Alcohol Basics
This type of drug slows down the nervous system.
What is a depressant?
Alcohol can cause slower ______ time.
What is reaction time?
Alcohol can change heart rate and blood pressure. This system is affected.
What is the cardiovascular system (heart)?
Name one brain effect of alcohol.
Slower thinking, Poor judgment, memory problems, slower reaction time
Alcohol quickly travels through this system to reach the brain.
What is the bloodstream?
Alcohol can cause difficulty concentrating and poor ______.
What is judgment?
This organ works harder to break down alcohol.
What is the liver?
Name one body effect of alcohol.
nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, vomiting
Alcohol affects this organ that controls thinking and movement.
What is the brain?
Alcohol slows down tiny electrical messages in this organ.
What is the brain?
Alcohol can cause nausea and vomiting by irritating this organ.
What is the stomach?
Why might alcohol increase the risk of accidents?
Because it slows reactions and affects judgment.
Alcohol can change this, which affects how we choose and act.
What is decision-making?
Loss of balance and clumsiness happen because alcohol affects this.
What is coordination?
Alcohol slows communication between the brain and body. This system is affected.
What is the nervous system?
Why does the heart work harder when alcohol is present?
Because alcohol stresses the cardiovascular system.
Alcohol does not just stay in this organ after being consumed.
What is the stomach?
Alcohol interfering with learning new information affects this.
What is memory?
Headaches and dizziness can happen because alcohol affects the body’s ______ balance.
What is water balance (dehydration)?
Explain why alcohol affects people differently.
Effects depend on factors like body size, amount consumed, and how the body processes it.