General
Knowledge
Knowledge
Who was George Washington?
These are the four core values of HOSA.
What is learn, lead, serve, and innovate?
This part of the brain controls vital functions like heartbeat and breathing.
What is the brainstem?
The current governor of American Samoa.
Who is Honorable Nikolao Pula?
This machine uses sound waves to create an image of internal organs and tissues.
What is ultrasound?
The process by which plants make food.
What is photosynthesis?
This is the current theme for the 2024-2025 HOSA year.
What is “Powered By People”?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What is the arteries?
The largest bay in American Samoa
What is the Fagatele Bay?
This device is used to monitor the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an electrocardiography?
The largest desert in the world.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This leadership event involves giving a prepared speech on a selected health topic.
What is prepared speaking?
This muscle helps you breathe by expanding and contracting your chest cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
American Samoa became a U.S. territory in this year.
What is 1900?
This tool is used to measure blood glucose levels.
What is a glucometer?
This fruit is known for its potassium.
What is banana?
This color on the HOSA emblem represents loyalty.
What is navy blue?
This chemical messenger travels across synapses to transmit signals.
What is a neurotransmitter?
The first U.S. naval station in the Pacific was established in this location in American Samoa.
What is Pago Pago?
This device is used to test lung function and measure air flow in and out of the lungs.
What is spirometer?
The scientist who formulated the laws of motion.
Who was Isaac Newton?
This international health organization of HOSA’S strongest global partners and shares a mission of promoting global health awareness.
What is The World Health Organization (WHO)?
This fight-or-flight response is triggered by this nervous system.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
American Samoa’s first governor was this U.S. Navy Officer.
Who was Captain Henry Glass?
This is a large surgical tool used for cutting bone.
What is bone saw?