Developing immunity

CB5g.4 Homework 1
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The graph below shows how the body responds by producing antibodies when it is infected by a pathogen.
Use the graph to help you answer questions 2–6.

1 Which cells produce antibodies to pathogens? ________________________________________________

2 Explain why the antibody numbers increase in the primary response.

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3 Suggest on which day the first infection by the pathogen was cleared from the body.

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4 Why do the antibody numbers remain higher after the first infection than before it?

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5 Describe two differences between the responses after the first and second infection by the same pathogen.

Difference 1: ___________________________________________________________________________

Difference 2: __________________________________________________________________________

6 a If the body were infected by a different pathogen, would the immune response to that infection look like
the primary response or secondary response in the graph?

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b Explain your answer to part a.

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7 Describe how immunisation with a vaccine helps to make you immune to a pathogen.

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