Asthma Jeopardy!

Triggers

100

True or False: Vigorous exercise helps those with asthma to breathe better

False

200

This common outdoor trigger is plentiful during autumn and spring

Pollen

300

This common household trigger begins with the letter "d" and comes from your furry pets

Dander

400

This hardy bug can exacerbate asthma symptoms

Cockroach

500

A person whose allergies are hypersensitive to things like mold, pollen, dust, and dander is said to be

Atopic

Body in Motion Facts

100

How many modules are there?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

C. 3

200

In which text we read about veins, arteries, capillaries?

A. Pumo Up the Heart

B. Give Blood!

C. The Blood's Super Highway

D. Blood Banks

C. The Blood's Super Highway

300

What is the genre of the text: "Radio 4LLL - Organ Donation"?

A. Science Report

B. Discussion

C. Information Report

D. Exposition

B. Discussion

400

...the lungs get the carbon dioxide out of the______.

A. body

B. skin

C. oxygen

A. body (p. 12)

500

The book is divided into 4 diffenrent areas. Which ones are they?

The Human Body at Work / Keeping the Body working / What Sorts of Things Affect My Body / Regular Features

The Respiratory System

100

This slimy discharge builds up in symptomatic airways, making it harder to breathe

Mucus

200

The name of the passageways through which air travels

Bronchioles

300

The tiny grape-like sacs that exchange gases in the lungs

Alveoli

400

This is the main muscle responsible for respiration

Diaphragm

500

The windpipe is also called this

Trachea

Symptoms

100

The muscles around the airways do this during an asthma attack

Tighten and constrict

200

The walls of the bronchioles do this during an asthma attack

Swell, become inflamed

300

Intense coughing while airway passages are narrowed is called

Wheezing

400

True or False: An asthmatic person develops hives during an asthma attack

False

500

True or False: An asthma attack normally only lasts for five minutes

False: There is no "normal" window of time--asthma attacks can span for several minutes, hours, or even days

Treatment

100

True or False: Asthma can be treated, but never cured

True

200

This word means that a disease has a long duration and frequent reoccurrence

Chronic

300

Also called a puffer, delivers medicine to the lungs

Inhaler

400

True or False: The inhaler is the only form of medicine used by asthma sufferers

False, there are other types of medicine for controlling asthma, such as pills and injections

500

This small, hand-held device shows how well air moves out of your lungs

Peak Flow Meter