Mock 1 Flashcards
(32 cards)
What do carbohydrates provide?
Energy.
What does fat provide?
Energy and insulation.
What does protein provide?
Growth and repair.
What is malnourishment?
Unbalanced diet.
What does malnourishment lead to?
Being overweight or underweight and diseases.
What can cause type 2 diabetes?
Eating too much sugar and fat.
What does type 2 diabetes do?
Makes the person unable to control the sugar levels in their blood.
How do you control type 2 diabetes?
With a balanced diet, exercising and monitoring blood sugar levels.
What happens when a person consumes more energy than they use?
It turns into fat.
Why is exercising healthy?
Use up more energy and have a lower blood pressure.
What is metabolic rate?
The rate that all the chemical reactions in the cells in the body are carried out.
What do you need for a higher metabolic rate?
More energy.
What is Cholesterol?
A substance that our body creates from fat that we consume in our diet.
What can too much cholesterol increase the chance of?
Cardio-Vascular diseases.
What are some examples of cardio-vascular diseases?
Strokes and heart attacks.
Where is the central nervous system?
The brain and spinal cord.
What are receptors?
Cells that detect stimuli.
What are neurones?
Nerve cells.
What is a relay neurone?
A neurone in the central nervous system that carries the impulse from a sensory neurone to a motor neurone.
What is a motor neurone?
A nerve cell that transmits a nerve impulse from the central nervous system to an effector.
What is an effector?
A muscle or gland that brings out an response.
What are synapses?
The junctions between nerve cells.
What are plants sensitive to?
Light, moisture and gravity.
What do their roots grow towards?
Moisture and the direction of the force of gravity.
