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Health is a state of being well enough to function well physically, mentally and:Read the answer and worked solution →Because stagnant drain water and garbage raise the risk of poor health, what is important for individual health?Read the answer and worked solution →Literally, the word disease means:Read the answer and worked solution →Diseases lasting only a very short time, like the common cold, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Elephantiasis, which can last a lifetime, is an example of a:Read the answer and worked solution →A baby gets loose motions from unclean water while being poorly nourished and poor. Poor nourishment here is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Diseases where microbes are the immediate cause and can spread in a community are:Read the answer and worked solution →High blood pressure caused by excess weight and lack of exercise is an example of a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which bacterium was found by Warren and Marshall to cause peptic ulcers?Read the answer and worked solution →Robin Warren and Barry Marshall, who linked a bacterium to peptic ulcers, were from:Read the answer and worked solution →Common cold, influenza, dengue fever and AIDS are caused by:Read the answer and worked solution →Kala-azar is caused by which protozoan?Read the answer and worked solution →Staphylococci are bacteria that can cause:Read the answer and worked solution →Penicillin kills bacteria by blocking the processes that build their:Read the answer and worked solution →Antibiotics do not work against viral infections because viruses:Read the answer and worked solution →Animals like mosquitoes that carry infecting agents from a sick person to another host are:Read the answer and worked solution →Female mosquitoes bite because they need blood to:Read the answer and worked solution →Typhoid-causing bacteria entering through the mouth stay in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The virus causing Japanese encephalitis, entering through a mosquito bite, infects the:Read the answer and worked solution →The recruitment of immune cells to infected tissue, causing swelling, pain and fever, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The basic key to prevention of infectious diseases is:Read the answer and worked solution →The second basic principle of preventing infectious disease, keeping the immune system working, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the bacterial diseasesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the infectious agentsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the disease routesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the health wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Acute or chronicRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the disease causesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Health and disease bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Health is a state of being well enough to function well physically, mentally and:

  1. Socially
  2. Financially
  3. Politically
  4. Spiritually
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Correct answer: A. Socially

1. Health depends on surroundings too. 2. It is physical, mental and social well-being. 3. Social equality supports individual health. _Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 13, Why Do We Fall Ill._

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Because stagnant drain water and garbage raise the risk of poor health, what is important for individual health?

  1. Political power
  2. Public cleanliness
  3. Private wealth
  4. Personal fame
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Correct answer: B. Public cleanliness

1. Our social environment shapes our physical one. 2. Public cleanliness protects individual health. 3. Agencies must collect garbage and clear drains. _Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 13, Why Do We Fall Ill._

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Literally, the word disease means:

  1. Disturbed ease
  2. Deadly fever
  3. Dirty water
  4. Damaged organ
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Correct answer: A. Disturbed ease

1. Dis-ease is being uncomfortable. 2. It literally means disturbed ease. 3. We use it when a specific cause is found. _Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 13, Why Do We Fall Ill._

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