Health Scavenger Hunt

1. It is almost winter and cold and flu season. What is the most common type of cold virus?
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/colds.html
   
    
2. Give three lifetime problems that alcohol can cause:
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/alcohol.html
   
   
   
   
    
3. How much money do tobacco companies spend each year to persuade kids to start smoking?
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/smoking.html
   
    
4. Which is more addictive: heroine or tobacco?
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/smoking.html
   
   
    
5. What is acne?
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/body_stuff/acne.html
   
   
   
    
6. How many kids have acne?
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/body_stuff/acne.html
   
   
   
    
7. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a very painful condition that can usually be prevented. What is the name of the nerve that goes to the hand?
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/carpal.html
   
    
8. What are two things you can do if you get carpal tunnel syndrome?
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/carpal_p2.html
   
   
   
    
9. What are 4 causes of indigestion?
   http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/indigestion.html
   
   
   
    
10. What is the difference between a strain and a sprain?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/strains_sprains.html
    
    
    
    
    
     
11. What are 5 symptoms of West Nile Virus?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/west_nile.html
    
    
    
    
    
     
12. What is the name of the hormone that makes your body begin puberty?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/body_stuff/puberty.html
    
     
13. In boys, what is the name of the hormone that causes most of the changes that boys go through?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/body_stuff/puberty.html
    
     
14. What is happening to a girl's body during her menstrual cycle?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/body_stuff/menstruation_p2.html
    
    
    
     
15. How should we feel about bullies and what can we do to prevent bullying?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/bullies.html
    
    
     
16. What is the difference between a depressant and a stimulant?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs.html
    
    
    
    
     
17. When people are on marijuana, are their heart rate and blood pressure raised or lowered?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs_marijuana.html
    
    
    
     
18. What is tinnitis and how can it be prevented?
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/rock_music.html
    
    
     
19. Where is earwax made? (note: what PART of the ear?)
    http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/rock_music.html
    
     

20.  What are six possible consequences of eating disorders?
    http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/eatingdisorders/
    
    
    
    
     

21. Take the eating disorders quiz? Do you agree with all the answers?
    http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/quiz/eatingdisorders.html
    
    
    
     

22. What is the difference between anorexia and bulimia? What could you do if you thought a friend might have one of these eating disorders?
    http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/eatingdisorders/article2.html
    http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/eatingdisorders/article3.html
    
    
    
     

23. What are some of the permanent health problems that can result from inhalants?
    http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/drugabuse/article4.html
    
    
    
     

24. Name 5 dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes.
    http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/article3.html