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Acohol Flashcards

1
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What does alcohol provide?

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  • Provides a false security
  • disturbs electrolytes
  • No nutritional value
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2
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What is Alcohol?

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  • A drug

- Anything that alters the way your mind or body functions

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3
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What is Fermentation?

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Is the process of turning sugar from fruits or grains into Alcohol.

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4
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What are the 3 types of Alcohol?

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  1. Denature
  2. Methyl
  3. Ethyl
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5
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What is Denature used for?

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  • Beauty products

- medical

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6
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What is methyl used for?

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  1. industrial - shalax

2. Cleaning products

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7
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What is Ethyl used for?

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- intoxicating alcohol the one is able to drink
Bear
Wine
Wine cooler 
Liquor
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8
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Why is Alcohol a common drug?

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  • it is the easiest to get

(15-24 age are alcohol related.

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Why is Alcohol more damaging to kids?

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  • because the brain is still developing and Alcohol can destroy brain cells once it gets absorbed into the blood
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10
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What is the same amount of Alcohol in beer, wine, wine cooler, and hard liquor.

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Beer — 12 oz
Wine — 5 oz
Wine cooler — 9 oz
Hard liquor — 1 1/2 oz

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11
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Why is Hard liquor the most potent?

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  • because it has the strongest by volume.

- more alcohol in a small volume of alcohol.

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12
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What is Distillation?

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  • is the process of purifying liquor by taking fermented alcohol and boiling it. When being boiled the vapor is transferred through a pipe and into a small beaker where it is cooled and trapped.
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13
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What is 80 Proof equal to?

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40% Alcohol

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14
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What is 100 proof equal to?

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50% Alcohol

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15
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What happens when people drink and take medicine or drugs?

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  • The Alcohol alters the effect of the drug and may cause serious fatal results.
  • its turns the function of the drug into a different function, making the drug more dangerous.
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16
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How does Alcohol get to the brain?

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  • the Alcohol is digested and absorbed into the blood stream, then it gets carried to the liver. The it goes to the brain.
17
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What increases the effects of Alcohol or what influences the way the Alcohol effects a certain person?

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  • Weight
  • sex
  • age
  • weight
  • mood
  • how fast or how slow you drink.
  • when you drink
  • health problems
18
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How do you sober up a person?

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  • it takes time, it has to work its way through.
19
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What does the liver do?

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  • It filters the blood.

- it filters at a slow rate

20
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What does BAC stand for?

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B-blood
A-Alcohol
C-Content

21
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What are the 3 test for Alcohol?

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  1. Brain alizer
  2. Analysis (urine)
  3. Blood sample.
22
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When you drive what level of percentage do police check for?

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They measure 100 ml of blood
.08% or higher - intoxicated
.05% not driving well - not safe

23
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What does Tolerance mean?

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Your endurance of how much you are able to not show your intoxication.

24
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Why do women get intoxicated more quickly?

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  • they have less water
  • more fat
  • metabolism rate is 10 % slower than men
  • they have less stomach enzymes.
25
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What is the problem with having less stomach enzymes?

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It makes the Alcohol sit in the stomach longer and damages more brain cells.

26
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What does FAS stand for.

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F- fetal
A- Alcohol
S- syndrome

27
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What is FAS?

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-A preventable birth effect, where the kid will never catch up because of brain damage
- it causes a low birth weight
- the heart is not developed correctly
- facial abnormality
- learning disabilities.
Number 1 cause for defects and it is cause by a women drinking.

28
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What are the effects of Alcohol?

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  • In the liver, it filters at a slow rate so it may cause the Alcohol to stay in the blood stream and damage brain cells. It also may cause Cirrhosis in the liver(it is when the scar tissue replaces healthy tissue)
  • it may make you more susceptible to cancer.
  • drinking and smoking can cause cancer.
29
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What happens when a girl drinks?

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  • its uncool

- 2 views, unwanted pregnancy, sexual assault.

30
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Alcohol facts

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  • still can cause drunk ness on a full stomach.
  • empty cals/ no nutrients
  • genetics loads the gun.
  • decreases your appetite
  • lowers your resistance.

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