Alcohol Basics
This type of drug slows brain and body reactions.
What is a depressent
This term describes the state in which mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol.
What is intoxication?
This abbreviation measures the amount of alcohol in a person’s blood.
What is BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration)?
This disease is marked by the inability to control alcohol use.
What is alcoholism?
The skills used to say no when pressured to drink are called this.
What are refusal skills?
Alcohol is produced through this process involving yeast and sugar.
Alcohol enters the bloodstream quickly because it does not need to be digested first.
What is alcohol?
True or False: The number of drinks is more reliable than BAC in measuring intoxication
What is false?
This condition occurs when larger amounts of alcohol are needed to feel the same effect.
What is tolerance?
True or False: You must apologize for not drinking alcohol.
What is false?
This policy enforces strict consequences for underage drinking starting with the first offense.
What is a zero-tolerance policy?
This body system slows down first when alcohol is consumed.
What is the nervous system?
Name two factors that affect BAC.
What are rate of consumption, gender, body size, or food in the stomach?
Name two organs damaged by long-term alcohol abuse.
What are the brain, liver, heart, or digestive system?
Why do some people pressure others to drink?
What is so they feel accepted themselves?
Name two ways alcohol can affect the body as a depressant.
What are confusion, decreased alertness, poor coordination, blurred vision, or drowsiness?
Name two physical effects alcohol has on the cardiovascular system.
What are increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, or lower core body temperature?
Why does drinking on an empty stomach increase BAC?
What is alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream faster?
What is the name of the liver disease caused by scarring from alcohol abuse?
What is cirrhosis?
Name one benefit of avoiding situations where alcohol is present.
What is avoiding injury, staying alcohol-free, or reducing pressure to drink?
List three major influences on underage drinking.
What are peers, family, and the media?
This dangerous condition occurs when excessive alcohol causes the heart or breathing to stop.
What is alcohol overdose (alcohol poisoning)?
Why can nothing “speed up” sobriety once drinking stops?
What is because only the liver can break down alcohol at a fixed rate?
Put the three stages of alcoholism in correct order.
What are problem drinking, absolute dependence, and late-stage alcoholism?
What should you do if someone who has been drinking offers you a ride?
What is refuse the ride because safety is more important than being polite?