Health- Unit 7

Question 1

Drug

Answer 1

A chemical substance other than food, that causes changes in the body

Question 2

Medicine

Answer 2

A drug that improves health or cures or prevents illnesses.

Question 3

OTC

Answer 3

Medicine that can be bought without a prescription.

Question 4

Drug Misuse

Answer 4

The improper use of legal drugs

Question 5

Drug Abuse

Answer 5

The use of illegal drugs or purposeful misuse of legal drugs.

Question 6

Addiction

Answer 6

A physical or emotional dependence on a drug

Question 7

Tolerance

Answer 7

When a body becomes used to the effects of a drug

Question 8

Withdrawal

Answer 8

A painful reaction to not having a drug on which one is dependent

Question 9

Overdose

Answer 9

A serious, sometimes deadly, physical condition resulting from taking too much of a drug.

Question 10

Nicotine

Answer 10

A drug present in tobacco

Question 11

Carbon Monoxide

Answer 11

A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced by burning tobacco.

Question 12

Emphysema

Answer 12

A lung disease caused by severe blockage of the air exchange.

Question 13

Second hand smoking

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)

Answer 13

Smoke from other people’s cigarettes that nonsmokers are forced to inhale because its in the air.