Pre-Quiz for Hygiene

Personal hygiene _____.

• Is not important

• Is a collection of habits people perform to keep themselves clean and their bodies healthy

• Does not help with keeping us well or from getting sick

• Increases the number of germs that enter our bodies

Which person described below has good personal hygiene?

• Jana brushes her teeth twice a day and flosses to remove any food between her teeth.

• Karen wears the same clothes for a week without washing them, and they're covered in dirt and sweat.

• Bob doesn't think washing his hands after using the bathroom is important.

• John prefers to shower only on days that he exercises.

Which of the following is an example of having good personal hygiene?

• Not taking a shower after you play outside in the sun

• Brushing your teeth once a month

• Eating without washing your hands

• Putting on clean clothes after running hard at your soccer game

Which of the following statements is true?

• Good personal hygiene is really not important.

• Good personal hygiene is only important for children who play outside a lot.

• Good personal hygiene is only practiced by adults.

• Good personal hygiene is important in keeping you healthy.

Germs are _____.

• So big that you can obviously see them and prevent them from entering your body and making you sick

• Not alive

• Very small, microscopic living things that can enter your body and make you sick

• Not harmful to the human body