plumiHow can lifestyle, genes and the environment affect health?: OCR GCSE Combined Science B questions
Every OCR GCSE Combined Science B exam question on B2.4 How can lifestyle, genes and the environment affect health?, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 51 questions on How can lifestyle, genes and the environment affect health?, as a list
- June 2025, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q4(a) (1 mark): A student is measuring their pulse rate. They count their pulse over 60 seconds. Describe how the student can measure their pulse. [1]
- June 2025, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q4(b)(i) (2 marks): The students conclude that student B had a greater fitness level. Which two statements support this conclusion? Tick (✓) two boxes. Student B has a lower restin
- June 2025, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q4(b)(ii) (1 mark): To be more confident in their conclusion, they decide to repeat their experiment. Suggest one improvement to their method to increase the validity of their conc
- June 2025, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q7(c) (6 marks): The heart is an organ in the circulatory system. (c)* Fig. 7.2 shows the coronary artery on the outside of a patient’s heart. Fig. 7.2 Coronary artery Fatty dep
- June 2024, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(a) (1 mark): State the risk factor that has the highest relative effect. [1]
- June 2024, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(b) (2 marks): Charlie is having a health check-up at the doctor’s. Charlie’s doctor finds out that Charlie: • plays hockey three times each week and goes running on a regular
- June 2024, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(c) (1 mark): Suggest one other health-related question the doctor should ask Charlie to help determine her risk of developing CVD. [1]
- June 2024, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(d) (6 marks): Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a disease that affects the heart and circulatory system. Fig. 2.1 shows a bar chart of some risk factors for CVD and their relat
- June 2023, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q6(d) (3 marks): Read the information in the box. • Fatty food contains cholesterol. • Cholesterol is taken up into the circulatory system from the gut. • Some of the uptake of
- June 2023, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q9(b) (2 marks): Risk factors for cancer include: • a person’s age • exposure to substances that are carcinogens (for example in cigarette smoke). Give two other risk factors th
- June 2022, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q9(a) (1 mark): Define non-communicable. [1]
- June 2022, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q9(b) (2 marks): Give two causes of non-communicable diseases. 1 2 [2] Scientists wanted to investigate the effects of two medicines on the risk of developing CVD. They did a st
- June 2022, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q6(a) (2 marks): State two factors that can reduce risk of CVD. 1 2 [2]
- June 2022, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q6(d)(i) (3 marks): In one year, 1 140 665 people went to hospital with CVD. Treating these hospital patients cost the NHS £4291.5 million. Calculate the cost per patient to the NH
- November 2021, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q2(a)(i) (2 marks): Which two items of information about risk can Ben not change? and [2]
- November 2021, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q2(a)(ii) (2 marks): Which two items of information help to reduce Ben’s chances of a heart attack? and [2]
- November 2021, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q2(b) (2 marks): Cardiovascular disease can damage the heart. Complete each sentence about how damage to heart muscle cells affects the circulation of blood. Use the words. You
- November 2021, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q2(c)(i) (2 marks): Of the total number of cases of cardiovascular disease, how many cases were from stroke? Stroke cases = [2]
- November 2021, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q2(c)(ii) (2 marks): Calculate the percentage of cardiovascular disease cases that were caused by heart disease. Percentage = % [2]
- November 2021, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q2(c)(iii) (2 marks): 1 person every 3 minutes is diagnosed with CVD. Calculate how many diagnosed cases there would be in one day. Diagnosed cases = [2]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q3(a) (3 marks): Jack is interested in the effect of different types of exercise on his pulse rate. Describe how Jack could investigate the effect of different types of exercise
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q3(b) (3 marks): Fig. 3.1 shows Jack’s pulse rate before, during and after some exercise. 90 80 Pulse rate (beats per minute) 70 60 00 50 100 150 200 250 Exercise Exercise start
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q3(c)(i) (2 marks): Jack concludes that the fitter a person is, the faster the recovery rate. Do you agree with Jack’s conclusion? Yes No Use Fig. 3.2 to explain your answer. [2]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q3(c)(ii) (1 mark): Suggest one way in which Jack could improve his investigation to increase confidence in his conclusion. [1]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q4(a) (1 mark): Identify one trend shown by the data in the graph. [1]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q4(b) (3 marks): Health checks are carried out by the NHS when individuals turn 40. These health checks help health professionals to find out who is at greater risk of cardiovas
