GCSE Biology – Health and disease

Last updated: 30/05/2020
Edexcel International GCSE Science – Biology separate Animal Physiology GCSE Biology – Health and disease

Learning Objectives

-I can define the term health and can describe the impact diseases have on health
-I can describe other factors (diet, stress, life) that can affect health
-I can explain how different types of diseases may interact and be triggers and can discuss the financial cost of diseases
-I can define the term cancer
-I can differentiate between benign and malignant tumours

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  1. What is the definition of health?

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  2. What can cause ill health?

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  3. What other factors cause ill health?

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  4. What can risk factors be?

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  5. What is a risk factor for a disease?

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  6. Alcohol is a risk factor for

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  7. Smoking is a risk factor for

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  8. Smoking and alcohol can cause

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  9. Obesity is a risk factor for

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  10. What can severe physical health cause?

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  11. Many diseases are caused by

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  12. If an individual has a disease in the immune system,

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  13. Immune reactions from a pathogen can then trigger

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  14. Which of these are allergies?

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  15. Different types of disease

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  16. What are the two different types of disease?

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  17. What does communicable mean?

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  18. What does non-communicable mean?

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  19. Which type of disease is more common in high income countries?

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  20. Which type of disease is more common in low income countries?

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  21. Ionising radiation is a risk factor for

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  22. What is the best definition of a cancer?

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  23. What causes a cancer?

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  24. What can trigger cancer?

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  25. What is a tumour?

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