GCSE Biology – Health, Disease and the Development of Medicines – 1 – Exam Style Questions with Answers

Some drugs used to treat cancer are taken into cells by active transport.
Figure 8 shows some causes of preventable cases of cancer in 2015.
What is the percentage of preventable cases of cancer that are caused by tobacco?

Some bacteria cause disease.
Which word describes an organism that causes disease?

Figure 10 shows the number of people diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
in the UK during 2017.
The population of the UK in 2017 was 66 million people.
Calculate the total number of people diagnosed with chlamydia in the UK in 2017.
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Cell division occurs during the cell cycle.
During which stage of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?

Which data can be used to calculate BMI?

Measles is a communicable disease caused by a virus.
What can a virus also be classified as?

The ratio of waist-to-hip measurements can be used to determine the risk of a person
developing cardiovascular disease.
Calculate the waist-to-hip ratio for a person with a waist measurement of 830 mm and a hip
measurement of 0.99 m.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places

The sugar content of drinks is not the only dietary factor that can affect health.
Give one other dietary factor that a person should consider when choosing a drink.

Antibiotics can be used to treat Chlamydia, which is a sexually transmitted infection.
What type of pathogen causes Chlamydia?

Cirrhosis is a disease caused by prolonged alcohol abuse.
Prolonged alcohol abuse causes cirrhosis of the________