Health Vocabulary Worksheets PDF – Easy Terms to Match

All 36 terms

Health class words 12

checkup A routine exam to see how the body or teeth are doing. Her checkup is on Friday after school.
diet The kinds of food that someone eats day after day. The zoo keeper wrote out the panda's diet.
germ A microbe, such as a virus, that brings on disease. The poster showed a cartoon germ with six legs.
habit A thing done so regularly it is hardly noticed. Reading before bed became her habit.
health The condition of a person's body and mind. The class is making posters for health week.
hygiene The practice of staying clean to ward off disease. Hygiene was the first topic of the unit.
illness A sickness, or a period of being unwell. He missed two days of school because of an illness.
nutrient Something in a meal, like a vitamin, the body needs. The label lists each nutrient in the cereal.
prevention Steps taken early so a bad thing never happens. The unit on fire prevention starts on Monday.
stress Worry and tension brought on by a hard situation. The week of tests brought a lot of stress.
symptom A bodily change that a sick person feels or sees. The nurse wrote down each symptom.
wellness Being well in a way a person actively works toward. The school held a wellness fair in the gym.

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The body at work 12

digestion Changing what was eaten into a form the body can use. The class drew the path of digestion on a long sheet.
heartbeat The steady thump of the heart as it moves blood. He could hear his own heartbeat in the quiet room.
immune system The body's own guard against disease. This week's chapter is about the immune system.
joint The link between two bones, often one that bends. The chart names each joint of the arm.
lungs The two breathing parts inside the rib cage. The diagram colors the lungs pink.
muscle Tissue that contracts to produce movement. He pointed to the muscle in his upper arm.
nerve A strand that relays feeling and commands. The poster traces one nerve down the arm.
organ A body structure, like the liver, with a set role. The model shows where each organ sits.
reflex A physical response a person cannot hold back. The doctor tapped his knee to test a reflex.
skeleton The body's whole set of bones, joined together. A plastic skeleton hangs in the science room.
spine A chain of small bones running from head to hips. The chart shows the spine from the side.
sweat Moisture the skin gives off as the body heats up. Sweat ran down his forehead after the race.

Staying safe 12

crosswalk A marked zone on a road set aside for pedestrians. The guard waved the class over the crosswalk.
emergency A serious problem that must be dealt with at once. The exit map shows where to go in an emergency.
first aid Basic treatment given right after an accident. The scout troop took a class in first aid.
hazard A source of possible danger, such as a wet floor. A yellow sign marks the hazard by the stairs.
helmet Tough headgear that shields the skull from a blow. She clipped on her helmet before the ride.
injury Bodily damage, such as a sprain or a broken bone. The player sat out with a knee injury.
life jacket A sleeveless float you wear to stay above water. Each paddler wore a life jacket.
lifeguard A rescuer posted where people swim. A lifeguard sat in the tall chair by the pool.
safety Protection from accidents and other dangers. The coach talked about safety before the trip.
seat belt A buckled strap worn across the body in a vehicle. Everyone on the bus buckled a seat belt.
smoke alarm A unit that screeches when it detects a fire's fumes. The smoke alarm chirped until its battery was changed.
sunscreen A skin product that absorbs ultraviolet light. Dad packed sunscreen for the beach.

How this list was compiled: Term list chosen for this site on 2026-10-13. Each meaning is written in our own words and was checked that day against the entry for the term in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, and in the Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/). All 36 terms stand in both; lungs is read under lung. That the lungs lie in the rib cage is from the article Lung of English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/), read the same day. The sentence after each meaning is our own and only uses the word. The answers under the list rest on the Wiktionary entries symptom, wellness and immune system and the Cambridge entry wellness. Licence: own work

How it works

These health vocabulary worksheets pair twelve terms with plain meanings to join by a line, free to print or save as a PDF. The first set has the easy words; two more take the body and safety.

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Easy health vocabulary terms worksheet

Set opens on Health class words: health, wellness, hygiene, nutrient, habit, diet, germ, illness, symptom, prevention, stress and checkup. The answer key, printed last, repeats the sheet with every pair joined by a line.

ESL health vocabulary worksheets: body and safety words

The body at work has organ, muscle, joint, skeleton, spine, lungs, heartbeat, nerve, digestion, immune system, reflex and sweat. Staying safe runs from safety, hazard, injury and emergency to helmet, seat belt, life jacket and smoke alarm. Under the tool each term has a sentence that uses it in plain English.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between health and wellness?

Health is the condition of a person's body and mind. Wellness is good health as something a person actively works to reach, which is how the Cambridge Dictionary's entry frames it.

What is the difference between a sign and a symptom?

Strictly, a symptom is a change felt by the person who is ill, while a sign is one that somebody else can detect. Wiktionary's entry for symptom draws that line.

What does the immune system do?

It defends the body against foreign substances and disease-causing organisms. Wiktionary's entry names the thymus, the spleen and the lymph nodes among its organs, and antibodies among the products of its cells.