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q4(c) (1 mark): Write down one additional question that the health professional could ask the patients to help assess their risk of cardiovascular disease. [1]
- November 2021, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q3(a) (2 marks): Give two conclusions that can be made from the graph about the impact of smoking on a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease. 1 2 [2]
- November 2021, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q3(b) (2 marks): At the beginning of the study, the number of people in the ‘stopped smoking’ group was 3175. After three years the percentage of this group with no cardiovascul
- November 2021, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q3(c)(i) (1 mark): Why do studies use samples? [1]
- November 2021, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q3(c)(ii) (1 mark): How can scientists be confident in the conclusions they make from this study? [1]
- November 2021, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q3(d) (3 marks): Suggest three lifestyle changes, other than stopping smoking, which can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. 1 2 3 [3]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q4(a)(i) (2 marks): Give two conclusions that can be made from the data in the table. 1 2 [2]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q4(a)(ii) (1 mark): Suggest what scientists should do to ensure that any conclusion they make is representative of the whole population of a country. [1]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q4(a)(iii) (3 marks): Calculate the percentage change in mean blood cholesterol level for men between 1960–1962 and 2007–2010. Give your answer to 2 significant figures. Use the equa
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q4(b)(i) (2 marks): Give two conclusions that can be made from the data shown in the graph. 1 2 [2]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q4(b)(ii) (1 mark): Suggest one way in which an individual could lower their risk of developing cardiovascular disease. [1]
- November 2020, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q3(a) (3 marks): Suggest three lifestyle factors which can affect good health. 1 2 3 [3]
- June 2018, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q5(c)(ii) (2 marks): Kareem is at risk of having a heart attack. If Kareem changes his lifestyle he could lower his risk of heart attack. Explain why it may be better for Kareem to
- June 2018, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q10(a)(i) (1 mark): Blood cholesterol levels are measured in millimoles per litre (mmol / l ). How many moles are there in a millimole? Put a ring around the correct answer. 0.001
- June 2018, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q10(a)(ii) (3 marks): A student reads off the graph and concludes that the death rate for men with a blood cholesterol level of 5.20 mmol / l is 15 deaths from heart disease per 1000
- June 2018, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q10(b)(i) (2 marks): A man in the United States has a blood cholesterol level of 6.50 mmol / l. The graph in Fig. 10.1 shows that 15 out of every 1000 men with this blood cholestero
- June 2018, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q10(b)(ii) (1 mark): In a sample of 1000 men from the United States, 20 died from heart disease. Use the graph in Fig. 10.1 to estimate the mean blood cholesterol level of these men
- June 2018, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q10(c) (2 marks): The scientists could collect other information to help explain the data on the graph. One example of other information they could collect is the ages of the men
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q1(f)(i) (1 mark): Describe the relationship between average sodium intake and deaths from stomach cancer. [1]
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q1(f)(ii) (1 mark): Which statement about the graph in Fig. 1.1 is correct? Tick (✓) one box. The death rate in England and Wales is 10 per 100 000 people per year. The study is to
- June 2018, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q2(a)(i) (1 mark): Blood cholesterol levels are measured in millimoles per litre (mmol / l ). How many moles are there in a millimole? Put a ring around the correct answer. 0.001
- June 2018, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q2(a)(ii) (3 marks): A student reads off the graph and concludes that the death rate for men with a blood cholesterol level of 5.20 mmol / l is 15 deaths from heart disease per 1000
- June 2018, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q2(b)(i) (2 marks): A man in the United States has a blood cholesterol level of 6.50 mmol / l. The graph in Fig. 2.1 shows that 15 out of every 1000 men with this blood cholesterol
- June 2018, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q2(b)(ii) (1 mark): In a sample of 1000 men from the United States, 20 died from heart disease. Use the graph in Fig. 2.1 to estimate the mean blood cholesterol level of these men.
- June 2018, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q2(c) (2 marks): The scientists could collect other information to help explain the data on the graph. One example of other information they could collect is the ages of the men
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