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Question 45

Which statement best describes the difference between a benign tumor and a malignant tumor?

A

Benign tumors consist of foreign pathogen cells, whereas malignant tumors consist of abnormal body cells.

B

Benign tumors remain contained in one area and do not invade other parts of the body, whereas malignant tumors can invade neighboring tissues and spread to other parts of the body.

C

Benign tumors are caused by uncontrolled cell division, whereas malignant tumors are caused by cells that refuse to divide.

D

Benign tumors divide rapidly and uncontrollably, whereas malignant tumors divide very slowly.

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6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health

181 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health, covering 6.3.1 Health and disease, 6.3.2 Interactions between diseases, 6.3.3 Spread of communicable diseases, 6.3.4 Common infections and diseases, 6.3.5 Physical plant defence responses, 6.3.6 Chemical plant defence responses, 6.3.7 Detecting and identifying plant diseases, 6.3.8 White blood cells and platelets, 6.3.9 Non-specific defence systems, 6.3.10 The immune system, 6.3.11 Monoclonal antibodies, 6.3.12 Vaccines and medicines, 6.3.13 Aseptic techniques, 6.3.14 Discovery and development of new medicines, 6.3.15 Causes of non-communicable diseases, 6.3.16 Treatments for cardiovascular disease, 6.3.17 Lifestyle factors and non-communicable diseases, 6.3.18 Cancer, 6.3.19 Stem cells in medicine, 6.3.20 Gene technology in medicine, and 6.3.21 The human genome and medicine. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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