Unit 15 quiz

Which words do you need to know to understand the text?

You are afraid when...

• your heart is racing

• your hands feel like ice

• you feel happy

• your skin is clammy with sweat

It is your brain's defensive response to danger...

• fear

• happiness

Fear starts in a very old part of your brain called...

• digestive system

• respiratory system

• limbic system

It's a sudden movement or action that you make automatically

• rapid

• reflexes

• alert

• distracted

To bring something wild under your control

• frozen

• numb

• rehearse

• tame

Happening very quickly or moving with great speed

Unable to move, especially because your afraid

It is the quick choice to defend itself or run away, a reflex called...

• fly away

• run away

• fight or flight

• swim or run

What's deliberate calm?

• A skill to run faster

• A skill to balance fear with knowledge

• A skill to balance your health

• A skill to balance happiness