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AQA GCSE BIOLOGY PAPER 1H HIGHER TIER QUESTIONS WITH MARK SCHEME LATEST REVISION

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AQA GCSE BIOLOGY PAPER 1H HIGHER TIER QUESTIONS WITH MARK SCHEME LATEST REVISION

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0 1 A person has coronary heart disease.



0 1 . 1 Which blood vessels are affected by coronary heart disease?
[1 mark]
Tick () one box.


Arteries


Capillaries


Veins




A person’s heart stops beating.

The person stops breathing.

A first-aider pushes down on the person’s chest.

Pushing down on the person’s chest puts pressure on the heart.


0 1
. 2 Explain why putting pressure on the heart helps the person.
[2 marks]




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0 1 . 3 The first-aider also forces air into the person’s lungs by blowing into their mouth.
box



Describe how forcing air into the person’s lungs helps the person.
[1 mark]




0 1 . 4 The person’s heart starts to beat again and the person starts breathing.

The person has a high level of cholesterol in their blood.


Name one type of drug that would decrease the level of cholesterol in the
person’s blood.
[1 mark]




0 1 . 5 A doctor decides that the person needs to have a stent fitted.

Explain how a stent works to treat coronary heart disease.
[2 marks]




Question 1 continues on the next page




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Table 1 shows the effect of smoking on the risk of developing different box

cardiovascular diseases.

Table 1


Percentage (%) increase in risk
Cardiovascular
compared to people who have
disease
never smoked

E 14

F 20

G 29

H 70




0 1 . 6 Give two conclusions that can be made from the data in Table 1.
[2 marks]

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2




0 1 . 7 Complete Figure 1.

You should:
 label the y-axis
 add the correct scale to the y-axis
 plot the data from Table 1
 label each bar.


The bar for cardiovascular disease E has been plotted for you.
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