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Germs
Hand Washing
My Body is a Fighter
Prevention
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100
Name five places you can find germs
EVERYWHERE!
100
How long should you wash your hands for?
The time it takes to sing happy birthday
100
How might you feel if your body is trying to fight off germs?
Tired
100
How/where should you sneeze and cough?
Into your sleeve
100
If you are sick should you go to school?
No, especially if I threw up within the last 24 hours
200
Name three ways germs get into your body.
Air, nose, mouth, eyes, cuts, any openings to the inside of your body.
200
When are three times you should wash your hands?
Before eating/preparing food, after going to the bathroom, coming in from outside, after touching animals, etc.
200
Name two ways your body keeps out germs. *Double point bonus if you can name four*
Skin, boogers/mucus filter germs/dust, sneeze, cough, all germs move out from body not in (ear wax, mucus, etc.),
200
To help keep germs out of your mouth and keep it healthy what should you do? *100 pint Bonus - how often should you visit the dentist?*
Brush my teeth, Floss my teeth, Use Mouthwash * Twice a year *
200
True or False As soon as you catch a virus you feel sick immediately.
False, there is an "incubation" time when the germs multiply before they begin to take over.
300
What kind of environment do germs like best?
Warm, Damp and Dark
300
True of False Washing your hands is all you need to do to keep from getting sick.
FALSE!
300
Your body has its own defense against germs and will fight off any pathogens they think will harm your body, what are these army men called?
White blood cells
300
There are several ways to keep your body healthy and reduce your risk of getting sick, name three
Get enough sleep so your body can rejuvenate, eat healthy foods full of vitamins, exercise to keep your body healthy and rebuilding, wash you hands, keep away from sick people, make good choices when it comes to your health.
300
What are boogers?
Mucus from your nose that collects dust and bacteria so that it wont enter your body. It travels to the back of your throat to be swallowed or to the front to be blown out into a tissue.
400
When is bacteria good for you?
It helps food digest in your body, it is used to make foods like pickles, cheese, and yogurt, it is sometimes in medicine.
400
Explain how to wash your hands properly.
Get your hands wet with warm water, use soap and scrub your hands for about 30 seconds (the time it takes to sing happy birthday) in between your fingers and the tops of your hands, then rinse and dry your hands.
400
Sometimes, to help our bodies fight a disease we already have we use medicine. To help prevent our bodies from getting a disease we also have vaccines. What is a vaccine?
A small dose of the actual disease or pathogen, dead or alive, to help our bodies learn the "code" to kill it.
400
Which vitamin helps to boost your immune system?
Vitamin C (Found in most fruits)
400
Normal human body temperature is ________________.
98.6
500
Give two facts about "seeing" germs.
Germs can only be seen through a microscope Germs are different shapes and sizes
500
How many germs are on your hands at any given time?
Millions! - So wash them often!
500
If germs do get in your body, what are two things your body does to fight off the germs and get them out of your body? * Double point bonus if you name four *
Fever - to burn off germs Throw Up or Go to the bathroom - to get rid of everything in your body as quickly as it can Sneeze Cough Runny Nose
500
How can someone who got a flu shot still get the flu?
The flu vaccine only protects you from the specific flu strains in the vaccine, there are more flu viruses in the world.
500
Why don't we get sick from the same disease twice?*
Our White blood cells remember the "code" of the disease and remembers how to kill it before it affects you.