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Introduction:
Everyone gets stressed–it is a basic fact of life. Too much stress can have profound negative effects on your health, including hypertension, stroke, and heart attack. It’s important to learn effective stress management techniques while you are young. At the Web site below, you can learn more about stress and how to handle it.

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

Directions:

• Go to the Teens and Stress Web site, click on the links in the box, and read through the pages.
• Then answer the following questions:

1.			Explain the difference between stress and stressors.
2.			Name six types of stress teens face.
3.			How can teens prevent a lot of stress?
4.			List five symptoms of stress.
5.			What substances can worsen overstress?