Health Test 6/5

Question 1

Does nicotine in cigarettes cause cancer?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

Can cigarette smoking lead to heart disease?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

How many people each day die from smoking

Answer 3

Over 1,000. **More people each year than all of the deaths due to AIDS, heroin, cocaine, car accidents, fire, and alcohol combined.

Question 4

What is being in a smoke-filled room for an hour the same as?

Answer 4

Smoking one cigarette

Question 4

What percent of people with lung cancer die from it?

Answer 4

90%, 9 out of 10

Question 5

What happens to a woman that smokes during pregnancy?

Answer 5

It can harm the fetus (unborn child)

Question 6

What is Polonium?

Answer 6

A radioactive element found in cigarette smoke

Question 7

Is smoking pipes and cigars more or less dangerous than smoking a cigarette/vaping?

Answer 7

More dangerous

Question 8

How do people use marijuana?

Answer 8

You can eat or smoke it

Question 9

What is THC?

Answer 9

The main ingredient in marijuana, produce over 2000 chemicals when smoked

Question 10

What contains more cancer causing chemicals, tobacco smoke or marijuana?

Answer 10

Marijuana

Question 11

Where is marijuana stored?

Answer 11

In the fatty tissue surrounding the reproductive organs, the lungs, and the brain.

Question 12

In NY, is marijuana sold in small amounts legal?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

Can marijuana use lead to the use of other drugs?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

Does alcohol pep you up?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

What organ is responsible for “burning up” the alcohol in the body?

Answer 15

The liver

Question 16

What does alcohol do the greatest amount of damage to?

Answer 16

The liver, brain, and heart

Question 17

What does nicotine/tobacco increase?

Answer 17

Heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and dopamine

Question 18

What are other short term effects of nicotine/tobacco?

Answer 18

Coughing, dizziness, bad breath, yellow teeth/nails, and excessive phlegm production

Question 19

What are the long term effects of nicotine/tobacco?

Answer 19

Heart disease, cancer, Emphysema, Rheumatoid arthritis, Decreased immune function, and death

Question 20

What does alcohol decrease?

Answer 20

Reaction time, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate

Question 21

What are other short term effects of alcohol?

Answer 21

Poor decision making/judgement, slurred speech, vomiting/diarrhea, blackout/memory issues, passing out, poisoning, and death

Question 22

What are long term effects of alcohol?

Answer 22

High blood pressure/Heart, Disease, Liver disease, Nerve damage, Permanent damage to the brain, Ulcers, Gastritis (inflammation of stomach walls), Malnutrition, Cancer of the mouth and throat, and Death

Question 23

What does marijuana alter?

Answer 23

Senses, sense of time, and mood

Question 24

What are other short term effects of marijuana?

Answer 24

Intensified feelings, loss of coordination/reaction time, difficulty thinking, impaired memory, increased appetite, dry mouth, increased risk taking

Question 25

What are the long term effects of marijuana?

Answer 25

Interferes with brain development, lowers IQ, Heart Disease, Cancer, Emphysema, and Death