Biology metabolic rate BMR a balance diet infectious diseases and Semmelweis antibiotics and painkillers 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? ScienceHealth, diet and exerciseGCSEAQA Created by: molly rutterCreated on: 27-09-12 17:37 what is your metabolic rate? the rate at which chemical reactions in the cells are carried out. 1 of 15 list 4 factors that affect your metabolic rate... gender-height and weight-amount of exercise- proportion of fat to muscle. 2 of 15 what is your BMR and what is the definition? your Basal metabolic rate- the rate at which chemical reactions take place whilst resting. 3 of 15 list 4 factors that affect BMR... body size-gender-age-body composition :fat to muscle 4 of 15 what does a balanced diet mean? that you eat meals with something from most of the food groups and have reasonable portion sizes. 5 of 15 what does it mean if a person is malnourished? their diet is NOT balanced and they eat the wrong proportions or types of food. 6 of 15 what can being MALNOURISHED lead to? underweight,deficency(rickets kwashiorkor,scurvy) overweight, developing conditions: diatabetes etc. 7 of 15 what are pathogens? microorganisms that cause infectious disease 8 of 15 what are the 4 types of pathogen? fungus, bacteria, protozoa, bacteria 9 of 15 name 4 ways pathogens are spread... by contact, water, animals, food and air 10 of 15 what did Semmelweiss discover? that if midwives and doctors washed their hands after dealing with dead bodies, then the infant mortality rate would decrease. 11 of 15 what did Alexander Flemming discover? Penicillin 12 of 15 where are anti -bodies made? in the white blood cells 13 of 15 what does 'immune' mean? your body stops you from getting disease 14 of 15 what do antibiotics do? kill bacteria e.g. penicillin 15 of 15
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