Revise Health and Exercise – GCSE Science Biology Quiz

Science Quiz - Biology - Exercise and Health (AQA) (Questions)

Discover how exercise affects your heart, lungs and energy levels. This quiz links physical activity, diet and lifestyle choices to health, fitness and the risk of disease.

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Fascinating Fact:

Too little activity is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases like type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.

In GCSE Science Biology, you learn how regular exercise links to energy balance, heart rate and lung function. Exercise helps control body mass, supports the circulatory system, and lowers the risk of long-term disease.

Key Terms

Non-communicable disease: A disease that cannot be passed from person to person, such as heart disease or type 2 diabetes.
Cardiovascular fitness: How well your heart and blood vessels supply oxygen to your muscles during exercise.
Resting heart rate: The number of times your heart beats in one minute when you are calm and not exercising.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How does exercise affect health in GCSE Biology?

In GCSE Biology, exercise is explained as a way to strengthen the heart, improve lung capacity, help control body mass, and reduce the risk of long-term conditions such as heart disease.

What is a non-communicable disease in GCSE Science?

A non-communicable disease is a medical condition that does not spread between people, often linked to lifestyle factors, for example some cancers, coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

How much exercise is recommended for teenagers?

Health guidelines suggest that teenagers should aim for about an hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day, including activities that raise heart rate and strengthen muscles and bones.

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Which of the following statements about a balanced diet is not true?

[ ]	Carbohydrates include sugars and starch
[ ]	Proteins are needed for growth and repair
[ ]	Vitamins and minerals are needed in large quantities
[ ]	Fats can come from both animal and plant sources

During exercise, breathing rate and heart rate both increase. Why?

[ ]	To deliver more oxygen to your muscles
[ ]	Because you are using up the nutrients from your last meal
[ ]	To deliver more oxygen to your stomach so that you can release more energy from your food
[ ]	Because your blood vessels are bigger

How does exercise help your circulation?

[ ]	By making you stronger and fitter
[ ]	By helping your body control it's metabolic rates
[ ]	By creating LDL cholesterol
[ ]	By increasing levels of HDL cholesterol

Why is over exercising bad for you?

[ ]	It can strain your heart muscles
[ ]	It makes you go dizzy
[ ]	It takes up too much time
[ ]	You get too much protein in your blood

Which long term health problem is not related to a lack of exercise?

[ ]	Heart disease
[ ]	Beri-beri
[ ]	Strokes
[ ]	Diabetes

Why do your muscles need to be supplied with more blood during exercise?

[ ]	They are contracting and relaxing
[ ]	Blood makes them larger so they can do more work
[ ]	Muscle cell respiration is greater during exercise
[ ]	So that they can get more protein for energy

What is the chemical that causes cramp?

[ ]	Glucose
[ ]	Lactose
[ ]	Glucosic acid
[ ]	Lactic acid

After exercise, why do your heart rate and breathing rate stay higher than normal?

[ ]	To get rid of lactic acid
[ ]	Because it takes a while for your chest and heart muscles to slow down
[ ]	Because it takes time for messages to reach your brain to say that you have stopped exercising
[ ]	Because your body is staying ready just in case you start exercising again

What is metabolic rate?

[ ]	The speed of eating
[ ]	The speed of digestion
[ ]	The speed of the chemical reactions in your body
[ ]	The speed your blood flows through your arteries

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Which of the following statements is true about your metabolic rate after exercise?

[ ]	It increases permanently
[ ]	It decreases permanently
[ ]	It stays high for a while and then goes back to normal
[ ]	It stays low for a while and then goes back to normal

Science Quiz - Biology - Exercise and Health (AQA) (Answers)

Which of the following statements about a balanced diet is not true?

[ ]	Carbohydrates include sugars and starch
[ ]	Proteins are needed for growth and repair
[x]	Vitamins and minerals are needed in large quantities
[ ]	Fats can come from both animal and plant sources

They are needed only in quite small quantities to keep your body in good working order - though a lack of vitamins and minerals can have serious health consequences

During exercise, breathing rate and heart rate both increase. Why?

[x]	To deliver more oxygen to your muscles
[ ]	Because you are using up the nutrients from your last meal
[ ]	To deliver more oxygen to your stomach so that you can release more energy from your food
[ ]	Because your blood vessels are bigger

When exercising, your muscles need a lot more oxygen for respiration. By breathing faster and more deeply, your body can get more oxygen to the blood. By pumping faster, your heart can get more blood, and therefore more oxygen, to your muscles

How does exercise help your circulation?

[ ]	By making you stronger and fitter
[ ]	By helping your body control it's metabolic rates
[ ]	By creating LDL cholesterol
[x]	By increasing levels of HDL cholesterol

Increased levels of HDL cholesterol help to keep your arteries un-clogged allowing the blood to flow more smoothly

Why is over exercising bad for you?

[x]	It can strain your heart muscles
[ ]	It makes you go dizzy
[ ]	It takes up too much time
[ ]	You get too much protein in your blood

Heart muscles are tough but over exercising can stretch them. The heart usually recovers given time but can be damaged permanently

Which long term health problem is not related to a lack of exercise?

[ ]	Heart disease
[x]	Beri-beri
[ ]	Strokes
[ ]	Diabetes

The challenge of this question is the option of diabetes. It does not present you with a specific type of diabetes, so you need to consider whether or not there is a type of diabetes that can be linked to a lack of exercise. If there is, then diabetes can be ruled out from being correct. Type 1 diabetes is not linked with a lack of exercise but type 2 is, thus the answer 'diabetes' can definitely be eliminated as it includes both type 1 and type 2. Beri-beri is the only one that is not linked with a lack of exercise (vitamin B1 deficiency)

Why do your muscles need to be supplied with more blood during exercise?

[ ]	They are contracting and relaxing
[ ]	Blood makes them larger so they can do more work
[x]	Muscle cell respiration is greater during exercise
[ ]	So that they can get more protein for energy

During exercise, muscle cell respiration is higher. This means that more oxygen is needed and more waste materials are produced and therefore need removing. Supplying more blood to the muscles meets both needs

What is the chemical that causes cramp?

[ ]	Glucose
[ ]	Lactose
[ ]	Glucosic acid
[x]	Lactic acid

During very heavy or prolonged exercise anaerobic respiration takes place, during which glucose is converted to lactic acid

After exercise, why do your heart rate and breathing rate stay higher than normal?

[x]	To get rid of lactic acid
[ ]	Because it takes a while for your chest and heart muscles to slow down
[ ]	Because it takes time for messages to reach your brain to say that you have stopped exercising
[ ]	Because your body is staying ready just in case you start exercising again

Oxygen helps to break down lactic acid in muscle cells. Lactic acid is also carried away to the liver where it can also be broken down