B1.1 Keeping healthy

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What is 'the metabolic rate'?
The speed at which chemical reactions take place in our bodies
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After exercise:
the metabolic rate stays high for a while
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What is a feature of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs)?
LDLs carry cholesterol from the liver to the cells of the body
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What is it best to have for a healthy heart?
A high proportion of HDL compared to LDL
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What effects metabolic rate?
Genes, diet, excerise
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What do we mean by a 'balance diet'?
Contains the correct amount of nutrients for healthy body functions.
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What is a pathogen?
Organism that causes disease
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what is antibiotic?
A drug that kills bacteria
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What is meant by a mutation of a pathogen?
A change in a gene
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Difference between a pandemic and a epidemic?
Pandemic between countries and epidemic within countries
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