Brain
This hard structure protects your brain.
What is the skull?
This is the name of the highly addictive chemical found in vapes.
What is nicotine?
These are the molecules that serve as a quick source of energy. Examples include bread, rice, pasta, and fruit.
What are carbohydrates?
What are examples of things that can cause allergies?
Dust mites, Animal hair, Pollen, Mold, Foods like milk, eggs, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, Latex
This is the most common cause of dementia.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
These are the cells that send messages to your brain.
What are neurons?
True or False. E-cigarettes are free of nicotine.
False
This is the name of the types of proteins that help break down our food.
What are enzymes?
This is the body system that helps fight off the germs that enter your body so you don't get sick.
What is the immune system?
What is an activity you can do to lower your risk of developing dementia?
Hand exercises (show examples!)
This connects your brain to your body.
What is the spinal cord?
This is the name of the lung/breathing problem that can be caused by smoking.
This is the unit that measures how much energy certain foods provide the body.
What is a calorie?
This is the name of the medicine pen to treat anaphylaxis.
What is an EpiPen?
This is one of the common symptoms of dementia.
What is forgetting past or recent events?
Is your brain active when you are sleeping?
Yes
Name two body parts harmed by smoking
lungs, heart, teeth, or brain
True or False: Fast food is low in fiber and vitamins but high in fat and salt.
True!
True or False: Some allergies can go away with aging.
True!
True or False: People with dementia forget everything.
False!
What body system is the brain a part of?
Nervous system
What is secondhand smoke?
Smoke that is breathed in by other people other than the smoker
Show with your hands what a good serving of fruits and veggies is.
Fist!
What can happen in anaphylactic shock?
Swelling of throat and tongue, trouble breathing, hives, fainting
What are our names?
Maliha, Kathy, Shreya, Esha!