1. Write the definition of birth defects according to the article "What are Birth Defects?"
2. According
to the article,
What
Causes Down Syndrome, is the cause
a. Too many Chromosomes
b. Too little Chromosomes
c. No Chromosomes
d. The mother's fault
3. What
is
folic
acid?
a.
something that burns through cement
b.
a mineral found in the earth
c.
a B vitamin
d.
a chemical found in newborns
4. According to the above article, folic acid prevents what birth defect?
5. List 3 foods that contain folic acid.
6. Write the definition of spinal bifida.
7. Under Incidents in the above article, how many people have this disease.
8. What
are 5 things you can do when you have a child with a birth defect.
(the
bold print)
9. Is
it possible to feed a baby with a
cleft
palate?
10. Define
congenital.
11. Use the above article to define cerebral palsy.
12. Do we know the cause of cerebral palsy?
13. In the second paragraph, what are the results of Muscular Dystrophy?
14. Is muscular dystrophy X linked or Y linked? What does that mean?
15.
Muscular
dystrophy is a _____________ but not _____________ disease, but we're
working on a cure.
16. When
does
Autism
show up?
17. Is there a specific cause of Autism? (use the above article)
18. Which drug causes the most disabilities?
19. Using the above article, list 5 of the 12 symptoms of FAS.
20. Does
the expert know how much
alcohol
is dangerous?
21. Under
the title "What
is Cancer" in the second paragraph, what are the three most common
types of cancer
in
children?
22. What are 3 typical treatments of cancer?
23. In the second paragraph, write the definition of hemophilia.
24. What does GERD stand for? and what is the term adults use when having this problem?
25. Pick
any topic from this
web
page and write a paragraph (about 5 sentences) about the topic.