Lifestyle and disease (AQA GCSE Biology): Quizzes
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What is obesity a major lifestyle risk factor for?
What is obesity a major lifestyle risk factor for?
Type 2 diabetes
What does regular exercise help prevent by controlling body weight?
What does regular exercise help prevent by controlling body weight?
Cardiovascular disease
What does the term 'cardiovascular disease' refer to?
What does the term 'cardiovascular disease' refer to?
Problems with heart and blood vessels
Where do inherited factors that affect health come from?
Where do inherited factors that affect health come from?
Genes
Some people inherit genes that make their blood cholesterol levels do what?
Some people inherit genes that make their blood cholesterol levels do what?
Higher
Why must scientists compare people with similar inherited factors?
Why must scientists compare people with similar inherited factors?
To make results valid and reliable
What are carcinogens?
What are carcinogens?
Toxic substances that damage cells
Which of these is a proven risk factor for cancer?
Which of these is a proven risk factor for cancer?
Exposure to ionising radiation
What is true about benign tumours?
What is true about benign tumours?
They stay in one place
What are malignant tumours?
What are malignant tumours?
Cancers
How do malignant tumours spread to other parts of the body?
How do malignant tumours spread to other parts of the body?
Through the blood
Why do scientists use control groups?
Why do scientists use control groups?
To test their ideas properly