What is the legal age limit to use and/or purchase alcohol?
21 years old
100
What is the legal age to use and/or purchase tobacco products?
18 years old
100
What is the definition of a "drug"?
A substance other than food that changes the way the body works.
100
Term used when the brain needs this to continue to maintain normal functioning.
Addiction
200
Name the 4 lobes of the brain.
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital
200
Alcohol abuse can lead to diseases of the liver and the heart. What is the term given when someone is seriously addicted to alcohol?
Alcholism
200
_______is the drug that is found in tobacco products that is as addictive as other illegal drugs.
Nicotine
200
This drug is toxic. It contains poisonous chemical vapors that can be misused to produce harmful effects to the body.
Inhalants
200
The last area of your brain to development- usually by the age of 20 years old.
The prefrontal cortex
300
This lobe contains the center of vision and reading ability.
Occipital Lobe
300
More than ________ U.S deaths are caused by excessive alcohol consumption each year.
A)10,000 B)100,000 C)1 million
B) 100,000
300
The smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette is commonly called_______.
Second-hand smoke
300
Chemicals that act like testosterone. Used by many to increase muscle mass yet often results in organ damage.
Steroids
300
Skills used to make healthy positive choices/decisions when approached by others to engage in unhealthy, risky harmful behaviors.
Refusal Skills
400
This lobe contains the centers for hearing and memory.
Temporal Lobe
400
According to studies relating with traffic accidents. Alcohol use was found with _____% of all traffic accidents.
A) 25% B) 45% C) 75%
B) 45%
400
_______ of all deaths from cancer are caused by the use of tobacco and/or smoking.
A) 10% B) 30% C) 65%
B) 30%
400
A drug that slows a person down, reducing anxiety and breathing rate.
Depressant
400
Announced and celebrated at the end of the month of October to create awareness about the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
Red Ribbon Week
500
This lobe is used for reasoning, emotions, judgment, and voluntary movement.
Frontal lobe
500
Young people who begin drinking before age 15 are _____ times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin drinking at the legal age of 21 years old.
A) 2 B) 4 C) 10
B) 4
500
Name 3 harmful health effects of using tobacco products.
Faster heart beat, shortness of breath, lower skin temperature, indigestion, cancer (lung, throat, mouth), heart disease, emphysema,etc...
500
A drug that causes a person's body and brain to race, increasing heart rate and blood pressure.
Stimulant
500
Name 3 health education resources where you could get information about your health.
Family, doctors/nurses, drug education agencies, health education teacher, reliable health websites, etc.