Body & Health

What does strain typically refer to?

• a type of infectious disease

• pressure, stress, or difficulty

• a deep physical cut

• an outbreak of an illness

The term famine is best defined as:

• a lack of clean drinking water

• a minor food shortage in isolated areas

• a severe shortage of food causing widespread suffering

• the presence of malnutrition in a population

To succumb to an illness means to:

• recover from it

• become immune to it

• fall victim or die from it

• prevent it from spreading

What does it mean to contract a disease?

• to catch or develop an illness

• to prevent exposure to an illness

• to recover from an illness

• to transmit an illness to others

Something detrimental to your health is:

• beneficial and supportive

• damaging or harmful

• neutral or inconsequential

• restorative and healing

To alleviate pain means to:

• increase its intensity

• remove it completely

• ease or reduce it

• ignore its presence

A person vulnerable to disease is:

• exposed and unprotected

• immune to contagious infections

• resistant and immune to illness

• well-prepared to combat illness

What is the meaning of reckless?

• careless and irresponsible

• calm and thoughtful

• deliberate and planned

• hesitant and doubtful

If something is deficient in nutrients, it is:

• lacking or inadequate in supply

• naturally resistant to deficiency

• overloaded with nutrients

• rich and abundant in them

What is an outbreak?

• a method of disease prevention

• a situation where people are quarantined

• a sudden eruption or epidemic

• the recovery phase after an illness spreads