________ or from animal to __________________.
3. Can a FROG, LIZARD, or HAWK get rabies? _____ Why or why not? Explain!
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Identify four animals that commonly get rabies?
1. __________________ 2. __________________
3. __________________ 4. __________________
Click on “HOW DO KNOW IF AN ANIMAL HAS RABIES?”
1. What are some symptoms in animals that are signs that an animal may be infected with rabies?
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Click on “GET THE FACTS”
1. TRUE/FALSE - If a snake bites your, you can get rabies. EXPLAIN: __________________
2. What does the word “RABIES” mean? ___________________
3. The RABIES virus attacks what part of the body? ________________________
4. TRUE/FALSE - RABIES is passed through blood to blood contact? EXPLAIN: __________________
Website #5 Strep Throat
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/infection/strep_throat.html
1. STREP THROAT is caused by a virus or bacteria? ___________________
2. What if strep throat is left UNTREATED…what will happen?
____________________________________________________________________________
3. How do you get strep throat? (Name 2 ways)
1. ___________________________________________
2.____________________________________________
4. What is the difference between the RAPID STREP TEST and a THROAT CULTURE?
____________________________________________________________________________
5. How can STEP be prevented?
____________________________________________________________________________
Website #6 Chicken Pox
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/skin/chicken_pox.html#
1. Is CHICKEN POX cause by a virus or bacteria? _________________
2. TRUE/FALSE - The older you are, the more severe your chicken pox may be.
3. Identify 3 signs/symtoms of chicken pox.
1. ___________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ___________________________
4. TRUE/FALSE - There is a vaccine given to prevent chicken pox.