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how do organisms increase their chances of survival?

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they respond to changes in their external and internal environment
eg for external animals- move away from harmful environments
plants- cant move but can change the way the grow

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what is a stimulus?

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any change in the external or internal environment

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what is a simple response?

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simple mobile organisms have simple responses the keep them in favourable conditions
can be tactic or kinetic

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what is a tactic response (taxis)
eg

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directional movement in response to a stimulus

direction of stimulus affects the response
eg woodlice move away from light

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what is a kinetic response (kinesis)

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non-directional (random) movement in response to a stimulus

intensity of the stimulus affects the response
eg woodlice move slower and turn less often in high humidity

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evaluate taxis

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in favourable conditions more often
less exposed to predators
find favourable conditions
quicker
survival advantage
energy efficient

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evaluate kinesis

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find favourable conditions
survival advantage
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slower
more exposed to predators
energy intensive
in favourable conditions less

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practical?

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investigating simple animal response

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what are receptors?

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cells/ proteins on cell surface membrane that detect stimuli

receptors are specific to one type of stimulus

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what are effectors?

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cells that bring about a response to a stimulus to produce an effect
eg muscle cells, cells found in glands

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how do receptors and effectors communicate?

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via the nervous system or hormonal system or both

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sensory neurones

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transmit electrical impulses from receptors to CNS

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motor neurones

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transmit electrical impulses from CNS to effectors

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relay neurons

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transmit electrical impulses between sensory and motor neurones

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how does nervous communication occur?

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stimulus is detected by receptor and electrical impulse sent along sensory neurone

when electrical impulse reaches end of neurone, neurotransmitters take info across synapse to next neurone where another electrical impulse is generated

the CNS processes the information and send impulses along motor neurones to an effector

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what is a simple reflex?

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a rapid, involuntary response to a stimulus
pathway of communication goes through spinal cord but not through conscious parts of the brain so the response happens automatically
they are protective as they help the organism to avoid damage

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what is a tropism?
positive?
negative?

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the response of a plant to a directional stimulus
growth towards the stimulus
growth away from the stimulus

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what is a phototropism?

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growth in response to light
shoots are positively phototropic
roots are negatively phototropic

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what is a gravitropism?

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growth of a plant in response to gravity
shoots are negatively gravitropic
roots are positively gravitropic

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what are auxins?

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specific growth factors that speed up/slow down plant growth
produced in growing regions and move to where they’re needed

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how does auxin cause tips to elongate?

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cell walls become stretchy and cells get longer

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what happens if the tip of a shoot is removed?

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no auxin will be available and the shoot will stop growing

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what does auxin do in roots and shoots?

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stimulates growth in shoots

(high concentration) inhibit growth in roots

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what is indoleacetic acid (IAA)?

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a type of auxin that is produced in tips of shoots and roots in flowering plants
moved around to control tropisms- moves by diffusion and active transport over short distances and via phloem over long distances
results in diff parts of plant having diff conc of IAA- causes uneven growth

