Title: Default for HEALTH 7 DISEASE PREVENTION
Course: Disease Prevention (Middle School)

Q: Communicable diseases are caused by:
- Insects
- Germs
- Animals
- Plants
A: Germs

Q: Most noncommunicable diseases are caused by:
- Heredity, environmental factors and lifestyle choices
- Smoking, drinking alcohol, and poor nutrition
- Your choices, the environment, and smoking
- Heredity, lack of exercise and the environment
A: Heredity, environmental factors and lifestyle choices

Q: Strep throat and tuberculosis are caused by what germ?
- Fungi
- Virus
- Helminth
- Bacteria
A: Bacteria

Q: Special white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system are called:
- Hemoglobin
- Leukocytes
- Antibodies
- Antigens
A: Leukocytes

Q: Which of the following diseases is caused by damage to the body's immune system?
- Influenza
- Lung Cancer
- AIDS
- Tuberculosis
A: AIDS

Q: Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition
- Diseases caused by infections that are spread from person to person through sexual contact. | Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- A viral disease that causes an inflammation of the liver, yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes. | Hepatitis
- A viral disease with chills, fever,fatigue, headache, muscle aches, and respiratory problems | Influenza
- The body's response to injury or disease resulting in swelling, pain, heat and redness | Inflammation
- The ability to resist pathogens that cause a particular disease | Immunity
- Simple one-celled organisms that exist nearly everywhere | Bacteria
- The smallest and simplest pathogen | Virus
- The preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that is introduced into the body to cause an immune response | Vaccine
- A sore throat cause by the streptococcal bacteria | Strep Throat

Q: You only need to wash your hands for 5 seconds to prevent the spread of germs.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: You should wash your hands before eating a meal, after going to the bathroom, and after playing with pets.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: It is important to clean your cutting board with hot, soapy water when you change the food item you are preparing on the cutting board.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You do not need to wash fresh fruits and vegetables before eating them because they have been washed at the store.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: The single best way to prevent influenza (the flu) is to get a flu shot every fall.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Antibiotics are medicines that are used to treat diseases caused by viruses.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Cancer is a noncommunicable disease.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Pneumonia is a noncommunicable disease.
- True
- False
A: False