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Staying Healthy and Genetics

Fighting Diseases

Question: This system inside your body fights infectious diseases.
Answer: Immune System

Question: Smaller than bacteria this is a type of germ that is not living and when it invades a cell causes illness and disease.
Answer: Virus

Question: When you are able to fight off a specific germ, it is said that you have an ____________ to it. You can also ask for this to keep from being charged for a crime.
Answer: Immunity

Question: A material that causes the body to make antibodies against a specific pathogen (germ) before it even enters your body. Moms hate to see their babies cry when they get these. Technical term please
Answer: Vaccine

Question: The process of keeping things clean to prevent infectious diseases. (HINT: Fancy name for a garbage man, too.)
Answer: Sanitation

Nutrition

Question: This is a unit used to measure the energy that a food contains. A banana split and Big Mac contain LOTS of these.
Answer: Calories

Question: Seventy percent of your body is made up of this. Drink 8-10 glasses of day please!
Answer: Water

Question: Your body's main fuel comes from these. Pass the potatoes please!
Answer: Carbohydrates

Question: This vitamin helps form bones and teeth and fight infectious diseases. People in Florida and California do not have to worry about finding a natural source of it.
Answer: Vitamin C

Question: It is important to not only eat the RIGHT FOODS, but we also need to watch our...
Answer: Portions or serving sizes

Healthy Habits

Question: Something you usually do, often automatically. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.
Answer: Habits

Question: Fitness experts recommend that we exercise this many minutes most days of the week.
Answer: 30-60

Question: The immediate changes in your body caused by stress are the same changes that help protect you in emergencies. This feeling or RESPONSE is known as...
Answer: The Fight or Flight Response

Question: A substance that acts on the body and changes the way the body works.
Answer: Drug

Question: Besides helping maintain a healthy body weight, this exercise helps strengthen bones, muscles, and joints. It also helps reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, colon cancer, and high blood pressure. It can even reduce stress and depression.
Answer: Exercise

Heredity

Question: A model used to explain crosses of possible gene combinations like those Mendel did. Hmm, not enough room for tic tac on it though.
Answer: Punnett square

Question: If I dye my hair I am changing my...
Answer: Phenotype

Question: Blue eyes are an example of this hidden gene.
Answer: Recessive

Question: Mitosis results in this number of cells.
Answer: Two

Question: Dracula would love you if you had this genetic disease originally caused by inbreeding.
Answer: Hemophilia

More Heredity

Question: A change in a gene that can be helpful or harmful.
Answer: Mutation

Question: DNA can be found here. We have 23 pairs.
Answer: Chromosomes

Question: Fraternal twins are a result of this many zygotes.
Answer: 2

Question: I could have a bad gene and not even know it because I do not show the gene's effects.
Answer: Carrier

Question: Contrary to our long history of beliefs, epigenetics says that genes are not always passed on because we can do this with them.
Answer: Turn them on and off