WCHS Health Glencoe Chapter 27
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| unintentional injury | an injury resulting from an unexpected event, or accident
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| accident chain | sequence of events that leads to an unintentional injury
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| smoke alarm | an alarm that is triggered by the presence of smoke
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| fire extinguisher | portable device that puts out small fires by ejecting fire-extinguishing chemicals
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| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration; the agency in the federal government that is responsible for promoting safe and healthful conditions
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| Heat exhaustion | an overheating of the body that results in cold, clammy skin and symptoms of shock
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| hypothermia | a condition in which body temperature becomes dangerously low
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| vehicular safety | obeying the rules of the raod, as well as using or exercising common sense and good judgement
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| graduated driver's license | a licensing program that gradually increases a new drivers driving privileges over time as experience and skill are gained
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| road rage | a practice of endangering drives by using a vehicle as a weapon
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| defensive driver | a driver who is awareof potential hazards ansd reacts to avoid them
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| severe weather | harsh or dangerous weather conditions; tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards;
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| Watch-weather | means that the weather conditions are right for a specific weather event to occur
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| Warning-weather | means that severe weather has been sighted and is heading toward your area
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| emergency survival kit | a group of items that can be used for a shoart time until an emerency situtation has stablized
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| Hurricane | a powerful storm that orignates at sea, characterized by winds of at least 74 miles per hour, heavy rains, flooding and sometimes tornadoes
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| flash flood | a flood with great volume and of short duration that is usually caused by heavy rainfall
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| tornado | a whirling, funnel-shaped widnstorm that drops form the sky to the ground and produces a narrow pathy of destruction on land
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| Thunderstorm | includes heavy rains, stron winds, lightning and sometimes hail
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| blizzard | a snowstorm with winds of at least 35 miles per hour
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| earthquake | a violent shaking movement of the earth's surface
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