iStarSign inScience 4 · Unit 1: Living things · Cambridge Primary Science Stage 4
1.5 Medicines and infectious diseases
15 questions · e.g. Which medicine helps breathing?
Questions
1. True or false: Medicines can help make us better when we are ill.
Check2. True or false: You should check with an adult before you take any medicine.
Check3. True or false: Medicines can never stop us from getting ill.
Check4. True or false: Plants and animals can get infectious diseases too.
Check5. Which of these is a way we take medicines?
Check6. Which of these is a way we take medicines?
Check7. Which of these is a way we take medicines?
Check8. Which of these is NOT a way of taking medicine?
Check9. Which of these types of medicine can prevent an illness?
Check10. Which of these types of medicine can help a person who has breathing problems?
Check- He took medicine that was not given to him.
- He told an adult he had a headache.
- He read the label with an adult.
- He waited for a doctor.
12. Marcus says, "My mother takes these, so they must be okay for me." Why is he wrong?
- A medicine that is safe for one person may harm another.
- Mothers never take medicine.
- He is right, family medicine is always safe.
- Tablets only work for adults.
13. Marcus took three tablets. Why is this unsafe?
- Tablets cannot hurt you.
- Three is always the right number.
- He should have taken them with cola.
- He did not know the right dose, so he may have taken too many.
14. Marcus found the tablets in the bathroom and took them himself. What should he have done?
- Take them without telling anyone.
- Take more tablets.
- Ask an adult before taking any medicine.
- Ask a friend to choose.
15. True or false: If you take more medicine, you will get better faster.
Check