APEX HEALTH- EXAM REVIEW | LATEST UPDATED 2026/2027 (GRADED A+)
Body System ✔️a group of organs that work together to perform related functions
Coping strategies ✔️techniques or behaviors a person uses to handle stress.
Delayed Gratification ✔️avoiding immediately pleasurable activity for better reward later.
Health ✔️a persons overall physical, mental, and social state.
Influences on Health ✔️peers, technology, school, community, family, environment, media
Health Literacy ✔️a person's understanding of their health, ability to comprehend info about health.
Health promoting behavior ✔️an action that improves a person's health and reduces risk of illness and injury.
Examples of Health promoting behavior: ✔️good diet, regular exercise, keeping healthy weight, good sleep.
Impulse ✔️immediate desire
Mental and emotional health ✔️the ability to learn new ideas, tolerate differences, regulate feelings.
Factors that affect Mental/ Emotional health ✔️stress, anxiety, anger, self-image
Physical Health ✔️the condition of one's body
Factors that affect Physical health ✔️food/nutrition, exercise, sleep, genetics, environment, health care
risk behaviors ✔️actions that increase chance of illness/ injury.
self-image ✔️mental image of self
Social Health ✔️the condition of a person's relationships with others.
Factors that affect Social Health ✔️communication, network of peers, family, ability to handel conflict
Stress: ✔️mental state of anxiety, anger, worry because of problematic events
Anxiety ✔️a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease
Bullying ✔️behavior that is intended to hurt other people
Characteristics of bullying ✔️the behavior may happen repeatedly, the person being bullied often feels that he or she cannot do anything to stop
the behavior
Coping skills ✔️methods used to deal with or manage a stressful situation
Cyberbullying ✔️the use of social networking to attack, bully, or harass another person
Emotional well-being ✔️a state of positive emotional health
Empathy ✔️the ability to understand another person's experiences and emotions
Grief ✔️a response to loss involving many emotions
five stages of grief ✔️denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
Mental well-being ✔️a state of positive mental health
Obesity ✔️the condition of having an excessive weight for one's height, usually assessed by body mass index (BMI)
Peer pressure ✔️a sense of pressure to do something just because others are doing it
ways to resist peer-pressure ✔️understand your own values and beliefs, have self-confidence, choose your friends wisely, talk to a trusted adult,
and speak your mind
, Peers ✔️people of the same age or group
Self-esteem ✔️the way a person feels about him or himself at any particular time
Social media ✔️computer content in which people share, create, or exchange information or ideas
risks of social networking ✔️sharing too much information, vulnerable to predatory adults, sharing inappropriate photos and videos, exposure to
inappropriate commercial advertisements, and reduced time for physical activities
Stress management ✔️the use of coping skills to manage or reduce stress
healthy examples of stress management ✔️get adequate sleep, eat a healthy diet, be active, practice deep breathing, make time for fun and
relaxation, take a time-out, set realistic expectations
unhealthy examples of stress management ✔️smoking, drinking alcohol, illegal drugs
Stressors ✔️stimuli or situations that cause stress
common triggers of depression ✔️death of someone close, loss of an important friendship, divorce of parents, being the victim of a crime, and
enduring a natural disaster
ways to cope with depression ✔️get support from your parents and family, have positive experiences with good friends, be active and get
regular physical activity, eat a well-balanced diet of nutritious food, get enough sleep, and limit screen time
Gang ✔️an organized group of criminals with a structured membership and a defined leader
characteristics of it ✔️a formal organized structure, a designated leader, a territory, recurrent interactions among gang members, and
involvement in criminal and violent behavior
effects on a gang member's life ✔️dropping out of school, teen parenthood, unemployment, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and prison time
short-term consequences of gang involvement ✔️decline in school performance or dropping out of school, trouble with law enforcement, risk of
injury or death, and withdrawal from family
long-term consequences of gang invlovement ✔️missed opportunities for education or employment, time spent in prison, risk of injury or death,
extensive police record that limits employment, and risk of losing family and friends
impact of gangs on schools ✔️begins as early as elementary school and leads to students missing school or dropping out, increases the use of
weapons and drugs, and increases the likelihood of violence and violent behavior
impact of gangs on communities ✔️increases graffiti and other types of vandalism/intimidation/drug sales, can lower property values, can take
over neighborhoods or housing projects
Hallucination ✔️a sensory experience in which a person sees, hears, smells, tastes, or feels something that does not exist outside the mind
No-tolerance policy ✔️a method of discipline in which anyone who breaks even a minor rule receives punishment
no-tolerance policies in schools ✔️require swift and harsh punishments for misbehavior, being found with weapons or drugs in school results in
immediate suspension or removal from school, and threatening behavior toward students or teachers results in immediate suspension or
removal from school
no-tolerance policies in communities ✔️have curfews that limit the times at which young people can be out at night, have stricter laws for
weapons, have mandatory sentences for certain types of criminal behavior such as having drugs or weapons or using intimidation
methods to avoid gang violence ✔️stop and think, stay in control, react to avoid the use of weapons, think about consequences, talk to a trusted
adult, go to a safe place, avoid aggression, and spend time with friends
signs and symptoms of self-harming behaviors ✔️having many fresh cuts/scratches/bruises/burns, having broken bones, wearing long sleeves or
long pants to cover cuts/burns/bruises
people likelier harm selves ✔️females, teens or young adults, people experiencing issues such as neglect/sexual abuse/physical abuse/emotional
abuse, people with mental disorders, people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Body System ✔️a group of organs that work together to perform related functions
Coping strategies ✔️techniques or behaviors a person uses to handle stress.
