Mental & Emotional Health
This is the ability to handle life’s challenges in a healthy way.
What is resilience?
The drug in alcohol that affects the brain.
What is ethanol?
The type of influence that comes from family or close friends.
What is peer or family influence?
The stage of life between childhood and adulthood.
What is adolescence?
The best way to prevent the spread of germs.
What is handwashing?
A natural response to stress that can be positive or negative.
What is an emotion?
One short-term effect of alcohol on the body.
What is slurred speech, poor coordination, or slower reaction time?
One example of a positive media influence on health.
What is a campaign encouraging seatbelt use or anti-smoking ads?
The male hormone responsible for puberty changes.
What is testosterone?
Calling this number can get you help in an emergency.
What is 911?
Name one healthy way to cope with anger.
What is exercise, journaling, or talking to someone?
This type of drug speeds up the body’s functions.
What is a stimulant?
This type of pressure is when friends directly ask you to do something.
What is direct peer pressure?
The female hormone responsible for puberty changes.
What is estrogen?
An action you can take if you think a friend is using drugs or alcohol.
What is talk to a trusted adult or seek professional help?
This condition involves persistent feelings of sadness or loss of interest.
What is depression?
One healthy alternative to using drugs or alcohol when stressed.
What is exercising, talking to a friend, or deep breathing?
Name one refusal skill you can use to say no.
What is walking away, suggesting another activity, or saying “no” firmly?
One characteristic of a healthy relationship.
What is trust, respect, communication, or honesty?
This skill helps you avoid risky situations before they happen.
What is decision-making or planning ahead?
The three basic emotional needs of all humans
What are the need to love, to be loved, and to make a difference?
The legal drinking age in the U.S.
What is 21?
The ability to make decisions based on your own values instead of pressure.
What is assertiveness or self-management?
This system in the body is responsible for producing hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
The health skill that means taking action to protect or improve your health.
What is self-management?