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100

An addictive drug found in certain beverages

Alcohol

100

What are the three types of alcoholic drinks?

Wine

Beer

Hard Alcohol/Liquor

100

What is the legal drinking age?

21

100

The percent of alcohol in the blood is known as?

Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)

100

How many ounces of hard liquor = 1 drink

1.5 ounces

200

Alcohol is known as a _____________ that slows down the central nervous system?

Depressant

200

An alcoholic beverage made by brewing corn, barley, and rye?

Beer

200

Alcohol is the leading cause of death for people between the age of _______

15-24

200

The amount of time from the instant your brain detects an external stimulus until the moment you respond

Reaction Time

200

What is the best way to stay away from alcohol

Don't put yourself in that situation 

Refusal

Saying "NO"

300

What are the 2 types of alcohol?

Methanol

Ethanol 

300

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grapes, and other fruits?

Wine

300

A disease in which there is a physical and psychological dependence on alcohol?

Alcoholism

300

When you drink alcohol,  _______ are lowered and you do things you normally wouldn’t

restrains your actions, emotions, and thoughts

Inhibitions

300

A person who is addicted to alcohol is called an?

Alcoholic

400

An alcoholic drink that is pure alcohol is called this...

Hard Liquor/Alcohol

400

How many ounces of beer = 1 drink

12 oz

400

What is the legal drinking limit in the US

(DUI)

.08

400

Explain the difference between physical dependence and psychological dependence

  • Physical dependence is the bodies chemical need for a drug

  • Where as psychological dependence is a persons emotional need 

400

Name three factors in which alcohol can effect people differently?

body weight, feelings, weight, food consumed, gender, amount of alcohol consumed, general health

500

This is the organ that can process alcohol

Liver

500

If a person has had 24oz of beer, 2 shots of vodka, and 12oz of wine how many drinks have they had?

7 drinks

500

Small eye openings, severe birth defects, small head, and delayed mental and physical growth are characteristics of what disease?

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome  (FAS)

500

What is tolerance?

a condition in which a person needs more of a drug to feel the original effects of the drug

500

Binge drinking is defined as...

  1. One drink over 3 hours time

  2. Drinking alcohol in excess over a short period of time
  3. Consuming 5 drinks in 5 hours
  4. Drinking beer and wine instead of hard alcohol