Influences on Your Health Quiz

What is heredity?

• The sum of your surroundings

• The collective beliefs of a group

• All the traits biologically passed on to you from your parents

• The various methods for communicating information

What is the physical environment influenced by?

• Peers and culture

• Media and technology

• Air and water quality

• Attitude and behavior

How can you improve your physical environment?

• By choosing your heredity

• By practicing unsafe eating habits

• By keeping your room clean

• By watching media personalities

What is culture?

• The language you speak

• The various methods for communicating information

• The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group

• The foods you eat

How does attitude affect your health?

• It has no effect on health

• It only affects physical health

• It only affects mental health

• It can influence your health in positive ways

What can you control in terms of your health?

• Attitude and behavior

• Heredity and environment

• Media and technology

• Peers and culture

What is the HONcode seal related to?

• A technology for improving air quality

• A type of food certification

• A strict code of conduct for health websites

• A code of conduct for media personalities

Why is it important to know whether media messages are trustworthy?

• To avoid watching TV

• To avoid unhealthy behaviors

• To ensure reliable health information

• To avoid using the Internet

How can you take control of your health?

• By understanding the factors that influence it

• By ignoring your heredity

• By avoiding all influences

• By following media personalities

How does the environment in which you live affect your health?

• It has no effect on health

• It can only have negative effects

• It can impact all aspects of your health

• It only affects physical health