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• Alcohol is a drug.

• As a food alcohol, provides mostly empty calories.

• The body treats alcohol like most foods.

• Each person’s body reacts the same way to the same amount of alcohol.

• Too much alcohol can cause death.

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• A can of beer [12 oz] has more alcohol concentration than a glass of wine [4 oz].

• Most adults drink every week.

• People drive better with a few drinks.

• Alcoholism is the same as being drunk.

• People with a drinking problem can be helped.

Alcohol Unit Vocabulary List

0. Drug1. Alcohol2. Ethanol3. Central Nervous System (CNS)4. Depressant5. Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)

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Write one new fact you learned today?

Partner Pyramid

drug

Blood Alcohol Concentration

Central NervousSystem

Depressant ethanol alcohol

Partner Pyramid

alcohol

depressantethanol

Blood Alcohol Concentration

CNS drug

Partner Pyramid

ethanol

drugalcohol

CNS depressantBlood alcoholconcentration

How is alcohol made? pg. 370

Plants are processed or fermented to produce alcohol as a by-product

wine > fermented grapes and fruits

beer > fermented grains including wheat, barley

liquor > i.e. whiskey, vodka, gin, brandy > fermented planted with further processing to

increase alcohol content

Describe in words how alcohol travels throughout the body (pg. 371)

Enters mouth > down esophagus > stomach where

some alcohol enters bloodstream thru lining >

small intestines where balance of alcohol enters

the bloodstream > Heart pumps alcohol

everywhere > Brain where it washes over

important control areas > liver where it is oxidized

and eliminated

Why is alcohol considered a “depressant”?(pg. 371)

Alcohol has its main effect on the CNS which consists of the brain + spinal cord

Alcohol, the drug, slows down the workings of the

CNS

Depressant – any drug that slows down the functions of the CNS

How does alcohol affect your brain functions? (pg. 371)

Alcohol depresses the workings of the CNS!

CNS controls speech, thinking, memory,

judgment, learning, coordination, movement

Alcohol affects brain functions in that it slows down or even stops it from working

normally.

Examples: determining safe vs. dangerous behavior, hand/eye coordination , self-control,

decision making

Word SplashWrite a paragraph about the effects of

alcohol on the CNS

depressant brain spinal cord

Central Nervous System

slows down alcohol

What is BAC? How does alcohol affect BAC?How does increased BAC affect us physically/mentally?

BAC = Blood Alcohol Concentration > amount

of alcohol in your bloodstream as expressed

as a percentage %

.08% = 8 parts of alcohol per 10,000 parts blood

BAC increases relative to the # of drinks consumed and how quickly

See Table 1 p. 372

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Tell what you know about the word

“depressant”

Describe how your body eliminates alcoholfrom your body. (pg. 373)

Liver breaks down the alcohol through a

process called oxidation.

alcohol = H20 + CO2

We get rid of through perspiration, urination, and exhalation

Liver can only breakdown an 8 oz. beer or

2/3 oz. of liquor or 1 5oz. Glass of wine / hr.

Does everyone who drinks alcohol react the same way to the same amount of drinks? (pg. 373)

Each person’s body and

mind react differently

to alcohol use.

Various factors can be

the reason>>>>>>>>>>>>

• How much/how fast• Body weight/gender• Stomach contents• Drinking history or

tolerance• Medications used• Mood• Expectations

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What does BAC stand for…

and

how is it related to brain function????

6. intoxication7. Alcohol Poisoning8. Hangover9. Cirrhosis10. Tolerance11. Alcohol Abuse12. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)13. Inhibition14. Reaction Time

15. MADD16. SADD17. Alcoholism18. Physical Dependence19. Psychological Dependence20. Chronic Illness21. Recovery22. Abstinence23. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Plants/fruits bloodstream liverfermented

depressant Central Nervous System

Hand/eyeCoordination speech CNS

decision blood alcohol concentrationmaking

Increases % of alcoholin the blood oxidation

.08% 8 oz beer/2/3 oz liquor urination 5 oz wine

body weight/gender

Intoxication reaction time

alcohol poisoning tolerance

Inhibition hangover cirrhosis

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome alcohol abuse

Websites Alcohol

niaaa.nih.gov

lcb.state.pa.us/edu/

padui.org

maddpa.org

coolspot.gov

above the influence.com