Year 10 - Science
Cancer
Health and disease
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Unit Summary
This unit explores health and disease, including communicable and non-communicable types and their interactions. It examines lifestyle impacts, disease spread, evaluates cardiovascular treatments, and highlights the importance of risk evaluation, peer review, and effective communication of results.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how a cancerous tumour is formed and identify some risk factors that increase the likelihood of a person developing cancer.
Key Notes
- Cancer is a non-communicable disease.
- Cancer is when cells divide uncontrollably and form a tumour.
- Tumours can be benign or malignant.
- Scientists have identified risk factors for certain cancers, including lifestyle and genetic factors.
- Infection with the sexually transmitted infection HPV can increase the risk of cervical cancer.
Vocabulary To Learn
- tumour: a mass of cells that has been produced through uncontrolled cell division
- benign: a tumour that is non-cancerous and contained to one area
- malignant: a tumour that is cancerous and can spread
- risk factor: something that increases the risk of ill health
- sexually transmitted infection: a disease that can be passed from organism to organism through sexual contact
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- There is nothing a person can do to decreases their risk of getting cancer.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
Cancer is a non-communicable disease. Cancer is when cells divide uncontrollably and form a tumour.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'tumour'
a mass of cells that has been produced through uncontrolled cell division. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: There is nothing a person can do to decreases their risk of getting cancer. Correction: Although we can't change inherited genetic risk factors for cancer, it does also have many associated lifestyle risk factors such as obesity and smoking.
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