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WorksheetsKS3 Science Health and Disease
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
BMI stands for
Body Muscle Index
Body Making Impact
Body Mass Index
Body Male Index
Cardiovascular diseases are related to which organ?
Kidneys
Lungs
Stomach
Heart
Disease lacking in protein is called:
Scurvy
Kwashiorkor
Rickets
Anaemia
The organisation responsible for ways to improve health across the globe are called:
WHO
HER
SHE
WHAT
Health is define as:
Physical, social and mental well being
Physical, diet and lifestyle
Physical, dental and mental well being
Communicable diseases are diseases caused by pathogens and pass on from person to person.
True
False
Tick all those that are non-communicable diseases:
Genetic disorder
Diabetes
Flu
Cancer
Alcohol is a drug because it changes the way the body behaves.
True
False
What does malnutrition mean?
Someone who suffers from ancer.
Diet caused by not having balanced nutrients.
Someone who suffers from cardiovascular disease.
A narrowed blood vessel can be widened by inserting a small mesh tube
Stent
Stick
Brent
Flu can be treated with antibiotics.
True
False
Tick all those that are bacterial infections:
HIV
Tuberculosis
Chlamydia
Ebola
Measles
Lymphocytes produce:
Antibiotics
Antigens
Antibodies
A vaccine contains:
dead or weakened lymphocytes
dead or weakened memory lymphocytes
dead or weakened pathogens
dead or weakened antibodies
Something capable of spreading disease without being infected itself (rats, mosquitoes, soil parasites)
Vector
Hazard
Virus
Infection
An example of a non-communicable disease is...
asthma
flu
coronavirus
measles
Which factors can lead to poor health?
stress
unhealthy diet
anxiety
lack of exercise
all of them
An example of a disease caused by an unhealthy diet is
chicken pox
asthma
diabetes
HIV
Which way a pathogen can enter the body?
Nose
Injured skin
Mouth
All of the above
In our body, the first line of defence consists of skin and mucous membrane.
True
False
A global disease outbreaks is
Endemic
Epidemic
Pandemic
Which statement is an example of physical well-being?
getting regular activity
your surroundings making you feel good
getting on well with the people around you and at work
feeling good about yourself
Give a reason why cholera is classified as a communicable disease.
it is spread from person to person by a transfer of a
pathogen
it is spread from person to person by inheritance
it cannot be spread from person to person by a transfer of a
pathogen
it cannot be spread at all
How does the stomach protect against pathogens?
Sulfuric acid kills the pathogens.
The stomach lining is sticky so catches the pathogens.
Hydrochloric acid kills the pathogens.
Pathogens don't get as fa as the stomach so there is no protection.
One way of measuring obesity uses body mass index (BMI). The equation for calculating adult BMI is shown in the picture.
A man has a mass of 105 kg and a height of 1.84 m. Calculate his BMI.
35
31
29
2
What do antibiotics treat?
Bacterial infections
Viruses
Fungi
Protists
Which species of trees is affected by chalara dieback?
Beech
Pine
Ash
Oak
Which system in your body defends you against diseases?
respiratory system
endocrine system
immune system
circulatory system
Viruses are
Non-living, have a protein outer coat and contain DNA.
Living organisms, have a protein outer coat and contain DNA.
Non-living, with chloroplast and a cell wall
Antiseptics (Dettol, TCP) are substances that:
speed up the growth of microbes
slow down the growth of microbes
