Starter quiz
- True or false? Nicotine is a drug.
- True ✓
- False
What is the name of the arteries that supply the heart muscle itself with blood?- aortic arteries
- carotid arteries
- coronary arteries ✓
- heart arteries
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- What are the fuels needed for cellular respiration?
- oxygen ✓
- water
- carbon dioxide
- glucose ✓
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What takes place in the lungs?- 'gas exchange' ✓
- Which substance found in cigarettes makes them addictive?
- carbon monoxide
- tar
- nicotine ✓
- carbon dioxide
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- Which disease is not related to smoking?
- heart disease
- asthma
- cystic fibrosis ✓
- lung cancer
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Exit quiz
- True or false? Vaping is the same as smoking.
- True
- False ✓
- Which contains more chemicals; cigarettes or vapes?
- cigarettes ✓
- vapes
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- Why might vaping be recommended for some people?
- it never contains nicotine
- as a nicotine replacement ✓
- it is fun
- it is good for you
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- How confident do scientists want to be that any correlation in their results is not due to chance?
- 1%
- 95% ✓
- 99%
- 5%
- 10%
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Who do you agree with?- Andeep: You should vape because it is safe.
- Sam: You shouldn't vape because we don't know the long-term effects. ✓
- Laura: You shouldn't start vaping because it is addictive. ✓
- Jacob: You should vape because it is better than smoking.
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- How does nicotine affect the body?
- increases the rate of gas exchange
- increases heart rate ✓
- increases blood flow
- narrows blood vessels ✓
- increases blood pressure ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Vaping is an alternative to smoking.
- Like smoking, vaping involves consuming nicotine which is detrimental to health.
- The health effects of vaping are not yet fully known.
- Scientific ideas are updated as new evidence emerges.
Common misconception
Vaping is harmless and the same as inhaling steam.
Vapes contain thousands of chemicals that have unknown effects.
Keywords
Vaping - The action of inhaling and exhaling an aerosol containing nicotine and flavourings.
Nicotine - Highly addictive drug found in tobacco leaves.
Smoking - The action of inhaling and exhaling smoke from burning tobacco.
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