Fun Facts
Effects on Brain & Body
True or False
None
Miscellaneous
100
What is the fraction of suicide caused by alcohol missuse
What is one third
100

How does alcohol consumption affect the central nervous system? 

a. alcohol speeds up the function of the central nervous system

b. alcohol enhances the function of the central nervous system

c. alcohol temporarily stops all functions of the central nervous system

d. alcohol slows the function of the central nervous system

What is d. alcohol slows the function of the central nervous system

100

Teens who avoid alcohol increase their chance of participating in a violent crime.

What is False

100

Is alcohol and stimulant or depressant?

What is depressant

100

Is beer or wine safer to drink than liquor?

No

200

What percentage of college students experiencing poor mental health because of high alcohol abuse

What is 5%

200
Where is the alcohol absorbed
What is the blood stream
200

Shrinking of the brain results in memory loss and symptoms of dementia.

What is True

200

Legal age to purchase, possess, or consume alcohol

What is 21 years old

200
what is it called when a person consumes a toxic amount of alcohol, usually over a short period.
What is alcohol poisoning
300
What does alcohol do to your depression ?
What is makes it worse
300

 A drug that slows the central nervous system is called a(n) 

a. ethanol

b. stimulant

c. depressant

d. hallucinogen

What is c. depressant

300

Alcohol contains ethanol.

True

300
Alcohol is the #1 killer of
What is teens
300
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.
400
The lowest pulse rate you can have before it becomes an emergency is what ?
40 bpm
400

What does alcohol do to your brain size in general

What is minimizes your brain size

400

Alcohol is toxic to liver cells.

What is True

400

What is the process of learning to live alcohol free called? 

a. recovery

b. addiction

c. detoxification

d. withdrawal 

What is a. recovery

400

What is the chemical reaction of yeast on sugars called? 

a. fermentation

b. alcohol poisoning

c. detoxification

d. recovery

What is a. fermentation

500
What is the meaning of tolorance in alcohol
What is not feel the same effects of alcohol as you continue to use it.
500

Infants born to mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy are at risk for a group of birth defects called 

a. fetal alcohol syndrome

b. drunk baby

c. alcoholic

d. baby alcohol syndrome

What is a. fetal alcohol syndrome

500

When you have a tolerance to alcohol, your blood pressure stays low.

What is False

500

What happens to the brain when you drink? a. It stops working. b. It warms up and becomes more effective. c. It becomes numb.

What is C

500

What is the name for somebody who is or has been addicted to alcohol?

What is alcoholic