Questions for Practice
1. Picture yourself after playing outside with friends. What's the most effective way to ensure your hands are clean before eating or touching your face?
a) Shake hands with friends
b) Use a tissue to wipe your hands
c) Play with more dirt
d) Wash your hands with soap and water
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Answer: d) Wash your hands with soap and water
Explanation: Washing hands helps remove dirt and germs while playing outside, ensuring good hygiene.
2. You accidentally drop your favourite snack on the floor. What is the best thing to do to stay healthy?
a) Pick it up and eat it
b) Leave it there for someone else to clean
c) Throw it in the trash
d) Wipe it on your clothes to clean it
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Answer: c) Throw it in the trash
Explanation: Eating food that fell on the floor can make you sick, so it's better to dispose of it and get a new one.
3. We should wash our hands regularly. How can washing our hands help prevent the spread of diseases?
a) Make our hands smell good
b) Remove germs and bacteria
c) Helps in conserving water
d) It wastes water
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Answer: b) Remove germs and bacteria
Explanation: Washing hands helps eliminate harmful germs and bacteria, that cause diseases keeping us healthy.
4.Sarah is feeling unwell and needs to sneeze. What should she do to prevent spreading germs?
a) Sneeze into a tissue
b) Sneeze into the air
c) Sneeze into her hands
d) Hold her sneeze
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Answer: a) Sneeze into a tissue
Explanation: Sneezing in a tissue prevents germs from spreading to others thus promoting good hygiene.
5. After a rainy day, Bobby's shoes are covered in mud. What should Bobby do before entering his house?
a) Walk inside with muddy shoes
b) Clean the shoes on a doormat
c) Throw the shoes in the bin
d) Ask someone else to clean the shoes
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Answer: b) Clean the shoes on a doormat
Explanation: Cleaning the shoes on a doormat helps keep the house clean and prevents the spread of dirt and germs inside.
6. After playing in the park, Anne forgot to wash her hands before eating a piece of fruit. What is she at risk of getting?
a) Strong muscles
b) Cavities
c) Stomach ache
d) Headache
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Answer: c) Stomach ache
Explanation: Eating with dirty hands can introduce harmful germs into Anne's body potentially leading to stomach ache.
7.We are encouraged to keep our surroundings clean. What can happen if we don't keep our surroundings clean?
a) Our surroundings will look nicer
b) We won't have enough space to play
c) There might be more germs and sickness
d) There will be more trees
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Answer: c) There might be more germs and sickness
Explanation: Poor sanitation may attract germs and can lead to the spread of diseases among people.
8. After a picnic, Ethan leaves behind empty food containers in the park. What problem could arise from this behaviour?
a) Faster plant growth
b) Harm to animals and the environment
c) Good for animals
d) Good for the quality of soil
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Answer: b) Harm to animals and the environment
Explanation: Throwing trash in the park is bad for the soil and animals can mistake it as their food.
9. Alex forgets to cover his mouth when coughing. What health concerns might arise from this lack of hygiene?
a) He might spread germs to others who could get sick.
b) He might get a stomachache.
c) He will lose her sense of smell.
d) Coughing without covering is completely alright
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Answer: a) He might spread germs to others who could get sick.
Explanation: Failing to cover the mouth while coughing can contribute to the spread of germs through the air.
10. Planting trees is an important activity for a clean environment. What benefits do trees provide to our surroundings?
a) Attract pollution
b) Attract more germs
c) Produce oxygen and absorb harmful gases
d) Attract more insects
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Answer: c) Produce oxygen and absorb harmful gases
Explanation: Trees contribute to a clean environment by producing oxygen and absorbing harmful gases.
