Lesson 3 - 8th Grade

A person’s heredity may include the tendency to get ______________

• Measles

• Chicken Pox

• Polio

• Heart Disease

Which of the following is NOT a result of heredity?

• Hair and eye color
• Behavior 
• Body build
• Patterns of growth

When making health choices, you should take into account ______________.

• your appearance.
• family medical history.
• the attitudes of friends.
• food fads.

The health-care factor you can control most is

• heredity.     
• environment.
• behavior.
• available health care.

Your environment includes all of the following except ______________

• a tendency to be tall.
• the place where you live.
• the school you attend.
• your friends and family.

A good health choice is ______________

• eating salty snacks.
• a “live for today” attitude.
• living in the city.
• liking who you are.

___________________________ is the passing on of traits from your parents as a result of the transmission of genes.

• heredity

• environment

• behavior

• attitudes

• Life Style Factors

___________________________ is the sum total of your surroundings.

• heredity

• environment

• behavior

• attitudes

• Life Style Factors

___________________________ is the way you act in many different situations and events in life.

• heredity

• environment

• behavior

• attitudes

• Life Style Factors

___________________________ is your feelings and beliefs.

• heredity

• environment

• behavior

• attitudes

• Life Style Factors