Chapter 9: Alcohol

Question 1

The production of alcohol from sugars through the action of yeasts.

Answer 1

Fermentation

Question 2

The evaporation and condensing of alcohol vapours to produce beverages with higher alcohol content

Answer 2

Distillation

Question 3

A measure of a beverage’s alcohol content; twice the alcohol percentage

Answer 3

Proof

Question 4

Other alcohols and oils contained in alcoholic beverage’s

Answer 4

Congeners

Question 5

The idea that people should drink beer or wine in moderation but drink no hard liquor

Answer 5

Temperance

Question 6

Laws prohibiting all sales of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933

Answer 6

Prohibition

Question 7

A measure of the concentration of alcohol in blood, expressed in grams per 100 ml (percentage)

Answer 7

Blood Alcohol Concentration (Blood Alcohol Level)

Question 8

Chronic mental impairment produced by heavy alcohol use over a long period of time

Answer 8

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrom

Question 9

An irreversible, frequently deadly liver disorder associated with heavy alcohol use

Answer 9

Cirrhosis

Question 10

Facial and developmental abnormalities associated with the mother’s alcohol use during pregnancy

Answer 10

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Question 11

Individual developmental abnormalities associated with the mother’s alcohol use during pregnancy

Answer 11

Fetal Alcohol Effect

Question 12

An early treatment stage, in which the body eliminates the alcohol or other substance

Answer 12

Detoxification

Question 13

An alcohol withdrawal syndrome that includes hallucinations and tremors

Answer 13

Delirium Tremens