Grade 7 - Disease Prevention

How does cancer spread through the body?

________ is a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

This diseases are caused when people are exposed to toxins or substances in the environment (Pollution) that make them sick.

True or False: We can drink water from anywhere.

Diseases carried by insects such as mosquitoes, ticks and fleas.

______ is something that carries a disease.

Mercury poisoning, Heart Disease, Uranium Poisoning PCB Poisoning (“Yusho Disease): These are examples of what kind of disease?

Name 3 controllable risk factors for heart disease.

True of False: Exercise is not that very important.

True or False: Repairing damaged window and door screens will help you prevent insect-borne diseases.

TRUE or FALSE Lifestyle diseases can be prevented by leading a healthy and active lifestyle, daily exercise and eating a healthy diet.

Malaria, Dengue Fever,   Zika Virus, and Yellow fever are caused by which insect?

True or False: Limit your consumption of meat, processed foods, sugary snacks and soft drinks.

True or False: Wearing short-sleeved clothing will help you prevent insect-borne diseases.

True of False: Lifestyle diseases can lead to the fatal and debilitating conditions of diabetes, stroke, and heart attack.

Name the 3 uncontrollable risk factors to developing heart disease.

True or False: Eat a healthy, well-balanced, diet including vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.

__________ diseases are usually caused when a person drinks, bathes in, washes with or prepares food with water that has been contaminated by bacteria, viruses or parasites, usually from human or animal waste.

A disease  spread from one person or organism to another, typically by direct contact.

__________ is an illness  that  occurs when people are exposed to toxins or substances in the environment (Pollution) that make them sick.

Chemo and radiation is used to treat which disease?

___________ is a condition that is present from birth. It can be inherited or caused by environmental factors.

A medical condition or disorder regarded as being associated with the way in which a person lives, such as heart disease, stroke or obesity. What kind of disease is this?

a disease that is  able to be transmitted from one sufferer to another; contagious or infectious.

Yes or No: This will help you prevent acquiring an environmental disease "Use Chemical Cleaning Products at home"

Obeseity, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Heart Disease are examples of _______ diseases.

Cholera, Dipthyrea, Typhoid Fever are examples of _______ diseases