12.1. Disease
A subsection of Biology, 5090, through 12. Disease and immunity
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The graph in shows the concentration of nicotine in the blood of a person before, during and after smoking a cigarette. start smoking cigarette time / minutes concentration of nicotine in the blood / arbitrary units Use to find the time taken for the person to smoke the cigarette. Suggest why the concentration of nicotine in the person’s blood was not zero before starting to smoke the cigarette. Name two components of the cigarette smoke, other than nicotine, that may be harmful to the person. For each component, state the harm that it may cause. component 1 harm it may cause component 2 harm it may cause shows the blood pressure of the same person over the same time period. blood pressure / kPa time / minutes Use to describe the effects of smoking the cigarette on this person’s blood pressure. Suggest how smoking a cigarette resulted in this effect on blood pressure. Suggest possible harmful effects of this change in blood pressure.
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THEORY
2012
Paper 2, Variant 2
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The graph shows the relative risk of lung cancer, according to the years of smoking and the number of cigarettes smoked each day. relative risk years of smoking 0-20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ over 20 cigarettes per day 10-19 cigarettes per day less than 10 cigarettes per day The following statements were made. The relative risk of lung cancer depends on the number of cigarettes smoked each day. The relative risk of lung cancer depends on the number of years of smoking. The relative risk of lung cancer depends on the tar content of the cigarettes smoked. Which statements are supported by the data in the graph?
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MCQ
2015
Paper 1, Variant 1
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