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Lesson: Disease and Disease Prevention
NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES AND INJURIES
1. A
is any harmful change in the state of health of
your body or mind.
2. What is a noninfectious disease? ________________________________________
3. What is the difference between signs of a disease and symptoms of a disease?
NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES AND RISK FACTORS
4. What is a risk factor?
5. What are two ways you can minimize your chances of getting a noninfectious
disease?
PREVENTING NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES
6. What are two ways to minimize your chances of a head or spine injury?
7. Weighing 20 percent more than your recommended weight is called
.
LIVING WITH NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES
8. To
a disease means to provide medical care to a
person who has that disease.
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Lesson: Hereditary Diseases
GENES AND HEREDITARY DISEASES
9. Define the term hereditary disease.
10. List three hereditary diseases.
LIVING WITH HEREDITARY DISEASES
______11. Testing for a hereditary disease allows doctors to
a. completely cure the disease.
b. reduce the problems the disease might cause.
c. correct the problem with the genes.
d. None of the above
Lesson: Metabolic and Nutritional Diseases
YOUR METABOLISM
12. The process by which the body converts the energy in food to energy the
body can use is
.
PREVENTING NUTRITIONAL DISEASES
13. What is malnutrition?
14. Name three ways to avoid nutritional problems.
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Lesson: Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
BEING ALLERGIC
15. An
is an overreaction of the immune system to
something that is usually harmless.
16. Define the term autoimmune disease.
LIVING WITH IMMUNE REACTIONS
17. Can most allergies be prevented? Why or why not?
Lesson: Cancer
WHAT IS CANCER?
Match the definition with the correct term. Write the letter in the space provided.
______18. a term used to describe a cancerous tumor
a. malignant
______19. a mass of abnormal cells
b. cancer
______20. a disease in which cells grow uncontrollably
and destroy healthy tissue
c. tumor
d. benign
______21. a term used to describe a tumor that is not
cancerous
COMMON TYPES OF CANCER
22. What causes most skin cancers? ________________________________________
23. Name two types of cancer. ____________________________________________
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DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CANCER
24. A
is a sample of tissue that is removed from the
patient and checked for the presence of cancer cells.
25. List three common treatments for cancer.
PREVENTING CANCER
______26. Some cancers
a. can be prevented.
b. are caused by hereditary factors.
c. are due to aging.
d. All of the above
Lesson: Chemicals and Poisons
EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS
______ 27. Poisons may be
a. solids.
b. liquids.
c. gases.
d. All of the above
28. Define the term environment.
29. A
is a poison produced by a living organism.
30. Name three sources of environmental danger.
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DISEASES CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL POISONS
31. Name one environmental poison that can trigger asthma.
32. Name two environmental poisons that can cause emphysema.
33. Name three environmental poisons that can cause birth defects.
34. What are two effects that lead has on children?
35. What are possible negative health consequences of vinyl chloride?
Lesson: Accidents and Injuries
DISEASES CAUSED BY INJURIES
36. A
is an injury caused by physical force.
PREVENTING TRAUMATIC INJURIES
______ 37. Most accidental injuries are
a. minor.
b. preventable.
c. Neither (a) nor (b)
d. Both (a) and (b)
38. List three ways to avoid an accidental injury.
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Directed Reading
LESSON: CANCER
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
LESSON: DISEASE AND DISEASE
PREVENTION
1. disease
2. A noninfectious disease is a disease
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
not caused by a virus or living
organism.
Signs of a disease are something
someone else can measure. A symptom is a feeling of pain or discomfort.
A risk factor is a characteristic or
behavior that raises a person’s
chances of getting a noninfectious
disease.
don’t smoke, eat a healthy diet
wear a helmet for bike riding and a
seat belt in the car
obesity
treat
23.
24.
25.
26.
a
c
b
d
UV rays from the sun cause most skin
cancers.
Answers may vary. Sample Answers:
skin cancer, breast cancer
biopsy
radiation, chemotherapy, surgery
d
LESSON: CHEMICALS AND POISONS
27. d
28. all of the living and nonliving things
around you
29. toxin
30. Answers may vary. Sample Answers:
LESSON: HEREDITARY DISEASES
31.
32.
33.
34.
9. A hereditary disease is a disease
caused by defective genes inherited by
a child from one or both parents.
10. PKU, sickle cell disease, Down
syndrome
11. b
35.
LESSON: METABOLIC AND
NUTRITIONAL DISEASES
insects, household chemicals,
pollution
air pollution
air pollution, cigarette smoking
alcohol, aspirin, cigarette smoking
Answers may vary. Sample Answers:
behavior changes, learning problems,
convulsions
liver cancer, brain tumors
LESSON: ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES
36. traumatic injury
37. d
38. Answers may vary. Sample Answers:
12. metabolism
13. Malnutrition is poor nourishment
caused by lack of nutrients.
14. eat a nutritious diet, avoid excess
calories, exercise
wear a bike helmet, don’t play with
guns, wear a seat belt
Concept Mapping
LESSON: ALLERGIES AND
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
LESSON: DISEASE AND DISEASE
PREVENTION
15. allergy
16. An autoimmune disease is a disease in
Noninfectious diseases can be prevented
by controlling risk factors such as smoking,
which can cause lung cancer; obesity,
which can cause type 2 diabetes; and alcohol, which can cause automobile accidents.
which a person’s immune system
attacks certain cells, tissues, or organs
in the body.
17. No, because most have a genetic component and all allergens cannot be
avoided.
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