Types of Alcohol
What is the legal age to consume alcohol
What is alcohol classified as (stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogen)?
Depressant
Alcohol affects which body system?
What is the central nervous system?
Alcohol reduces the ability to react quickly while driving.
True/False
True
Is a number used in the United States to describe the alcohol content of distilled spirits.
What is a proof?
What has more alcohol, beer or wine?
Wine
Is money available to spend after required expenses and taxes.
What is disposable income?
A poisonous substance that can harm cells, tissues, or organs.
What is a toxin?
It can take up to how many drinks for it to affect someone's driving abilities?
One drink
The amount of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream.
What is Blood Alcohol concentration?
How old is someone when their brain is fully developed
25/26
Alcohol effects everyone different based on...
What is one effect?
Size of the person, amount drunk, strength of drink, age, gender, whether other drugs are mixed
The cardiovascular system include: the heart, blood and what?
What is blood vessels?
If I eat after consuming alcohol it is safe to drive.
Trus/False
False
Is a pattern of alcohol consumption that causes BAC to reach 0.08% or higher.
What is binge drinking?
Made of fermented grapes
Wine
What is the punishment when someone gets arrested for driving with alcohol in their system?
Large fine, loss of license, jail, car taken (depending on BAC)
In the United States, one standard drink contains approximately how many ounces of pure alcohol.
What is 0.6?
What is the legal BAC for drivers?
0.08%
A period when a person is awake but later cannot remember what happened.
What is a blackout?
How is most beer made?
Mixed grains, such as barley or yeast
What part of the body is mainly responsible for breaking down alcohol?
Liver
The process the alcohol enters the body is:
Mouth - stomach- small intestine- ? - brain and organs
What is the bloodstream?
What is the legal BAC for commercial drivers?
0.04%
A severe scarring of the liver that can interfere with normal liver function.
What is cirrhosis?