Health and Hygiene Quiz
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What is the immune system?
A. The antibiotics that fight diseases
B. The body system that fights ninjas
C. The body system that fights diseases
D. The medicine that makes you feel better
Viruses can replicate without a host.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
The flu is caused by a ______________.
A. bacteria
B. virus
C. fungi
Lifestyle choices are small daily choices that you can make to help lower your risk of some diseases.
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Garbage should be covered because
A. it falls on the road.
B. flies breed over it and it spreads diseases
C. animals eat from garbage bin
D. None of the above.
Which of the following is not a communicable disease
A. Cholera
B. cancer
C. Chicken pox
D. malaria
A disease that is hereditary can be passed from parents to their children.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Cleanliness, physical exercise, rest and sleep are a part of __________________
A. Hygiene
B. Social hygiene
C. Personal hygiene
D. None of above
Lack of Vitamin D causes _________
A. Night blindness
B. Goitre
C. Rickets
D. Beri Beri
The body’s ability to “remember” how to make antibodies quickly is called immunity.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
State good or bad-
I wash my hands before and after a meal
A. Good
B. Bad
C. Both
D. None
Excess intake of Fats can cause
A. Obesity
B. Heart Diseases
C. Diabetes
D. All of the above
A medicine that can give you immunity to a disease is called a __________.
A. microbes
B. vaccine
C. white blood cell
How can the rate of an infectious disease be reduced?
A. By preventing transmission between people
B. By wearing clean clothing
You can get ringworm of the skin by sharing contaminated towels, clothing, and sports equipment, and by direct contact with an infected person. Ringworm is what type of disease?
A. virus
B. bacteria
C. fungus
D. parasite
Having iodized salt regularly in your food will help in the prevention of __________.
A. Goitre
B. Anaemia
C. Rickets
Who invented the first vaccine?
A. Edward Rist
B. Edward Jenner
C. Robert Koch
Vaccines stimulate the body to produce…
A. autoimmune diseases
B. helper t-cells
C. fever
D. antibodies
Introduction into the body of a weakened, killed or piece of a disease-causing agent to prevent disease.
A. vaccination
B. immunization
C. pathogen
D. organ transplant
Swelling in the front part of the neck is a common symptom of ____________
A. Osteoporosis
B. Goitre
C. Anaemia
D. Beri Beri
The carrier of malaria causing protozoan is:
A. Female anopheles mosquito
B. cockroach
C. housefly
D. female Aedes mosquito
Which micro organisms cause communicable diseases?
A. Pathogens
B. Pathogerms
C. Partitions
The main cause of contagious diseases is ____________
A. Contaminated air
B. Contaminated food
C. Poor hygiene condition
D. All of the above
Pediatricians are doctors who specialize in……..
A. …caring for the elderly.
B. ….diseases that mainly affect the heart and blood vessels.
C. …the eyes and other parts of the visual system.
D. …caring for young people, from infants to young adults.
Choose the following which is not a good habit
A. Avoid talking or laughing while eating.
B. Use a hanky while coughing or sneezing
C. Put sharp objects into eyes and ears
D. Biting nails can make us fall I’ll.
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