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22 Cards in this Set
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What is a drug?
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Chemicals which affect the functioning of the nervous system
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Give 5 ways to categorise drugs.
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Hard or Soft
Uppers or Downers Addictive or Non-Addictive Most harmful or least harmful Legal or illegal |
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What are the three types of drugs?
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Stimulants
Depressants Hallucinogens |
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What do Stimulants do?
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Increase the activity of the nervous system
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What do Depressants do?
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Decrease the activity of the nervous system
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What do Hallucinogens do?
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Alter perceptions of reality and may result in Hallucinations
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What food groups have the highest energy per gram?
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Carbohydrates and fats
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What does energy become if it is not used up by the person?
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It becomes fat
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What is Heart disease?
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When a person's arteries become blocked
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Why is Heart disease caused?
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Fate builds up in the capillaries and the aeorta and the heart has to pump harder
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What are the long term effects of Heart Disease?
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High blood pressure
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What is Bowel Cancer?
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When the Bowels do not function as the Cancer Cells halt the immune system
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Why is Bowel Cancer caused?
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Obese people produce more hormones and this makes them more prone to certain types of cancer
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What are the long term effects of Bowel Cancer?
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Possible death
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How can the chances of developing Bowel Cancer be decreased?
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By eating more fibre
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What is Diabetes?
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Diabetes can be inherited or get brought on by unhealthy dieting and the pancreas either stops producing insulin or the body stops becoming affected by the insulin
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Why is Diabetes caused?
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Eating puts sugar levels up and insulin need to be overproduced then the pancreas begins to malfunction
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What are the long term effects of Diabetes?
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The Diabetic needs to watch their diet so as not to eat too much
Eyesight and circulation |
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What do Cilia cells do?
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Get rid of mucus
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What happens to a smoker's Cilia?
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The hairs go limp
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What problem's does this cause?
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Coughing
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What is Emphysema?
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A loss of elasticity in the walls of the Aveoli, the walls then break down, giving the lungs less surface area in which to handle the exchange of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
It makes it difficult to breathe |
