Health Class Family Life Study Guide

1. To make responsible decisions about sexuality, teens need factual information.

2. Considering the possible results of your decision is one step in making a health decision.
3. Developmental tasks are examples of accepting your changing body during adolescence.
4. The growth of underarm and pubic hair is known as secondary sex characteristics.
5. Relationships that do not work out, is a sign that the person you are dating and yourself are different
people.
6. Abstinence is when a teen chooses to avoid sexual activity before marriage.
7. When people your own age encourage you to smoke, you would be experiencing peer pressure.
8. If steady dating interferes with your other healthy relationships then it is not a good idea.
9. Teens who ask themselves how they feel about consequences of sexual activity are taking
responsibility for their health and well-being.
10. Leaving and going someplace that fells safe is one of the most effective refusal skills a teen can use.
11. Epididymis is where sperm matures after they are produced in the testes.
12. Urethra in a male carries both semen and urine but not at the same time.
13. Males should examine their testes every month.
14. Vaginal opening, labia majora, and the clitoris are all external female reproductive organs.
15. The vagina is a tube that stretches to allow the birth of a baby, connects to the neck of the uterus,
and holds the semen when a male ejaculates during intercourse.
16. The menstrual cycle is a result of the female body preparing for pregnancy.
17. You know your hormones are working when you feel strongly attracted to someone.
18. Learning and practicing healthy parenting skills will build physical, mental/emotional, and social
health in the whole family.
19. Making the decision to wait until they are older to become parents shows that a teen couple is being
responsible and realistic.
20. Teen marriage is risky because most teens still not mature enough to handle marriage.
21. Most babies of teen parents are raised by their single mothers.
22. Lack of accurate information about sexual issues can cause confusion and misunderstanding that
can affect a teen’s health.
23. Anytime an egg is in a fallopian tube and sperm are near the vaginal opening it is possible for the
female to become pregnant.
24. To ensure that a rapist is caught and cannot hurt anyone else, it is important to report a rape.
25. If someone you know is raped you should notify the police and get a physical exam immediately.
26. Some of the behaviors that make sexually active teens at risk of STDs include having unprotected
intercourse and using alcohol and other drugs.
27. The best way to avoid getting STDs is to practice abstinence.
28. Inflammation and scarring of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and uterus can result form STDs.
29. HIV is a virus that harms the body of an infected person by attacking the white blood cells that help
the body fight diseases.
30. The best way to test for HIV infection is to test for HIV antibodies in the blood.
31. Developing relationships outside the family7 is a good way to lean about yourself and others.
32. It is important to set limits regarding sexual involvement in a dating relationship.
33. In order for pregnancy to occur, a male sperm and female ovum must unite.
34. Ova are NOT produced by the fallopian tubes in the female body.
35. It is NOT easy to make responsible decisions about sexual feelings when you are alone with your
boyfriend or girlfriend.
36. Couples who have good communication skills and are compassionate have a good chance of
working through conflicts.
37. Meeting basic physical needs and providing medical care are two of the jobs parents must be ready
to do.
38. Pregnant teens are NOT usually good about getting medical care and eating the right foods
that will help them have healthy babies.
39. It is NOT true that for fertilization to occur, millions of sperm must penetrate an ovum.
40. As soon as an ovum has been fertilized, the membrane around it changes so that no more
sperm can enter.
41. Babies born to mothers who use tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs have a greater chance of
having birth defect.
42. Sperm can NOT live inside the female reproductive tract for up to eight days.
43. Teens who are concerned about their sexual orientation should find a trusted adult to talk to
who can also provide factual data.
44. Sexual contact that is forced on a person causes physical and emotional trauma.
45. The STD Chlamydia is easy to cure but often goes undiagnosed.
46. STDs do NOT make infection by the HIV virus less likely.
47. It is NOT true that to be diagnosed with AIDS a person must have both a T-helper cell
count below 200 and one AIDS-opportunistic illness.
48. Expectations – assuming some things about someone.
49. Sexual attractions – feeling drawn to another person sexually.
50. Values – beliefs and standards of conduct that are important to a person.
51. Mature – able to think and act in an adult-like way.
52. Refusal skills – techniques and abilities that help you say no effectively.
53. Set limits – to decide to restrict behavior or set up a boundary you will not cross.
54. Peer pressure – influence that people your own age have one you.
55. Sterility – inability to produce offspring.
56. Scrotum – a loose sac of skin that holds the testes.
57. Uterus – a hollow muscular organ that receives and holds a fertilized ovum.
58. Cervix – the opening to the uterus.
59. Penis – a male organ that is used by males both for sexual reproduction and the elimination
of body wastes.
60. Vulva – the external female reproductive organs.
61. Menstruation – the process of shedding the lining of the uterus.
62. Erection – when the sponge-like tissues of the penis fill with blood and the penis becomes
enlarged and hard.
63. Oral Contraceptives or Birth Control – hormone pills, when taken correctly, create changes
in the female body preventing pregnancy.
64. Diaphram – a soft latex cup with a flexible rim that covers the entrance to the cervix.
65. Withdrawal – the male’s removal of the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
66. Condom (male) – thin sheet of latex, plastic or animal tissue, that is placed on the erect
penis to catch semen.
67. Spermicide – a chemical that kills sperm.
68. Contraception – prevention of pregnancy.
69. Depo Provera – a shot in the arm or buttocks, that provides protection for about 3 months.
70. Abstinence – the only 100% effective method in preventing pregnancy, STDs, and HIV.