This is the chemical released by the brain during the "Alarm" stage of stress that increases heart rate and provides a burst of energy-which can sometimes create "good stress".
What is adrenaline?
This addictive chemical is found in vapes and tobacco cigarettes.
What is nicotine?
A weakened or dead form of a pathogen injected into the body to help the immune system build resistance.
What is a vaccine?
This is the term for a person who actively intervenes to help a victim of bullying or an accident.
This acronym (R.I.C.E.) stands for the four steps used to treat minor strains and sprains. What does each part of RICE stand for?
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevate
This term refers to how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.
What is self-esteem?
When a person’s body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
Unlike bacteria, these pathogens cannot be killed by antibiotics.
What are viruses?
This form of bullying takes place over digital devices like cell phones or computers and can happen 24/7.
What is cyberbullying?
These are the units used to measure the energy we get from the food we eat.
A strategy for resolving a conflict where both sides give up something to reach an agreement.
What is a compromise?
Fentanyl belongs to this class of highly addictive drugs used for pain relief but frequently misused.
What are opioids?
These are diseases that are not spread from person to person, such as asthma, diabetes, or skin cancer.
What are non-communicable/non-infectious diseases?
This is the most common type of brain injury, caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that moves the brain rapidly back and forth.
What is a concussion?
This is the largest organ of the human body and acts as a primary defense against germs.
What is the skin?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
What is empathy?
This is the term for the influence that people your age may have on you to act in a certain way, which can be either positive or negative.
Answer: What is peer pressure?
Name for the outcome of a disease that spreads rapidly across a wide geographic area, such as multiple continents or worldwide.
What is a pandemic?
This is the repeated, unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance.
What is bullying?
This mineral, found in dairy products, is essential for building strong bones and teeth.
What is calcium?
A person who is able to bounce back from disappointment, hardship, or a traumatic event is said to have this quality.
What is resilience/perseverance?
Because it slows down the central nervous system, alcohol is classified as this type of drug.
What is a depressant?
What are 5 things/behaviors that you can do to help PREVENT the spread of communicable diseases?
What is washing hands, wear a mask, social distance, vaccines, abstinence, don't engage in risky behavior (sharing needles, sexual activity), get tested for STIs?
Name 3 warning signs/"red flags" for someone who may be depressed and/or experiencing suicidal thoughts?
What is loss of interest in things that previously brought them joy, isolation from loved ones, alcohol/drug use, personality change, grades in school drop
This is the system of the body responsible for breaking down food into nutrients the body can use.
What is the digestive system?