Zion-Benton Township High School – Health Education Final Exam Review Guide
Objectives:
Ch. 1: Wellness & Decision-Making
Describe 2 factors that can be used to evaluate overall health.
List 3 aspects of overall health.
Identify factors that can influence a person’s health.
Describe 3 strategies you can use to evaluate risk factors.
Identify 3 steps you can take to meet your personal health goals.
Ch. 2: Personality/Self-Esteem/Emotions
Name 5 traits that are used to define personality.
Identify 2 factors that determine how your personality develops.
Compare the effects of high and low self-esteem on health.
Describe the changes in self-esteem that can occur as people age.
Summarize Maslow’s theory of self-actualization.
Identify 4 primary emotions and 3 learned emotions.
Ch. 3: Managing Stress
Describe what causes a person to experience stress.
Identify 4 general types of stressors.
List in order the 3 stages of the body’s response to stress.
Identify 4 types of early warning signs for stress.
Explain how individuals can have different responses to the same stressor.
Describe 2 ways that personality affects stress.
Indentify the key factor in resilience.
Explain why building resilience is important.
Ch. 4: Mental Disorders & Suicide
Explain how mental disorders are recognized.
Describe 5 types of anxiety disorders and 4 other types of mental disorders.
Identify health risks associated with anorexia.
Explain the relationship between bulimia and dieting.
List the main health risks of binge eating disorder.
Explain why it is important to identify and treat clinical depression.
Describe one major risk factor for suicide.
Ch. 5: Family Relationships
Describe 3 types of abuse that can happen in families.
Identify places where families can go for help with their problems.
Ch. 6: Peer Relationships
Describe the cycle of violence.
Identify some risks of sexual intimacy.
List some skills that can help you choose abstinence.
Explain the relationship between a need for control and violence.
Ch. 8 Food & Nutrition
Name the 3 classes of nutrients that supply your body with energy.
Explain how the body obtains energy from foods.
Describe the role that carbohydrates, fats, and proteins play in your body.
Identify the 2 main classes of vitamins.
List 7 minerals your body needs in significant amounts.
Explain why water is so important to your body.
Ch. 9: Healthy Food Choices
Explain how the Dietary Guidelines for Americans can help you plan a healthful diet.
Summarize the recommendations in the MyPyramid plan.
Summarize 3 main reasons why you eat.
Analyze the information contained on food labels.
Calculate your body mass index.
Ch. 15: Alcohol
Describe how alcohol acts as a depressant in the body.
Summarize the effects of intoxication on the body systems.
Identify 3 ways that intoxication may lead to death.
Identify 5 serious physical effects of long-term alcohol abuse.
Describe the 3 stages of alcoholism.
List in order 3 steps taken during recovery from alcoholism.
Ch. 16 Tobacco
Describe the various forms of tobacco products.
Explain how nicotine affects the body.
Identify 2 other dangerous substances in tobacco smoke.
Indentify 2 other dangerous substances in tobacco smoke.
Identify the long-term risks of exposure to secondhand smoke.
Identify the most important factor for successfully quitting tobacco.
Ch. 17 Preventing Drug Abuse
Define drug abuse and distinguish it from both appropriate use and misuse.
Compare the effects of depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens on the body.
Identify 3 treatment options for people who abuse drugs.
Ch. 18: Reproduction
Identify 5 ways to keep the male reproductive system healthy.
Identify the glands of the endocrine system.
Describe 3 functions of the male reproductive system.
Summarize the stages of the menstrual cycle.
Ch. 21: Infectious Diseases
Identify the causes of infectious diseases.
Summarize how the immune system works.
Ch. 22: Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV-AIDS
Describe behaviors that can help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
Identify 3 of the most common STIs, including their symptoms and treatment.
List 4 other STIs and describe their symptoms.
Know when a person should seek treatment for an STI.
Explain how HIV infection leads to AIDS.
Identify 3 behaviors that can prevent the spread of HIV.
Describe how a person gets tested for HIV.
Ch. 23: Chronic Diseases & Disabilities
Describe how cancer affects the body.
Identify the tests and treatments for cancer.
List 7 ways you can prevent cancer/lower your risk.
Distinguish between the two types of diabetes.
Describe how allergies and asthma affect the body.
Identify the symptoms of arthritis.
Illinois State Law: Explain the Safe Haven Law.