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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