BIOLOGY 1 REVISION FLASHCARDS

What is systolic pressure?

What is diastolic pressure?

What is the ideal blood pressure for a 21 year old?

What problems does high blood pressure cause?

What problems does low blood pressure cause?

What is the definition of health?

What is the definition of fitness?

Name the 6 types of fitness

What could INCREASE your blood pressure?

What could DECREASE your blood pressure?

What problems does smoking cause?

What effect does the carbon monoxide in cigarettes have on you?

What effect does the nicotine in cigarettes have on you?

What is the process of getting a heart attack?

Increasing the risk of heart disease:
What things can you control?

Increasing the risk of heart disease:
What things can't you control?

Why do we need CARBOHYDRATES?
What food is it rich in?
Where is it stored?

Why do we need FATS?
What food is it rich in?
Where is it stored?

Why do we need PROTEINS?
What food is it rich in?
Where is it stored?

Why do we need IRON (mineral)?
What food is it rich in?
Where is it stored?

Why do we need VITAMIN C?
What food is it rich in?
Where is it stored?

Why do we need FIBRE?
What food is it rich in?
Where is it stored?

Why do we need WATER (cells are 70% water)?
What food is it rich in?
Where is it stored?

What are carbohydrates made from?

What are proteins made from?

What does a balanced diet for all depend on?

What is your EAR?
How do you calculate it?

Sue weighs 72.5kg, what is her EAR?

What are first class proteins?

What are second class proteins?

What is Kwashiorkor?
Where is it most common and why?
What effect does it have on the body?

What is your BMI?
How is it calculated?

Sarah is 50kg and 1.6m tall, what is her BMI?

What is the normal/average BMI between?

What is the BMI for being underweight?

What is the BMI between for being overweight?

What is the BMI between for being obese?

What is the BMI for being VERY OBESE?

Jack is 80kg and is 1.6m tall, what is his BMI?
What BMI group is he in?

What is a pathogen?

What pathogen causes cholera?

What pathogen causes influenza?

What disease does fungi cause?

What disease does protozoa cause?

How do pathogen cause disease?

What does our skin barrier do?

What does a blood clot do?

What does mucus do?

What does stomach acid do?

Give an example of a non-infectious disease and what it is caused by

What is cancer and how does it happen?

What can increase/decrease the chance of developing certain cancers? Give two examples

What is a benign tumour?

What is a malignant tumour?

What is an antigen?

What are white blood cells and what do they do?

Who discovered antibiotics and what do they do?

What's the order of events for the white blood cells?

What is natural immunity?

What is artificial immunity?

What is a receptor, what do they do and where are they located?

What does the lens in the eye do?

What the iris and what does it do?

What is the retina?

What is the cornea?

What is the lens?

What is the optic nerve?

What is monocular vision?

What is binocular vision?