Health Chapter 1

What is life expectancy?

• ability to find joy in life

• only factor used to evaluate health

• average age of people in a population

• number of years a person is likely to live

The degree of overall satisfaction a person gets from life

• quality of life

• quality of health

• life expectancy

• satisfaction with life

Which aspect of health refers to how you react to events in your life?

• emotional health

• physical health

• mental health

• social health

A trait associated with good social health is the ability to

• Learn from your mistakes

• Get along well with others

• Recognize your achievements

• Do daily tasks without getting too tired

A person at the midpoint of the health continuum is

• very ill

• perfectly well

• neither ill nor well

• unable to move on the continuum

What are all the traits that are passed biologically from parent to child

• environment

• heredity

• media

• technology

The __________ is all the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person's health.

• environment

• heredity

• media

• technology

What are forms of communication that provide news and entertainment?

• environment

• heredity

• media

• technology

Advances in ________ help doctors to detect health problems sooner and improve the quality of life for patients.

• environment

• heredity

• media

• technology

A _______ is any condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome.

• risk factor

• environment

• media

• consequence