Review: Understanding Risks & Unintentional Injury

What is an example of an unintentional injury?

• Fighting with a friend

• Falling off a bike

• Physically bullying someone

• Getting a good grade

What should you do to avoid slipping on a wet floor?

• Wear a helmet at all times

• Walk around the spill and let someone else clean it up

• Keep floors clean and dry - clean up spills

• Slide across the liquid on the floor, making it splatter everywhere

What is a good risk mentioned in the review passage?

• Texting while crossing the street

• Riding a bike without a helmet

• Join a new club at school

• Touching a hot pan on the stove without an oven mitt

Why is it important to wear a helmet when riding a bike?

• To look cool

• To reduce the risk of serious injury if you fall

• To ride faster

• To avoid getting lost

What can happen if you take a bad risk like texting while crossing the street?

• You might see something on your phone that shocks you and makes you turn around

• You could get hit by a car

• You could make new friends while on your phone

• You could get in the way of others that are crossing the street

How can taking good risks benefit you?

• They help you play video games more successfully

• They keep you from making true friends

• They help you grow as a person and improve your life

• They ensure you NEVER get injured

Pick the correct term that matches the following definition: An event without an apparent cause; something unpredictable or unavoidable.

• Accident

• Consequence

• Injury

• Risk

Pick the correct term that matches the following definition: The result or outcome of an event or action.

• Accident

• Consequence

• Injury

• Risk

Pick the correct term that matches the following definition: The likelihood of injury, damage, or other negative outcomes following an action or behavior.

• Accident

• Consequence

• Injury

• Risk

Pick the correct term that matches the following definition: Harm or damage to the body resulting from a thermal, mechanical, electrical, or chemical, or from the absence of something essential, such a heat or oxygen.

• Accident

• Consequence

• Injury

• Risk