Chapter 1.2

_____ is the passing on of traits from biological parents to children.

• cultural

• environment

• heredity

• health

Friends can have a negative effect on your _____ if they pressure you to participate in unsafe activities.

• health

• heredity

• environment

• influences

_____ traditions can influence such health decisions as the food you choose to eat.

• evironment

• cultural

• influences

• heredity

All the living and nonliving things that surround you are your _____

• health

• influence

• cultural

• environment

Commercials do not just provide information, they try to _____ your health choices.

• influence

• environment

• health

• cultural

Your physical environment includes all of the following EXCEPT

• the climate in which you live

• your neighborhood

• your personality

• your home

Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• your diet

• your eye color

• the language you speak

• your hairstyle

Reading a newspaper article that influences you to decide to stop smoking is an example of which of the following influences on health choices?

• culture and tradition

• friends

• media

• physical surrounding

Not eating meat because of religious beliefs is an example of which of the following influences on health choices?

• heredity

• firends

• culture and tradition

• physical surroundings

Which of the following influences on your health can you control?

• your inherited traits

• the cultural traditions of your family

• the place your family lives

• the books you read and TV shows you watch