Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Drugs

Drugs — practice question

Using too much alcohol, injecting heroin, and smoking tobacco can each cause serious damage to the body.
(a)[3]

Complete Table 3.1 by adding ticks in the boxes to indicate the possible hazards of using these substances.

(b)[2]

Explain why many people find it hard to stop smoking tobacco.

(c(i))[2]

Describe two differences between the woman’s blood alcohol concentration and the man’s blood alcohol concentration in Fig. 3.1.

(c(ii))[1]

At two hours the man’s blood alcohol concentration was 50 mg per 100 cm$^3$ of blood. State the woman’s blood alcohol concentration at two hours.

(c(iii))[1]

Calculate the gap between the man’s and the woman’s blood alcohol concentrations at two hours, using your answer from part 3(c)(ii).

(c(iv))[1]

Suggest one reason why the same volume of alcohol had different effects on the man and the woman.

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