Glencoe Health ©2011

Introduction:
Everyone gets stressed—it is a basic fact of life. Too much stress, however, can have profound negative effects on your health, including hypertension, stroke, and heart attack. At this Web site, you can learn more about what causes stress, how stress affects your body, and how to get your stress level under control.

Links to Explore:
Teens and Stress
http://library.thinkquest.org/13561/english/def_stress.htm

Directions:

• Click on the link and go to the Teens and Stress Web site.
• Click on each of the following links in the box, and read the pages that pop up:
  • The results
  • Teen stress
  • Physical
• After reading all the pages, answer the following questions:

1			Explain the difference between stress and stressors.
2			List five symptoms of stress.
3			Name five sources of stress that are specific to teens.
4			What does the site call "the number one way to prevent a lot of stress"?
5			What is stress tolerance?
6			What substances can worsen overstress?
7			Identify three ways to reduce your stress load.