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6. What is thalidomide now used for?

  • Leprosy
  • Cancer

7. What are two mains effects of obesity?

  • High fat and arthritis
  • Lung cancer and chest pains

8. Sugar is added to sports drink to replace the sugar used to release

  • Energy
  • Mass

9. What is the main cause of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals

  • Antibiotics are being overused
  • they are bad
  • Toxins in the air cause them to be ineffective

10. An individual antibiotic-resistant bacterium is originally produced by

  • mutation
  • Natural selection
  • gametes

11. An IVF procedure may result in the production of 'spare' eggs. What needs to be decided?

  • How best to store the spare eggs
  • Whether spare eggs should be sold to someone else

12. During IVF what is a woman usually treated with?

  • Estrogen
  • FSH and LH
  • FSH
  • LH

13. Why is cannabis said to be a dangerous drug?

  • it causes obesity
  • The use of it has been linked to mental illness
  • It is expensive

14. Why does the flu make us feel sick?

  • it is good
  • The virus produces an anti-toxin
  • The virus damages the cell in which it reproduces
  • it is bad

15. Bird flu is caused by a virus, what would happen that could cause bird flu to come back?

  • new chickens
  • A change in the protein on the virus surface
  • a change in the antibody of the flu

16. Ions and water are lost during a race in?

  • Hair
  • Mass
  • Sweat
  • Enzymes
  • Energy

17. What will NOT affect the metabolic rate of a person?

  • inherited factors
  • Taking vitamin tablets
  • Exercise