HANSRAJMODELSCHOOL

PUNJABI BAGH
CLASS IX
CHAPTER- WHY DO WE FALL ILL?
ASSIGNMENT NO.1

1. When is a person said to be healthy?

2. What do you mean by community health?
3. List any four essential factors that must be taken care of by an
individual for keeping good health.
4. State any two conditions essential for being disease free?
5. How does public cleanliness affect our health ?
6. Give two examples for each of the following:
a. Acute diseases
b. Chronic diseases
c. Infectious diseases
d. Non-infectious diseases
7. Differentiate between:
a. Acute and Chronic diseases
b. Communicable and Non-communicable diseases
c. Extrinsic and Intrinsic factors
8. Which amongst the two diseases- acute or chronic has adverse
effects on the health of a person? Explain by giving suitable
examples.
9. How can we prevent water borne infections and vector borne
infections?
10. What are the different means by which infectious diseases
spread?
11. Explain giving reasons:
a. Balanced diet is necessary for maintaining a healthy body.
b. Health of an organism depends on its surrounding environmental
conditions.
c. Our surrounding area should be free of stagnant water.
d. Being disease free is not the same as being healthy.
12. If someone in your family gets an infectious disease, what
precautions he should take?
13. What are vectors? Give examples.
14. If you live in an overcrowded and poorly ventilated house, it is
possible that you may suffer from which of the following diseases:
a. Cancer
b. Air borne diseases
c. Cholera
d. AIDS
15. Which of the following can you make ill if you come in contact
with an infected person?
a. High blood pressure
b. Genetic abnormalities
c. Sneezing
d. Blood cancer