Webelos Fitness Requirements
Treat Your Body Right
- True False Smoking or chewing tobacco makes you cool.
- True False Smoking can cause lung cancer and heart disease.
- True False Athletes who smoke always play as long and as hard as athletes who don't.
- True False Smoking will not affect your eyes at all.
- True False Smoking stains teeth and fingers.
- True False Chewing tobacco is OK because it doesn't get into your body's organs.
- True False Alcohol doesn't slow down the brain and body.
- True False Alcohol can make a person see double.
- True False Alcohol can make you do bad things you would never do when sober.
- True False Drunk drivers kill thousands of people each year.
- True False All drugs, even prescription drugs, are dangerous.
- True False It's OK to take someone else's medicine if you're sure you have the same illness.
- True False Sniffing glue is OK to do once in a while.
- True False Toxins from certain sniffing substances can affect the liver, kidneys and muscles.
- True False Marijuana is OK in small amounts, but cocaine, heroin, and LSD are not.
- True False A cheeseburger, fries and pop for every lunch is a balanced diet.
- True False There are five food groups.
- True False You should have 2 or more servings from each food group every day.
- True False Your body needs vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fat and protein.
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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs
Identify the symptoms and/or effects of abuse for Alcohol (A), Tobacco (T) or Drugs (D).
- ___ Shortened memory
- ___ Slows down the brain
- ___ Causes lung cancer
- ___ Loss of motivation
- ___ Slows down the body
- ___ Causes heart disease
- ___ Less will power
- ___ Makes people see double
- ___ Can't breathe deeply
- ___ Tendency to drop out of sports, school, family
- ___ Can damage the liver
- ___ Irritates eyes, making them red and sore
- ___ Lack of concentration
- ___ Can make people do things they wouldn't consider when they're sober
- ___ Stains teeth and fingers
- ___ Causes poor judgement
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Good Health Habits
Circle the correct answer(s).
- Bathe/shower (every/day OR 1/week) and especially after exercise.
- Wash your hair (1/month OR 2+ times/week).
- Wash hands (before eating OR after using the restroom) and when they're dirty.
- Eat right - (3 OR 4 OR 6) regular meals each day at regular times!
- Eat (just some OR a variety of) food from each of the 4 food groups.
- The average 10 year old should get (6 OR 9 OR 12) hours of sleep each night.
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Clean & Strong
- True False Our bodies "repair" themselves while we sleep.
- True False Clean clothes aren't necessary after a bath or shower - they are just in the morning.
- True False Use proper lighting for all activities including reading, TV viewing, and playing
- True False Fitness is never just physical - it involves both the mind and body together.
- True False Stand tall, and walk tall with shoulders back and stomach in.
- True False It's OK to share drinking cups, washcloths and towels..
- True False Different foods provide different nutrients, and no one food can sustain us.
- True False Rushing meals or skipping meals can be harmful to your body.
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Basic Food Groups
Match each food to the appropriate food group.
DAIRY | PROTEIN | GRAINS | FRUIT/VEGS |
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banana
egg
cereal
yogurt
potatoes
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porkchop
apple
butter
pasta
milk
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cheese
hotdogs
corn
bread
oatmeal
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melon
nuts
crackers
ice cream
steak
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Food Search
The puzzle below contains food item words.
When you find a hidden word, circle it and cross it off the list.
Challenge: Circle the words that are nutritious in blue.
Circle the words that are not nutritious in red.
APPLE | BANANA | CAKE | CANDY |
CHEESE | COOKIES | CRACKERS | FRENCH FRIES |
FRUIT | MILK | NUTS | ORANGE |
PICKLES | PIE | POTATO CHIPS | PRETZELS |
RAISINS | SALT | SODA | WATER
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P B C T O R W U A X D S A X F
I O R A N G E P Q V E S G K O
C P T T X Z A I F K M L N U I
K A E A P P L E G J N P R V Z
L B E H T K N Q T W A D G J M
E N H C O O K I E S N K O P Q
S R U V X Z C Y B C U F H K L
M F N P Q R V H W A T E R S W
F R E N C H F R I E S T A Z X
C U F H C I K M O P Q S I T U
V I X P R E T Z E L S Y S Z A
D T H C A N D Y K S L O I P Q
T V Z S C A K E B A N A N A E
P M I L K B I L O L W S S W E
S T C H E E S E E T R L I V O
U E P R R S U O D B W H W U O
W O N B S O D A T V W X P Q R
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How Much Do You Know About Drugs?
Fill in the blanks or circle the letter beside the best answer or the most appropriate response.
- Drugs are chemical substances that cause
- Growth of vital organs
- Changes in the human body
- Elevations in temperature
- Decreases in blood pressure
- Almost all drugs work by altering the _______ of cell activities
- Number
- Shape
- Size
- Speed
- Which of the following is not a source of naturally occurring drugs?
- Animals
- Laboratories
- Minerals
- Plants
- In the United States, what government agency must approve every new drug before it can be sold?
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Drugs that can be sold lawfully with out a prescription are called
- Hallucinogenic drugs
- Illegal drugs
- Over-the-counter drugs
- Prescription drugs
- Draw a line from each group of drugs to the primary effect these drugs have on the human body.
- Analgesics
- Anesthetics
- Barbiturates
- Depressants
- Stimulants
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- Slow down the activity of the central nervous system.
- Speed up the activity of the central nervous system
- Make a patient feel relaxed and fall asleep more easily.
- Relieve pain without deadening other senses
- Produce loss of feeling and sometimes loss of consciousness.
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- Which drug is found in chocolate, coffee, cola drinks, and tee?
- Alcohol
- Caffeine
- Cocaine
- Nicotine
- Which drug is a factor in at least half of all fatal traffic accidents?
- Alcohol
- Amphetamines
- Caffeine
- Nicotine
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