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experiments
Darwin- shone light on plants, then plants w foil on tip, the plants w foil below tip. bending occured in first and last experiments boysen-jensen- agar jely between shoot tip and rest of plant on one and inpenetrable barrier (mica) on another shoot only bent in plant with agar- proves auxin diffuses through tissue paal- removed shoot tips, put shoots in dark, put tips off contre. tip put on left bent right and tip put on right bent left went- named auxin, experiemtns that explained other experiments briggs- showed auxin moves to shaded side by using a barrier
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what are receptors?
cells/ proteins on cell surface membranes that detect one particular stimuli and pass this info along the nervous pathway
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what is resting potential?
when a nervous system receptor is in its resting state, there is a diff in charge between inside and outside of cell (inside - compared to outside) means theres a potential difference across the membrane resting pot is the difference when a cell is at rest it is generated by ion pumps and ion channels
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what is the generator potential?
when a stimulus is detected, cell membrane is excited and becomes more permeable allowing more ions to move in and out altering the pd change in pd due to stimulus is the generator potential bigger stimulus excites membrane more causing bigger movement of ions and bigger change in pot diff so bigger generator pot
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what is action potential?
if generator pot is big enough, it'll trigger an action pot (electrical impulse along neurone) action pot is only triggered if generator pot reaches threshold level all one size so strength of stimulus is measured by freq of action pot
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what are Pacinian corpuscles?
mechanoreceptors- detect mechanical stimuli eg pressure found in skin contain the sensory nerve ending which is wrapped in lots of layers of connective tissue called lamellae
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what happens when a Pacinian corpuscle is stimulated?
lamellae are deformed and press on sensory nerve ending causes sensory neurone's cell membrane to stretch, deforming stretch-mediated sodium ion channels channels open and sodium ions diffuse into the cell, creating a generator potential which triggers action potential if reaches threshold
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what are photoreceptors?
receptors in eye that detect light
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structure of eye?
light enters through pupil- amount controlled by muscles of iris light rays focused on retina by lens retina contains photoreceptors fovea is area of retina where there are lots of photoreceptors nerve impulses from photoreceptor cells are carried from retina to brain by optic nerve (bundle of neurones) blind spot is where optic nerve leaves as there are no photoreceptors
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how do photoreceptors work?
light enters eye, hits photoreceptors and is absorbed by light-sensitive optical pigments light bleaches pigments, causing chemical change and altering membrane permeability to sodium ions generator potential is created and nerve impulse sent along bipolar neurone if threshold reached bipolar neurones connect photoreceptors to the optic nerve, which takes impulses to the brain
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rods
found mainly in periphery of retina only give info in black and white (monochromatic vision) pigment- rhodopsin
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cones
found mainly at fovea give info in colour (trichromatic vision) 3 types, each contain diff optical pigment: red-sensitive, green-sensitive, blue-sensitive when stimulated in diff proportions, you see diff colours pigment- iodopsin
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why are rods and cones sensitive to diff wavelengths of light?
they contain diff optical pigments
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sensitivity of rods
very sensitive to light because many rods join one bipolar neurone, so many weak generator pots combine to reach threshold and trigger action pot
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sensitivity of cones
less sensitive than rods because one cone joins one bipolar neurone, so it takes more light to reach threshold and trigger action potential
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visual acuity of rods
low as many rods join same bipolar neurone so light from 2 points close together cant be told apart
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visual acuity of cones
high as cones are close together and one cone joins one bipolar neurone when light from 2 points hits 2 cones, 2 action potentials go to brain so you can distinguish 2 points that are close together and 2 separate points
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compare rods and cones
rods: peripheral parts of retina black and white many rods join 1 bipolar neurone high sensitivity to light low visual acuity cones: fovea colour one cone joins one bipolar neurone low sensitivity to light high visual acuity
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structure of nervous system
CNS- brain and spinal cord PNS- neurones that connect CNS to rest of body PNS split into: somatic- conscious activities autonomic- unconscious activities eg heart rate autonomic split into: sympathetic- flight/ flight- gets body ready for action parasympathetic- rest and digest- calms body down (they have opposite effects)
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what does myogenic mean?
cardiac muscle can contract and relax without receiving signals from nerves this pattern of contractions controls regular heartbeat
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what is the sinoatrial node?
small mass of tissue in wall of right atrium has basic rhythm of stimulation that determines beat of heart- acts as pacemaker
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describe control of basic heart rate
- wave of electrical excitation spreads out from sinoatrial node across both atria causing them to contract - layer of non-conductive tissue (atrioventricular septum) prevents wave crossing the ventricles - wave of excitation enters atrioventricular node which lies between the atria - after short delay, AVN conveys wave of electrical excitation between ventricles along Purkinje tissue which makes up bundle of His - bundle of His conducts wave through atrioventricular septum to base of ventricles where bundle branches into smaller fibres of Purkinje tissue - wave of excitation is released from Purkinje tissue causing ventricles to contract quickly at same time- from bottom upwards
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what is the medulla?
part of the brain that unconsciously controls the rate at which the SAN fires
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what are baroreceptors?
pressure receptors in the aorta and carotid arteries stimulated by high and low blood pressure
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what are chemoreceptors?
chemical receptors in the aorta, carotid arteries and medulla monitor O2 level in blood and CO2 and pH (which are indicators of O2 level)
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how does the heart communicate with the brain?
electrical impulses from receptors are sent to medulla along sensory neurones medulla processes info and sends impulses to SAN along sympathetic/ parasympathetic neurones
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how is heart rate controlled in response to high blood pressure?
baroreceptors detect high bp and send impulses along neurones to medulla which sends impulses along parasympathetic neurones these secrete acetylcholine which binds to receptors on SAN causes hr to slow and reduce bp
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how is heart rate controlled in response to low blood pressure?
baroreceptors detect low bp and send impulses along neurones to medulla which sends impulses along sympathetic neurones these secrete noradrenaline which binds to receptors on SAN causes hr to increase and raise bp
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how is heart rate controlled in response to high blood O2/ low CO2/ high blood pH?
chemoreceptors detect chemical changes in blood and send impulses along sensory neurones to medulla which sends impulses along parasympathetic neurones these secrete acetylcholine, which binds to receptors on SAN causes hr to decrease and return O2, CO2 and pH levels back to normal
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how is heart rate controlled in response to low blood O2/ high CO2/ low blood pH?
chemoreceptors detect chemical changes in blood and send impulses along sensory neurones to medulla which sends impulses along sympathetic neurones these secrete noradrenaline, which binds to receptors on SAN causes hr to increase and return O2, CO2 and pH levels back to normal
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