KS1 Staying Healthy | Guarding Against Colds and Flu

Science Quiz - Staying Healthy - Colds and Flu (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with staying healthy and using tissues to guard against colds and flu.

Everyone gets a cold or the flu now and again. How can we guard ourselves against them and stay healthy? Coughs and colds spread easily. Often they spread quickly through the children in a school. It is very easy to catch a cold. Colds and flu are spread by bugs. So it is a good idea to try to stop the bugs from spreading. This quiz is about how we can guard ourselves against the bugs and stay healthy.

Tom’s Grandma has a saying: ‘Coughs and sneezes spread ________.’

[ ]	Tissues
[ ]	Diseases
[ ]	Cold weather
[ ]	Cold water

What do you have when you have a cold?

[ ]	Toothache
[ ]	Ear-ache
[ ]	Runny nose
[ ]	Poorly tummy

We should blow our nose into a ______.

[ ]	Jumper
[ ]	Tissue
[ ]	Towel
[ ]	Tea towel

Instead of tissues, some older people use a ____________.

[ ]	Towel
[ ]	Flannel
[ ]	Jumper
[ ]	Handkerchief

Sometimes you just can’t stop a cough or a sneeze. But you should always:

[ ]	Cover your mouth and nose with your hands
[ ]	Cough and sneeze towards people
[ ]	Laugh about it
[ ]	Cough and sneeze as hard as you can

Carla has a bad cold. She blows her nose into a tissue. She puts the tissue in the bin. What else should she do to stop the nasty bugs spreading?

[ ]	Never blow her nose
[ ]	Not use a tissue next time
[ ]	Wash her hands as soon as possible
[ ]	Give the tissue to her friend next time

Colds are not nice. The flu is worse. This boy has the flu. What is his mother doing?

[ ]	Taking his pulse
[ ]	Feeding him
[ ]	Taking his temperature
[ ]	Measuring his breathing

What is the word ‘flu’ short for?

[ ]	Influence
[ ]	Influential
[ ]	Influenza
[ ]	Fluid

Colds and flu are not the only illnesses. What has this boy caught?

[ ]	Poorly tummy
[ ]	Chickenpox
[ ]	Asthma
[ ]	Eczema

10.

If you are very poorly, you might have to go and see a ______.

[ ]	Teacher
[ ]	Dentist
[ ]	Doctor
[ ]	Vet

Science Quiz - Staying Healthy - Colds and Flu (Answers)

Tom’s Grandma has a saying: ‘Coughs and sneezes spread ________.’

[ ]	Tissues
[x]	Diseases
[ ]	Cold weather
[ ]	Cold water

What word rhymes with sneezes?

What do you have when you have a cold?

[ ]	Toothache
[ ]	Ear-ache
[x]	Runny nose
[ ]	Poorly tummy

When was the last time you had a cold?

We should blow our nose into a ______.

[ ]	Jumper
[x]	Tissue
[ ]	Towel
[ ]	Tea towel

Then put the tissue in the bin

Instead of tissues, some older people use a ____________.

[ ]	Towel
[ ]	Flannel
[ ]	Jumper
[x]	Handkerchief

Handkerchiefs are made of cotton. They can be washed

Sometimes you just can’t stop a cough or a sneeze. But you should always:

[x]	Cover your mouth and nose with your hands
[ ]	Cough and sneeze towards people
[ ]	Laugh about it
[ ]	Cough and sneeze as hard as you can

A tissue is best, but covering your mouth and nose stops some of the nasty bugs going into the air

Carla has a bad cold. She blows her nose into a tissue. She puts the tissue in the bin. What else should she do to stop the nasty bugs spreading?

[ ]	Never blow her nose
[ ]	Not use a tissue next time
[x]	Wash her hands as soon as possible
[ ]	Give the tissue to her friend next time

Washing your hands is a good way to stop nasty bugs spreading

Colds are not nice. The flu is worse. This boy has the flu. What is his mother doing?

[ ]	Taking his pulse
[ ]	Feeding him
[x]	Taking his temperature
[ ]	Measuring his breathing

When you are poorly you can have a high temperature. If you have the flu you have a high temperature

What is the word ‘flu’ short for?

[ ]	Influence
[ ]	Influential
[x]	Influenza
[ ]	Fluid

Have you ever had the flu?

Colds and flu are not the only illnesses. What has this boy caught?

[ ]	Poorly tummy
[x]	Chickenpox
[ ]	Asthma
[ ]	Eczema

Lots of children get chickenpox. Have you had chickenpox?

10.

If you are very poorly, you might have to go and see a ______.

[ ]	Teacher
[ ]	Dentist
[x]	Doctor
[ ]	Vet

Some children have to go to hospital. There are lots of doctors and nurses in a hospital