Year 10 - Science
Climate change and human health
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 climate change affects human health and the spread of diseases.
Key Notes
- Human health is affected by nutrition, fresh water availability, pathogens, and environmental conditions
- Climate change affects fresh water availability and the growth of crops
- Heat-related ill health, malnutrition and communicable diseases are becoming more common as a result of climate change
- The spread and prevalence of diseases are influenced by climate
- Communicable diseases (e.g. malaria) may spread more easily and into new geographical areas due to climate change
Vocabulary To Learn
- pathogen: a virus, bacterium or other microorganism that causes disease
- malnutrition: the lack of proper nutrition due to not having a balanced diet
- climate change: a long-term shift in weather patterns
- prevalence: how widespread something is, especially a disease or pathogen
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Thinking that climate change affects the weather, but not human health.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
Human health is affected by nutrition, fresh water availability, pathogens, and environmental conditions. Climate change affects fresh water availability and the growth of crops.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'pathogen'
a virus, bacterium or other microorganism that causes disease. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: Thinking that climate change affects the weather, but not human health. Correction: This lesson explores direct and indirect impacts of climate change on human health.
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