wunder beta🦠 Germs & Immunity
Discover your body's amazing germ-fighting army: the immune system!
What you’ll learn
- Describe how the body defends itself with skin, white blood cells, and antibodies.The immune system fights germs to keep us healthy. Skin is the first barrier, and white blood cells hunt invaders that get through. Some cells gobble up germs while others make antibodies that tag germs for destruction.
- Explain fevers, memory cells, and how vaccines and healthy habits support immunity.A fever helps fight germs, and memory cells remember past invaders so the body can react fast. Vaccines safely train the immune system to recognize germs. Handwashing, good food, sleep, and exercise keep the immune system strong.
Questions this course answers
What is the immune system's main job?
The immune system is the body's defense team that fights germs and keeps you healthy.
Which is your body's first wall against germs?
Skin is a tough waterproof barrier that keeps most germs from getting inside your body.
What do white blood cells called phagocytes do to germs?
Phagocytes are white blood cells that swallow and destroy invading germs.
What do antibodies do?
Antibodies are proteins that stick to germs and mark them so other cells can destroy them.
Why can a fever help you fight illness?
A fever raises body temperature, which makes it harder for many germs to survive and grow.
How do vaccines help your body?
Vaccines show the body a harmless form of a germ so it can practice making antibodies and memory cells.
Grounded in trusted sources
- Nemours KidsHealth, "The Immune System", https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/immune.html
- Britannica Kids, "immune system", https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/immune-system/353285
- CDC, "Explaining How Vaccines Work", https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/basics/explaining-how-vaccines-work.html
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, "Immune system and vaccines", https://www.chop.edu/vaccine-education-center/human-immune-system/immune-system-and-vaccines
- World Health Organization, "How do vaccines work?", https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/how-do-vaccines-work
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