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Grade 8 Drugs and Alcohol
              Stimulants                are drugs that speed up your body.
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
What is the dietary goal for the amount of daily carbohydrate, protein, and fat intake?
  1. 55-60% carbohydrate, 10-15% protein, 30% fat
  2. 80% carbohydrate, 15% protein, 5% fat
  3. 25% carbohydrate, 60% protein, 15% fat
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
What is the best way to know that the bread you are buying is a whole-grain bread?
  1. The label says "wheat bread"
  2. The bread is brown in color
  3. The bread looks and tastes "grainy"
  4. Any ingredient uses the word "whole grain"
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
Nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues are called:
  1. Minerals
  2. Proteins
  3. Vitamins
  4. Amino Acids
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or another cereal grain is in the Grains Group.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
Process by which the body takes in and uses food is called:
  1. Digestion
  2. Starvation
  3. Nutrition
  4. Nutrients
Grade 8 Drugs and Alcohol
               Depressants                are drugs that slow down your body.
Grade 8 Drugs and Alcohol
Alcohol is what type of drug?
  1. Stimulant
  2. Coma
  3. Depressant
  4. None of the above
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
The Grains Group could also be called the Carbohydrate Group because all foods that contain carbohydrates are in the Grains Group.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Drugs and Alcohol
Physical dependence on a drug is called                .
  1. withdraw
  2. addiction
  3. response
  4. tolerance
Grade 8 Drugs and Alcohol
Alcohol affects what parts of the body?
  1. Brain
  2. Spinal cord
  3. Both A & B
  4. None of the above
Grade 8 Drugs and Alcohol
Tar is the stimulant drug found in cigarettes that is linked to addiction.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
A natural drive that protects you from starvation is called:
  1. Hunger
  2. Appetite
  3. Nutrition
  4. Nutrients
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
What are the reasons that it's important to eat a well balanced diet?
  1. To have more energy
  2. To help fight off disease
  3. To concentrate more in school
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
Many people do not eat the recommended amount of whole grains. To eat more whole grain foods, you should just add more of them to what you already eat.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments
What are the symptoms of a heart attack?
  1. Difficulty breathing, plaque in veins, falling to sleep
  2. Arm pain, heart valves opening, yawning
  3. Chest pressure, arm pain, difficulty breathing
  4. Nausea, laying down, panting like a puppy
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
What is an example of a healthy fat?
  1. olive oil
  2. vegetable oil
  3. fish
  4. nuts
  5. all of the above
Grade 8 Microbiology
Your body's ability to resist disease is known as            immunity           .
Grade 8 Emotional, Social, and Mental Health
what is the most important thing to do if you suspect that a friend my be contemplating hurting themselves?
  1. Nothing
  2. Try taking to them.
  3. Tell an adult.
  4. Tell another friend
Grade 8 Diet and Nutrition
Which of the following are considered carbs?
  1. apples
  2. oranges
  3. sugar
  4. carrots
  5. all of the above
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