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Keeping Healthy
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- 1What is meant by a balanced diet?A diet that contains the right balance of the different foods you need and the right amount of energy
- 2What are Carbohydrates, fats and proteins used for?To release energy and build cells
- 3What happens if a person does not have a balanced diet?they become malnourished
- 4What is meant by metabolic rate?the rate at which all of the chemical reactions in the cells of the body are carried out.
- 5How do white blood cells defend against pathogens?Ingesting pathogens
Producing antibodies, which destroy particular bacteria or viruses
Producing antitoxins, which counteract the toxins released by the pathogens. - 6Why may new strains of resistant bacteria spread rapidly?Antibiotics kill individual pathogens of the
non-resistant strain
Individual resistant pathogens survive and reproduce,
The population of the resistant strain increases - 7—
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- GCSE Biology (BL1HP) Flashcards on Keeping Healthy, created by Joanna van Dyk on 11/05/2016.
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