Standard Grade Science
Healthy Living (Foundation Level)
Which of the following correctly shows three diseases that smoking can cause?
- Lung cancer, common cold and measles
- Heart disease, anorexia and lung cancer
- Bronchitis, lung cancer and heart disease
- Bronchitis, lung cancer and common cold
The energy we use to maintain our body temperature comes from
- regular exercise
- sunbathing
- the food we eat
- drinking lots of water
In order to decrease body temperature a person will start to
- shiver
- sweat
- breathe more slowly
- eat less
What structure is shown by the letter B on the diagram?

- Windpipe
- Lung
- Heart
- Throat
A balanced diet must contain
- milk, bread or cereal, meat and fruit or vegetable
- milk, bread or cereal and meat
- water, fibre, fruit or vegetable and milk
- bread or cereal, water, fibre and meat
Smoking, poor diet, worry and a inherited factors all increase the chance of
- Catching measles
- Catching a cold
- Tooth decay
- Heart disease
Which of the following correctly shows three harmful substances found in tobacco smoke?
- Tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide
- Tar, nicotine and oxygen
- Nicotine, tar and nitrogen
- Nitrogen, tar and oxygen
Which of the following correctly describes what happens in the lungs?
- Oxygen leaves the blood and is breathed out
- Oxygen in the air goes into the blood
- Both oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air enter the blood
- Carbon dioxide in the air enters the blood
Regular exercise
- increases fitness but has no effect on recover time
- improves fitness and decreases recovery time
- improves fitness and increases recovery time
- has no effect on either fitness or recovery time
The pulse rate is a measure of
- blood pressure
- the rate at which the heart beats
- how strong you are
- how healthy the heart is
A disease caused by unhealthy eating habits is
- Lung cancer
- Measles
- Anorexia
- Bronchitis
The time taken for your heart rate to return to normal after exercise is called
- Feedback time
- Recovery time
- Resting time
- Fitness time
Which of the following is one of three aspects of fitness
- Pulse rate
- Stamina
- Diet
- Body temperature
What structure is shown by the letter A on the diagram?

- Windpipe
- Heart
- Throat
- Lung
The function of the heart is to
- Separate the heart and lungs
- Allow oxygen to enter the blood
- Pump blood round the body
- Keep blood at body temperature
Which of the following correct shows three substances that blood carries round the body?
- Food, nitrogen and water
- Heat, oxygen and nitrogen
- Nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide
- Food, heat and oxygen
Normal body temperature is
- 35oC
- 96oC
- 37oC
- 98oC
Normal body temperature is usually
- lower on cold days and higher on hot days
- lower than the surrounding air temperature
- the same as the surrounding air temperature
- higher than the surrounding air temperature
A higher than normal body temperature usually means
- that the person has been sleeping
- it is a very hot day
- it is a very cold day
- that the person is ill
A pint of beer contains
- half of a unit of alcohol
- two units of alcohol
- one unit of alcohol
- one and a half units of alcohol
Shivering is the body's way to
- use up less energy
- increase body temperature
- increase stamina
- decrease body temperature
Under normal conditions the body
- continuously takes in heat from the surroundings
- loses heat faster in the afternoon than in the morning
- doe not take in or give out heat to the surroundings
- continuously loses heat to the surroundings
In which of the following do all three drinks contain one unit of alcohol?
- a pint of beer, a small whisky and a large glass of wine
- a half pint of beer, a large whisky and a glass of wine
- a pint of beer, a small whisky and a glass of wine
- a half pint of beer, a small whisky and a glass of wine
What structure is shown by the letter C on the diagram?

- Heart
- Throat
- Lung
- Windpipe
Drinking alcohol
- increases a person's reaction time
- makes a person more alert
- makes a person less violent