Quelpr
5 marksTransport Systems

CSEC Biology · January 2017 · Paper 2 · Question 5(c)

Peter, who has not had a tetanus vaccine, gets his foot punctured by a nail. He is given a tetanus antiserum injection at the hospital.

Suggest why he is given an antiserum injection instead of a vaccine.

The mark scheme is shown once you've answered.

Practise this question

Other parts of this question

  1. 5(a)(i)Describe the pathway that blood takes as it flows into the heart from the lungs, until it is pumped out of the heart to be sent to the rest of the body.[4 marks]
  2. 5(a)(ii)Identify TWO physiological diseases that affect the circulatory system.[2 marks]
  3. 5(b)Chemotherapy destroys both malignant and good cells. Explain why a person undergoing chemotherapy would have decreased natural immunity.[4 marks]

More practice: the rest of this paper · more Transport Systems questions · all CSEC Biology past papers