Heart disease An investigation

Investigate possible causes of cardiovascular diseases (coronary diseases and heart attack),
preventive measures and treatments. Use the information you find to produce leaflets for the Heart
Association.
Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 6
Leaflet includes
information about
! one of the main
causes of
cardiovascular
diseases.
! one of the risks that
you can avoid and
some of the risks that
can be avoid.
Leaflet includes
information about
! one of the main
causes of
cardiovascular
diseases.
! at least t"o of the
risks that you can
avoid and some of the
risks that can be
avoid.
! one of the most
popular treatments in
case of cardiovascular
disease.
! at least three
preventative
measures to avoid
cardiovascular
diseases.
Leaflet includes
information about
! some of the main
causes of
cardiovascular
diseases.
! some of the risks
that you can avoid
and some of the risks
that can be avoid.
! one of the most
popular treatments in
case of cardiovascular
disease.
! at least five
preventative
measures to avoid
cardiovascular
diseases.
Leaflet includes
information about
! the main causes of
cardiovascular
diseases.
! all factors that
increase the risk of
suffering a
cardiovascular
disease.
! the three most
popular treatments in
case of cardiovascular
disease.
! at least eight
preventative
measures to avoid
cardiovascular
diseases.
Heart disease Test
1. Which blood vessels have the thickest walls?
#apillaries
Arteries
$eins
2. eins take blood!
from the heart and they have valves
to the heart and do not have valves
to the heart and have valves
3. "n which vessels is blood #ress$re greatest?
$eins
#apillaries
Arteries
4. %ooking at this &eas$re&ent o' blood #ress$re( 14)*+)( what does the 14) show?
%he number of times the heart beats per minute
%he pressure "hen the heart is contracting
%he pressure "hen the heart is rela&ing
,. A co&&on risk 'actor 'or heart disease is!
'eing over"eight
Having lo" blood
(&ercising regularly
6. Which o' the 'ollowing is a correlation between a 'actor and an o$tco&e?
Heart transplant operations are very e&pensive
)eople "ho smoke are more likely to have heart disease
Heart disease is more common no" than it "as *++ years ago
-. Which o' the 'ollowing 'actors co$ld increase the risk o' heart disease?
%he number of cigarettes smoked
%he increased cost of cigarettes
Advertising the risk of smoking and heart disease
.. /ohn0s grand'ather s&oked 6) cigarettes a da1 and lived to be +. when he died in his slee#.
Which o' the 'ollowing best e2#lains this state&ent?
It is an e&ample of a correlation bet"een a factor and an outcome
%he sample si,e is much too large
Individual cases do not provide convincing evidence
+. "n which o' the 'ollowing case st$dies is the sa&#le si3e well &atched?
Asking a man ho" many cigarettes he smokes each day
Asking *+++ men , "omen and teenagers, ho" many cigarettes they smoke each day and "hether
they have any chest complaints
-easuring the incidence of heart disease in one thousand .+ year old men "ho smoke fifty
cigarettes each day
1). Which o' the 'ollowing scienti'ic clai&s is the &ost reliable?
/ne that has 0ust been made
/ne that has been checked and repeated by other scientists
/ne that the scientist "ho made the claim has repeated three times