5th Grade Stress

If you feel worried, you should...

• not tell anybody.
• tell your friend.
• tell your teacher.
• cry.

Stress is a combination of 

• a new, possibly threatening situation and your body's natural responce
• poor eating habits and little sleep
• vitamins and minerals
• decreasing energy and heart rate

Stress can be negative or

• critical 
• imaginary 
• positve
• weird

A stressful situation 

• is always stressful for everyone
• is never stressful for other people
• can be stressful to some people and not others
• can never have  positive effects

Negative stress

• positive stress
• stressor
• distress 
• awards

winning, succeeding (eustress) 

• positive stress
• stressor
• distress 
• awards

When you feel threatened, your body has a stress response, also called

• a lowered heart rate
• a mental challenge 
• stress
• fight or flight response 

Which of the following is an example of stress

• forgetting your lunch money
• having an argument with someone
• being in a car accident
• All of these

When reacting to a dangerous situation our bodies get ready for fight or 

• flee
• fall
• flight
• flew 

Two side effects of long term stress (stress that last a long time) are

• playing hockey and soccer
• getting good grades and starring in the school play
• loss of appetite and hair falling out
• Being happy and singing