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Health | Graded Assignment | Unit Test Part 2: Personal, Community, and Environmental Health

Name: Timothy Glasgow Date: 1/29/2020

Graded Assignment
Unit Test Part 2: Personal, Community, and Environmental Health
(5 points)

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1. Explain the difference between infectious and noninfectious diseases and give examples of each.

2. Infectious: covid 19, flu, strep, staff,

3. noninfectious: cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, asthma

4. difference: one can spread person to person the other cant its internal

(6 points)

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5. Explain the term risk factors and describe how to reduce your risk of developing two different diseases.

6. smoking is a risk factor, it can increase your risk for lung cancer

7. ingesting carcinogens can increase your risk for cancer , for example getting cleaning chemicals on your
hands can increase this risk. (12 points)

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8. Name the four influences on health status, state the relative proportion of each influence, and describe the
control an individual has over each influence. The four influences on health status are:

9. medical care - 10% of health status - you don't have much control over medical care

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10. lifestyle - 40% of health status - you have control over your lifestyle

11. genetics - 30% of health status - you have no control over your genetics

12. environment - 20% of health status - you have control over your environment

(8 points)

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13. Define the term lifestyle and give at least five examples of lifestyle influences on health status.

14. 1. nutrition

15. 2. sexual Behavior

16. 3. using tobacco

17. 4. drinking alcohol

18. 5. stress management

(10 points)

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19. List one way to decrease the risk of developing each of the following diseases:
● Asthma
● Type II diabetes
● Cancer
● Osteoarthritis
● Cardiovascular disease

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● Asthma: do breathing treatments and make sure you take the medicine you need for it .

● Diabetes: don't eat too much sugar and carbohydrates and take your medicine when you need to
take it.

● Cancer: take care of yourself, eat what is good for you and exercise and drink plenty of water. and do
physical things that are good for you too like exercise

(9 points)

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20. Pick three types of environmental conditions and describe how each condition affects personal health.

21. 1. Noise pollution affects health because it can damage hearing if you're consistently exposed to high noise
levels.

22. 2. Outdoor air pollution effects health because they can cause asthma, bronchitis , reduced lung function and
many other breathing problems.

23. 3. Indoor air pollution affects your health, gases like asbestos and radon can cause lung cancer when
continually exposed to them.

(10 points)

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24. Give four examples of common indoor pollutants, four examples of common outdoor pollutants, and two
examples of sources of hazardous waste.

Your Score ___ of 60

25. Pick three types of environmental conditions and describe how each condition affects p

26. ersonal health.

27. 1. Noise pollution affects health because it can damage hearing if you're consistently exposed to high noise
levels.

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28. 2. Outdoor air pollution effects health because they can cause asthma, bronchitis , reduced lung function and
many other breathing problems.

29. 3. Indoor air pollution affects your health, gases like asbestos and radon can cause lung cancer when
continually exposed to them.

30. Radioactive waste is extremely hazardous because of the radioactivity of the waste.

31. Chemical waste can have carcinogens, which can cause cancer.

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