Ch 9.1 Quiz - The Health Effects of Tobacco

A cancer-causing substance?

• Nicotine
• Carcinogen
• Depressant
• Leukoplakia

The addictive drug found in tobacco leaves?

• Carcinogen
• Depressant
• Stimulant
• Nicotine

A thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns is called

• carbon monoxide

• tar

• leukoplakia

• ETS

Thickened, white, leathery spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer are called

• leukoplakia

• tar

• fever blister

• ulcer

What is a colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas found in cigarette smoke?

• carbon monoxide

• nitrogen oxide

• carbon dioxide

• magnesium oxide

Whey you avoid tobacco, you reduce you risk of lung cancer

• True

• False

Organs responsible for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange?

• Lungs

• Alveoli

• Carcinogen

• Cilia

A disease in which the tiny air sacs of the lungs lose their elasticity or are destroyed?

• Carcinogen

• Emphysema

• Chronic Bronchitis

• Caner

What is the air that is contaminated by tobacco smoke?

• firsthand smoke

• secondhand smoke

• thirdhand smoke

• smoke

Which tobacco products are considered safe?

• E-cig
• cigar
• chew
• none