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Science: Chapter 17-2
What is immunity?
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6th Grade
01/21/2008

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Term

What term means

resistance to a specific disease?

Definition
immunity
Term
What are the 2 kinds of immunity?
Definition
  1. natural immunity
  2. acquired immunity
Term

Which kind of immunity

are you born with?

Definition
natural immunity
Term
Which kind of immunity do you develop at some time during your life?
Definition
acquired immunity
Term

What are 2 kinds of

acquired immunity?

Definition
  1. active acquired immunity
  2. passive acquired immunity
Term

What kind of acquired immunity do you develop AFTER you had a disease

like chickenpox?

Definition
active acquired immunity
Term
What kind of cells identify pathogens by detecting antigens?
Definition
B and T cells
Term

What kind of acquired immunity do you develop when you get a shot of antibodies?

Definition

passive acquired immunity

It doesn't last very long.

Term
Getting a shot of a weakened form of a disease is called a ___.
Definition

vaccine

It causes your body to make its own antibodies.

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