Blood glucose control, insulin and diabetes
10th grade (Year 11 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.HS-LS1-3 · England: GCSE Combined Science: Homeostasis and response
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Question 1
What is the main cause of type 1 diabetes?
- A. The pancreas makes little or no insulin
- B. A bacterial infection of the blood
- C. Body cells stop responding to insulin
- D. Eating too much protein
Question 2
Two people drank the same glucose drink. Blood glucose (mmol/L): A: 5 → peak 7.5 at 30 min → 5 at 2 h. B: 5 → peak 13 at 60 min → 11 at 2 h. Which person most likely has diabetes?
- A. Neither, because glucose always rises after a drink
- B. Both, because glucose rose in both
- C. Person B, because glucose rose much higher and stayed high
- D. Person A, because glucose returned to normal
Question 3
Many people with type 1 diabetes now wear a continuous glucose monitor. What does it do?
- A. makes insulin from glucose
- B. replaces the pancreas
- C. removes glucose from the blood
- D. measures glucose levels all the time so insulin doses can be matched
Question 4
Two people drank the same glucose drink. Blood glucose (mmol/L): A: 4.5 → peak 7 at 30 min → 4.5 at 2 h. B: 4.5 → peak 15 at 60 min → 13 at 2 h. Which person most likely has diabetes?
- A. Person B, because glucose rose much higher and stayed high
- B. Neither, because glucose always rises after a drink
- C. Both, because glucose rose in both
- D. Person A, because glucose returned to normal
Question 5
What is the main problem in type 2 diabetes?
- A. The pancreas is removed
- B. The kidneys stop working
- C. The liver makes too much insulin
- D. Body cells no longer respond properly to insulin
Question 6
Two people drank the same glucose drink. Blood glucose (mmol/L): A: 5 → peak 7.5 at 30 min → 5 at 2 h. B: 5 → peak 15 at 60 min → 13 at 2 h. Which person most likely has diabetes?
- A. Person A, because glucose returned to normal
- B. Person B, because glucose rose much higher and stayed high
- C. Both, because glucose rose in both
- D. Neither, because glucose always rises after a drink
Question 7
Many people with type 1 diabetes now wear a continuous glucose monitor. What does it do?
- A. removes glucose from the blood
- B. measures glucose levels all the time so insulin doses can be matched
- C. replaces the pancreas
- D. makes insulin from glucose
Question 8
Two people drank the same glucose drink. Blood glucose (mmol/L): A: 5.5 → peak 8 at 30 min → 5.5 at 2 h. B: 5.5 → peak 14 at 60 min → 12 at 2 h. Which person most likely has diabetes?
- A. Neither, because glucose always rises after a drink
- B. Person B, because glucose rose much higher and stayed high
- C. Both, because glucose rose in both
- D. Person A, because glucose returned to normal
Question 9
Which organ releases insulin?
- A. liver
- B. kidney
- C. stomach
- D. pancreas
Question 10
Two people drank the same glucose drink. Blood glucose (mmol/L): A: 5 → peak 8 at 30 min → 5 at 2 h. B: 5 → peak 15 at 60 min → 13 at 2 h. Which person most likely has diabetes?
- A. Both, because glucose rose in both
- B. Person B, because glucose rose much higher and stayed high
- C. Neither, because glucose always rises after a drink
- D. Person A, because glucose returned to normal
Question 11
What is the main cause of type 1 diabetes?
- A. A bacterial infection of the blood
- B. Eating too much protein
- C. Body cells stop responding to insulin
- D. The pancreas makes little or no insulin
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