Concussions in Young Athletes

Vocabulary 1

100

If you are trying to stop something from happening you are ____________ it. 

preventing

200

A person's level of skill at doing something is their _____________.

Ability

300

To get better after and illness or an injury is to ___________.

recover

Vocabulary 2

100

To take place or happen

occur

200

To cut back

any of: reduce, limit, minimize, decrease

300

Something that is wrong with your body or mind that shows you are sick or hurt.

symptom

Vocabulary 3

100

to recognize or tell what something is or who someone is

identify

200

having the intended result

effective

300

An _________ is damage or hard to part of your body.

injury

Problem Solving

100

Kim was hit in the head with a ball during her soccer game what should she do?

Any of: sit out, tell her coach, see a doctor

200

Give one example of a concussion symptom.

any of: dizzyness, memory loss, headaches, decreased ability in any area

300

What damage can concussions cause?

Any of: permanent brain damage, dropped academic abilities, memory loss