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Class 8th Science Chapter 3

The document discusses various aspects of health, including the classification of diseases into communicable and non-communicable categories. It outlines actions to take during a flu outbreak, precautions for traveling to malaria-prone areas, and the importance of health campaigns. Additionally, it addresses the immune response to pathogens and the reasons for the prevalence of certain diseases over others.

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Class 8th Science Chapter 3

The document discusses various aspects of health, including the classification of diseases into communicable and non-communicable categories. It outlines actions to take during a flu outbreak, precautions for traveling to malaria-prone areas, and the importance of health campaigns. Additionally, it addresses the immune response to pathogens and the reasons for the prevalence of certain diseases over others.

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Class 8th KV chapter 3 ( Health )

1. Group the following diseases as communicable or non-communicable.


Cold and flu , Typhoid , Diabetes , Asthma , Chickenpox
2. There is a flu outbreak in your school. Several classmates are absent, while
some are still coming to school coughing and sneezing.
(i) What immediate actions should the school take to prevent further spread?
(ii) If your classmate, who shares the bench with you, starts showing symptoms
of the flu, how can you respond in a considerate way without being rude or
hurtful?
(iii) How can you protect yourself and others from getting infected in this
situation?
3. Your family is planning to travel to another city where malaria is prevalent.
(i) What precautions should you take before, during, and after the trip?
(ii) How can you explain the importance of mosquito nets or repellents to your
sibling?
(iii) What could happen if travellers ignore health advisories in such areas?
4. Imagine you are in charge of a school health campaign. What key messages
would you use to reduce communicable and non-communicable diseases?
5. It is recommended that we should not take an antibiotic for a viral infection like a
cold, a cough, or flu. Can you provide the possible reason for this
recommendation?
6. Which disease(s) among the following may spread if drinking water gets
contaminated by the excreta from an infected person?
Hepatitis A, Tuberculosis, Poliomyelitis, Cholera, Chickenpox.
7. When our body encounters a pathogen for the first time, the immune response is
generally low but on exposure to the same pathogen again, the immune
response by the body is much more compared to the first exposure. Why is it so?
8. Explain communicable and non communicable diseases with two examples.
9. How are communicable diseases caused and spread?
10. We rarely see cases of smallpox or polio these days, but diseases like diabetes
and heart problems are more common. Why?

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