Test 1

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

All the traits that are passed from parent to child

Question 2

Enviornment

Answer 2

All of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person’s health.

Question 3

Blackout

Answer 3

A period of time that an intoxicated person cannot recall.

Question 4

Addiction

Answer 4

The state of losing control over the use of a drug; it is accompanied by a strong craving for the drug.

Question 5

Abstinence

Answer 5

The act of refraining from, or not having, sex.

Question 6

Overdose

Answer 6

The consequence of taking an excessive amount of a drug that leads to coma or death.

Question 7

Binge drinking

Answer 7

The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol at one sitting.

Question 8

Intoxication

Answer 8

The state in which a person’s mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance.

Question 9

Cirrosis

Answer 9

A disease of the liver in which it becomes filled with useless scar tissue; cirrhosis may lead to liver failure.

Question 10

Carcinogen

Answer 10

A substance that is known to cause cancer.

Question 11

Mainstream smoke

Answer 11

Smoke that is exhaled from a smoker’s lungs.

Question 12

Side stream smoke

Answer 12

Smoke that goes directly into the air from a burning tobacco product.

Question 13

Drug abuse

Answer 13

The intentional improper or unsafe use of a drug

Question 14

Inhalant

Answer 14

A breathable chemical vapor that produces mind-altering effects.

Question 15

Hallucinogen

Answer 15

A drug that distorts perception, thought, and mood.

Question 16

Testosterone

Answer 16

The sex hormone that affects the production of sperm and signals certain physical changes at puberty.

Question 17

Infertility

Answer 17

The condition of being unable to reproduce.

Question 18

Semen

Answer 18

The mixture of sperm and fluids produced by the glands of the male reproductive system.

Question 19

Sperm

Answer 19

The reproductive cells in males.

Question 20

Fertilization

Answer 20

The process of a sperm cell joining with an egg.

Question 21

Implantation

Answer 21

The process in which the blastocyst attaches itself to the wall of the uterus.

Question 22

Menstruation (Menstrual cycle)

Answer 22

The process during which an ovary releases a mature egg that travels to the uterus; if the egg is not fertilized, the uterine lining is shed and a new cycle begins.

Question 23

Menopause

Answer 23

The time of life during which the ovaries slow down their hormone production and no longer release mature eggs.

Question 24

Ovulation

Answer 24

The process during which one of the ovaries releases a ripened egg.

Question 25

Estrogen

Answer 25

The female sex hormone that signals certain physical changes at puberty and controls the maturation of eggs.

Question 26

Gene

Answer 26

A section of a chromosome that determines or affects a characteristic, or trait.

Question 27

Testes

Answer 27

The male reproductive glands.

Question 28

C-section

Answer 28

A surgical method of birth.

Question 29

Placenta

Answer 29

The structure that holds the embryo to the wall of the uterus.

Question 30

Fetus

Answer 30

The stage of human development from the third month after fertilization until birth.

Question 31

STI(sexually transmitted infection)

Answer 31

An infection caused by any pathogen that spreads from one person to another during sexual contact.

Question 32

HIV

Answer 32

The human immunodeficiency virus, an incurable sexually transmitted infection that can lead to AIDS.

Question 33

AIDS

Answer 33

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, an often fatal disease of the immune system caused by HIV infection.