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what does DNA stand for

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deoxyribonucleic acid

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where is the cell stores DNA

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nucleus

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how many chromosomes are in DNA and how many pairs

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46 chromosomes and 23 pairs of

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what’s a gene

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a section of DNA

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what’s a chromosome complement

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a specific number of chrimosome

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what’s is the site of fertilisation

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oviduct

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what’s the shape of DNA

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double helix

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what’s is each strand made up of

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sugar phosphate backbone

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what are the four bases of dna called

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guanine + cytosine. thymine + adenine

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what can 3 ways DNA profiling be used for

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identify DNA at crime scenes and paternity tests and diagnose an inherited disease

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what is a microorganism

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a very small living organism. they can’t be seen by the naked eye

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what are the three types of microbes?

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bacteria, fungi and viruses

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can bacteria be good and bad

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yes

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can viruses be good and bad

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no all bad

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can fungi be good and bad

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yes

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what disease can bacteria cause

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food poisoning and tonsillitis

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what virus am can a virus cause

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flu and measles

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what diseases are caused by fungi

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ring worm, athleates foot

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what is used to treat bacteria

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what are viruses treated with

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what is fungi treated with

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what’s the smallest organism

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what’s aseptic

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everything clean

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what do microbes need to reproduce succefully

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food supply, suitable temperature, suitable pH, oxygen and moisture

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what’s are symptoms of a disease
fever, chills and congestion
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how do pathogens spread
contact, air and body fluids
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what’s the difference between a infection ans a diesease
an infection is when a microbe enters the body and multiplies. a disease is the damage a dies was caused to the body
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what happens if your jody cannot fight off the infection
the pathogen will cause a dieseas
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where do pathogens/microbes enter from
nose and mouth and cuts
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what’s the body’s first line of defence
skin, mucus, tears and stomach acid
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what’s the second line of defence
plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platlets
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what are the two white blood cells
phagocytes and lymphocites
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what brings food to the baby/feotus
umbilical cord
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where does fertilisation occur
oviduvt
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what do platelets do
stop the bleeding
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what are the two types of immunity
natural immunity and artificial immunity
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what do vaccines contain
a dead or weakened version of the pathogen
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what’s a memory cell
remembers how to fight off the pathogen if the body encounters it again
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where does the feotus develop
uterus
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what so the function of the ovaries
to store the eggs
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what is the function of a sperm duct
carries sperm from testes to penis
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what’s the cervix’s function
site of entry to uterus
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what’s the amniotic sac
it surrounds the feotus and is filled with amniotic fluid and acts as a shock absorber protecting the baby
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what’s should you not do if ur pregnant
don’t drink alcohol take drugs or smoke
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what does enzyme do
kills microbes
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what’s the placenta
an organ that allows blood supplies of the mother and feotus to come into contact with
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