Delayed Gratification ✔️avoiding immediately pleasurable activity for better reward later.
Health ✔️a persons overall physical, mental, and social state.
Influences on Health ✔️peers, technology, school, community, family, environment, media
Health Literacy ✔️a person's understanding of their health, ability to comprehend info about health.
Health promoting behavior ✔️an action that improves a person's health and reduces risk of illness and injury.
Examples of Health promoting behavior: ✔️good diet, regular exercise, keeping healthy weight, good sleep.
Impulse ✔️immediate desire
Mental and emotional health ✔️the ability to learn new ideas, tolerate differences, regulate feelings.
Factors that affect Mental/ Emotional health ✔️stress, anxiety, anger, self-image
Physical Health ✔️the condition of one's body
Factors that affect Physical health ✔️food/nutrition, exercise, sleep, genetics, environment, health care
risk behaviors ✔️actions that increase chance of illness/ injury.
self-image ✔️mental image of self
Social Health ✔️the condition of a person's relationships with others.
Factors that affect Social Health ✔️communication, network of peers, family, ability to handel conflict
Stress: ✔️mental state of anxiety, anger, worry because of problematic events
Anxiety ✔️a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease
Bullying ✔️behavior that is intended to hurt other people
Characteristics of bullying ✔️the behavior may happen repeatedly, the person being bullied often feels that he or she cannot do anything to stop
the behavior
Coping skills ✔️methods used to deal with or manage a stressful situation
Cyberbullying ✔️the use of social networking to attack, bully, or harass another person
Emotional well-being ✔️a state of positive emotional health
Empathy ✔️the ability to understand another person's experiences and emotions
Grief ✔️a response to loss involving many emotions
five stages of grief ✔️denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
Mental well-being ✔️a state of positive mental health
Obesity ✔️the condition of having an excessive weight for one's height, usually assessed by body mass index (BMI)
Peer pressure ✔️a sense of pressure to do something just because others are doing it
ways to resist peer-pressure ✔️understand your own values and beliefs, have self-confidence, choose your friends wisely, talk to a trusted adult,
and speak your mind
, Peers ✔️people of the same age or group
Self-esteem ✔️the way a person feels about him or himself at any particular time
Social media ✔️computer content in which people share, create, or exchange information or ideas
risks of social networking ✔️sharing too much information, vulnerable to predatory adults, sharing inappropriate photos and videos, exposure to
inappropriate commercial advertisements, and reduced time for physical activities
Stress management ✔️the use of coping skills to manage or reduce stress
healthy examples of stress management ✔️get adequate sleep, eat a healthy diet, be active, practice deep breathing, make time for fun and
relaxation, take a time-out, set realistic expectations
unhealthy examples of stress management ✔️smoking, drinking alcohol, illegal drugs
Stressors ✔️stimuli or situations that cause stress
common triggers of depression ✔️death of someone close, loss of an important friendship, divorce of parents, being the victim of a crime, and
enduring a natural disaster
ways to cope with depression ✔️get support from your parents and family, have positive experiences with good friends, be active and get
regular physical activity, eat a well-balanced diet of nutritious food, get enough sleep, and limit screen time
Gang ✔️an organized group of criminals with a structured membership and a defined leader
characteristics of it ✔️a formal organized structure, a designated leader, a territory, recurrent interactions among gang members, and
involvement in criminal and violent behavior
effects on a gang member's life ✔️dropping out of school, teen parenthood, unemployment, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and prison time
short-term consequences of gang involvement ✔️decline in school performance or dropping out of school, trouble with law enforcement, risk of
injury or death, and withdrawal from family
long-term consequences of gang invlovement ✔️missed opportunities for education or employment, time spent in prison, risk of injury or death,
extensive police record that limits employment, and risk of losing family and friends
impact of gangs on schools ✔️begins as early as elementary school and leads to students missing school or dropping out, increases the use of
weapons and drugs, and increases the likelihood of violence and violent behavior
impact of gangs on communities ✔️increases graffiti and other types of vandalism/intimidation/drug sales, can lower property values, can take
over neighborhoods or housing projects
Hallucination ✔️a sensory experience in which a person sees, hears, smells, tastes, or feels something that does not exist outside the mind
No-tolerance policy ✔️a method of discipline in which anyone who breaks even a minor rule receives punishment
no-tolerance policies in schools ✔️require swift and harsh punishments for misbehavior, being found with weapons or drugs in school results in
immediate suspension or removal from school, and threatening behavior toward students or teachers results in immediate suspension or
removal from school
no-tolerance policies in communities ✔️have curfews that limit the times at which young people can be out at night, have stricter laws for
weapons, have mandatory sentences for certain types of criminal behavior such as having drugs or weapons or using intimidation
methods to avoid gang violence ✔️stop and think, stay in control, react to avoid the use of weapons, think about consequences, talk to a trusted
adult, go to a safe place, avoid aggression, and spend time with friends
signs and symptoms of self-harming behaviors ✔️having many fresh cuts/scratches/bruises/burns, having broken bones, wearing long sleeves or
long pants to cover cuts/burns/bruises
people likelier harm selves ✔️females, teens or young adults, people experiencing issues such as neglect/sexual abuse/physical abuse/emotional
abuse, people with mental disorders, people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol
