1. What is Health and Technology?
Quiz

2. Q1. Draw the health triangle.
Q2. Which side of the health triangle refers to a person’s ability to communicate and form relationships with other people?
Q3. If one side was missing from the health triangle, how would this effect a person’s health?
Q4. List three factors that could lead to an all round healthy lifestyle.

3. Q5. Give two reasons why it is important to measure our health?
Q6. List three measurements a doctor may take to determine the health of a person.
Q7. What measurement would be taken with skin fold callipers?
Q8. Name the high tech instrument that a doctor would use to measure pulse rate?

4. Q9. Name the low tech piece of equipment that a doctor would use to measure body temperature.
Q10. Give two disadvantages of using low tech equipment to measure health.
Q11. Give two advantages of using high tech equipment to measure health.
Q12. Give three examples of unnecessary health risks that should be kept to a minimum.

5. Answers!!

6. Q1. Draw the health triangle.
(3)
Q2. Which side of the health triangle refers to a person’s ability to communicate and form relationships with other people?
Social (1)
Mental
Physical
Social

7. Q3. If one side was missing from the health triangle, how would this effect a person’s health?
The triangle would collapse leading to an unhealthy lifestyle (1)
Q4. List three factors that could lead to an all round healthy lifestyle.
Balanced diet, regular exercise and good relationships with others (3)

8. Q5. Give two reasons why it is important to measure our health?
Informs a person of the state of their health.
Gives an unhealthy person the chance to improve their lifestyle (2)
Q6. List three measurements a doctor may take to determine the health of a person.
Temperature
Blood pressure
Pulse rate (3)

9. Q7. What measurement would be taken with skin fold callipers?
Percentage of body fat (1)
Q8. Name the high tech instrument that a doctor would use to measure pulse rate?
Pulsometer (1)

10. Q9. Name the low tech piece of equipment that a doctor would use to measure body temperature.
Clinical thermometer (1)
Q10. Give two disadvantages of using low tech equipment to measure health.
Slower way to obtain results
Possibility of human error (2)

11. Q11. Give two advantages of using high tech equipment to measure health.
A faster way to obtain results
Can be easily connected to a computer (2)
Q12. Give three examples of unnecessary health risks that should be kept to a minimum.
Over eating
Smoking
Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol (3)

12. Swap your papers for marking Total = 23

13. How did you do?
20-23 Excellent!!!!
15-19 Very good!!!
10-14 Good!!
9 or below Fair!