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Keeping Healthy - Biology 1 Revision GCSE
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Questions in this quiz (17)
1A balanced diet includes everything needed to keep the body healthy
- ATrue
- BFalse
2If you exercise more, you need less energy in your body
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Why do people become obese?
- AThey have taken in more energy than they have used
- BThey don't do any exercise
4Starving people can walk about easily
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Why does a pregnant woman need more energy than a normal woman?
- AThey're carrying more weight and have to provide for the baby
- BBecause they are under a lot of pressure
6What is a metabolic rate?
- AEating loads without getting fat
- BA measure of how quickly the chemical reactions in cells release energy from food
7A pathogen is a tiny microorganism that causes infectious disease
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Viruses reproduce inside cells
- ATrue
- BFalse
9Toxins do not make you feel Ill
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Name two problems linked with obesity
- ACancer and heart disease
- BHigh blood pressure and heart disease
- CTiredness and low energy
11Why must we eat food?
- AIf we don't, we will starve
- BYou need to eat food to release the energy you need to live
- CTo avoid hunger
12The body prevents most pathogens getting in
- ATrue
- BFalse
13White blood cells destroy antigens
- ATrue
- BFalse
14Medicines kill all pathogens that cause disease
- ATrue
- BFalse
15Antibiotics can destroy viruses
- ATrue
- BFalse
16Why can't antibiotics kill viruses?
- AThey can
- BBecause viruses reproduce inside the body and any treatment could damage the body cells
17Who discovered penicillin?
- AGhandi
- BPythagoras
- CAlexander Fleming
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- This doesn't cover the whole biology gcse, but it covers some of the keeping healthy section
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- Mollie Cooper
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- English
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