Spreading of Germs

What can you do to keep germs out of your body?

• play in a clean room

• wash your hands before you eat

• wear a new hat

• stay away from people

What kind of blood cells help you fight germs?

• blue blood cells

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

In this passage, the author sounds

• happy to drink from school water fountains.

• fearful that he will get sick.

• concerned about germs in schools.

• like he is blaming schools for his cold.

In the passage, the author compares the amount of germs on a cafeteria tray to a

• toilet seat

• playground

• drinking fountain

• student desk

The following is caused by not washing hands

• the spreading of germs

• the spreading of germs.

• germs being found on the water fountain

• all of the above.

Kids miss 22 million days of school each year because of

• colds caught from germs

• colds caught from friends

• colds caught from drinking fountains

• colds caught from the waether

What has the most germ in school

• toilet seat

• drinking fountain

• computer keyboard

• desk surface

A health and safety group recently tested school surfaces for germs and

• found hundreds

• found some

• found millions

• found thousands

When you share things in a classroom, you increase the chance that you might get sick

• true

• false

What would help drinking fountains have fewer germs

• washing yor hands

• cleaning them

• getting new ones

• burning them up