Name: ______Date: ______Period: __

Go to http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuff/acne.html to answer the following questions.

1) Why do teens get acne?

2) What is the name of common acne?

3) What is another name for sebaceous glands?

4) What is sebum?

5) What is the difference, other than color, between whiteheads and blackheads?

6) What are nodules?

7) Why can stress make acne worse?

8) Why can scrubbing your face lead to worse acne?

9) What do many over-the-counter acne medications contain?

10) When does premenstrual acne occur?

11) Why is it a bad idea to mess with a pimple on your face?

Go to http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/beautiful/tanning.html to answer the following questions.

1) What percentage of Americans under 25 think they look better with a tan?

2) There are the two types of ultraviolent radiation that reach the skin, UVA and UVB.

Which one causes the epidermis to get a sunburn?

Which one causes people to tan?

3) When UVA rays hit the melanocytes, what do they produce?

4) Why do darker skinned people tan more deeply than lighter skinned people?

5) Why are UVA rays more dangerous than UVB rays?

6) What can UVA rays damage?

7) What is melanoma?

8) What cancers does exposure to UVB rays increase the risk of? 9) What is the main treatment for skin cancer?

10) What are the best defenses against sun damage?

11) What is the minimum SPF a person should wear?

12) When are the sun’s rays the strongest?

13) What medications can increase the skin’s sensitivity to the sun?

14) What do “tans in a bottle” contain?

15) What does this stain?

16) How long do these “fake” tans last?

17) With a “fake,” do you still need to wear sunscreen when outside?