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.

-INTRODUCTIONThe immune system is very important

to your body because it fights off
infection, and it recognizes foreign
substances. The immune system is a
complex group of defenses that your
body has to fight diseases. This system
is also made up of cells, tissues, organs,
and body systems that fight bacteria.
And it also sends out T-cells (white
blood cells) for infections.

-TASKUse the following websites provided to answer the questions presented.

Website #1 Microbiology Online: http://www.microbiologyonline.org.uk/about-microbiology/microbesand-the-human-body
Click on Immune System:
1. List 5 types of 1st Line of Defense your body has.

2. Describe your bodys 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: ____________________________________________________________________
6. Draw a picture of an antibody (the little Ys) in the box.
7. Next, draw an antigen binding to the antibodys 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 your 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? ________________________________________________________
3. What is phagocytosis? ____________________________________________________
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: Go to http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/blood/blood.htm#17

Scroll through the webpage and answer the following questions:
1. What are hematic cells? ___________________________________
2. What is an erythrocytes (red blood cell) job? _________________________________
3. Draw a representation of what an erothrocyte looks like up close

4. Scroll down to Leukocytes. What is a leukocyte (white blood cell)? ____________________

5. Complete the following table 3 different types of leukocytes:

Type of Leukocyte

What do they do?

% Found
in the
blood

Image of each

1.

2.

3.

-EVALUATIONQuiz!! Use all the knowledge you have gathered to answer the following questions:

1. What system of the human is shown in the diagram? _______________________________

2. What does this system help your body do?

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3. Describe the immune response in your own words (3 stages) :
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4. What is an antibody and how does it interact with an antigen?
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5. How do white cells find and kill bacteria?
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-CONCLUSIONYou have completed the assignment! You have learned how important
the immune system is to your body. It is made up of several organs,
tissues, and cells that work together to keep the body safe from
disease