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Vocabulary
Diseases
Respiratory system
Facts
100
Nicotine
What is drug in tobacco leaves that causes addiction and acts as a stimulant
100
Cardiovascular disease
What is a physical impairment of the heart and/or blood vessels
100
They look alike
What is how a tree and the respiratory system look alike
200
Tar
What is a dark sticky mixture of chemicals that forms when tobacco burns
200
Chronic bronchitis
What is bronchial tubes swollen/clogged with mucus-cilia
200
Bronchial tubes : branches
What is how the bronchial tubes look like a tree
200
7 seconds
What is how quickly dose nicotine reach the brain
300
Stimulant
What is any chemical that speeds up the CNS
300
Emphysema
What is alveoli loses the ability to expand and contract (exchange oz and co2)
300
Alveoli: leaves
What is how the alveoli looks like a tree
300
Cannot legally advertise on tv and the radio
What is ironic about cigarettes being the most advertised product
400
Carcinogens
What is cancer causing agents
400
Leukoplakia
What is hard white leathery patches in the mouth from excessive tobacco use. (Pre-cancerous)
400
Trachea:trunk
What is how dose the trachea look like a tree
400
20% 1:5
What is % of all deaths that smoking case and the ratio
500
Carbon Monoxide (Co)
What is colorless, odorless,poison less gas in tobacco smoke (car exhaust)
500
They both exchange oxygen and carbon
What is how the work
500
1,200 day 36,500 month 438,000 year
What is how many Americans die of smoking