Immunity and Vacinations

Question 1

What are the two types of immunity?

Answer 1

Active - immune system makes its own antibodies

Passive - given antibodies made by another organism

Question 2

What is active natural and active artificial immunity?

Answer 2

Natural = become immune after catching a disease
artificial = immunity after being given a vaccination

Question 3

What is passive natural and passive artificial immunity?

Answer 3

Natural = baby becomes immune due to the antibodies received from its mother via milk or placenta 
artificial = injected with the antibodies from another organism

Question 4

What is an autoimmune disease?

Answer 4

Antigens present on organism’s own cells. Immune system can’t recognise which are self and which are non-self. This causes the immune system to attack its own tissue’s.

Question 5

What’s the job of vaccines?

Answer 5

Controlling disease and prevention of epidemics.

Question 6

What do vaccines contain?

Answer 6

dead or weakened antigens that trigger an immune response but don’t cause illness or damage the body.

Question 7

What’s the difference between vaccination and immunisation?

Answer 7

Vaccination is the administration of the antigens into the body. Immunisation is the process by which you develop immunity. Vaccination causes immunisation.