Chapter 1

Lesson 4: Diseases/Sickness Resulting

from Exposure to Decaying Materials
Activity 4

Disease- an illness that

Lesson Guide affects a person, animal, or
plant; a condition that
Definition of Terms
prevents the body or mind
from working normally.

Excercises
 Decaying materials cause harm to one’s health.
Some diseases caused by decaying materials are:
allergy, cholera, malaria, typhoid, dysentery and
skin diseases.
Good hygiene such as washing of hands, boiling
of water and avoidance (pag-iwas) to exposure of
polluted air may help prevent the spread (paglaganap) of
these diseases.
Exercise 1
Direction: Match the disease to its description. Draw a line to connect them .

Diseases Description
1.Dysentery a.Waterborne disease
1.Ring worm a.It causes severe
diarrhea
1.Malaria a.Parasitic worm
1.Typhoid a.Transmitted by
mosquitoes
1.Allergy a.Itchiness
Exercise 2
Direction: Find the different diseases inside the box.

C A D E N G U E T D
B H X M P D L R Y G
C F O A J O M S P S
D E G L L W N W H Q
R U N A E K S K O M
M O T R G R F M I N
N A L I U J A Y D P
A S C A B I E S T L
Exercise 3
Direction: Write true if the statement is correct or change the underlined
word/s if the statement is false to make the statement correct.
________________________1. Cholera practices washing of hands and
boiling of water.
________________________2. Dysentery is transmitted when a person
drinks dirty water.
________________________3. Scabies are parasitic worms that cause
stomach pain.
________________________4. Mosquitoes cause dengue and typhoid.
________________________5. Washing hands before and after eating may
help prevent sickness.
 Exercise 4
Direction: Manghuhula ka ba? Write what will happen to you if you are in this
situation.

Situation Hula Mo
1. What will happen to you if you are going to eat  
without washing your hands?  
 
 
 

 
1. Small mosquitoes with black and white legs are  
flying near you  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you