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What does protease catalyse the breakdown of?

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Proteins into amino acids in the stomach and small intestine

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Where is protease produced?

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The stomach, pancrease and small intestine

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Where is lipase produced?

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The pancreas and small intestine

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What does lipase catalyse the breakdown of?

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Lipids (fats and oils) to fatty acids and glycerol

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Where is soluble food absorbed?

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Small intestine

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Where are stem cells found?

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In the human embryo and in adult bone marrow

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How is a leaf cell adapted to carry out photosynthesis?

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The leaf has mesophyll tissue. The mesophyll cells contain chloroplasts which can photosynthesise

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How should you place a quadrat to investigate the distribution of organisms? How?

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Choose places randomly. Do so by throwing the quadrat over back, eyes shut, grid with random numbers

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Name three substances used for storage in plants

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Starch, fats and oils

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What is an allele?

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Genes controlling the same characteristic

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What happens in the circulatory system when you exercise?

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The heart rate increases and the blood vessels supplying the muscles dilate. This allows more blood containing oxygen and glucose to reach muscles

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What does a gene code for?

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The order of amino acids in a protein

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Muscles store glucose as glycogen. What happens to glycogen when you exercise?

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It is converted bacteria to glucose for use

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What is mitosis?

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Two identical cells being produced from the original cell. A copy of each chromosome is made beforehand

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Where is amylase produced?

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Salivary glands, pancreas and small intestine

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What does amylase catalyse the process of?

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The digestion of starch into sugars in the mouth and small intestine

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What happens in the large intestine?

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Water is absorbed from the undigested food, producing faeces

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17
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What is meiosis?

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4 sex cells are made each with a single set of chromosomes. A copy of each chromosome is made beforehand and the cell divides twice

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What are the advantages of using isomerase immobilised in a column of beads? (3 reasons)

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The product is not contaminated. The enzyme can be reused. Continuous flow process possible

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In which organs does digestion occur?

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Stomach and small intestine

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Which scientist worked out how characteristics are inherited?

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Gregor Mendel

21
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What is meant by genetic variation?

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The wide range of alleles that control the characteristics in a population

22
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Why would manufacturers of slimming food put fructose instead of glucose in dies sweets?

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You use less fructose to achieve the same sweetness

23
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What is the role of a stem cell?

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To change into other types of cell for the body to use

24
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What is the “oxygen debt”?

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The extra oxygen required to break down the remaining lactic acid to CO2 and water

25
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Why does each chromosome become two strands before the cell divides?

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One copy of each chromosome to each offspring cell

26
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What is osmosis?

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The diffusion of water. No energy required unlike active transport

27
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Which enzyme is used to convert glucose into fructose?

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Isomerase

28
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What does a cell membrane do?

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It controls the movement of materials in and out of the cell

29
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Scientists are uncertain about how life started on earth. Explain why.

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There is a lack of valid evidence. Because the early organisms’ remains were destroyed by geological action.

30
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What is speciation?

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When two populations can no longer successfully interbreed.

31
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Why do reactions take place faster when it’s warmer?

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At higher temperatures, the molecules move around more quickly and so collide with each other more often and with more energy.

32
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What is genotype?

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The genetic make-up. The alleles the individual inherits: DD, Dd or dd.

33
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What does the liver produce?

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Bile. It is squirted into the small intestine to neutralise the stomach acid. Makes the condition slightly alkaline.

34
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If a cell has many ribosomes, what could its function be?

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Gland cells to produce enzymes.

35
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Where is the genetic material kept in a bacterial cell since it does not have a nucleus?

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Cytoplasm.

36
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What is phenotype?

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Physical appearance of the characteristic, i.e, dimples or no dimples, eye colour…

37
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Which sex chromosome are found in human males?

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X and Y (XY)

38
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What is the substance produced by the stomach to make the conditions the right pH (acidic) for enzyme action?

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Hydrochloric acid (HCl)

39
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What are the stages in Speciation?

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  1. Isolation of the two groups. 2. Genetic variation in the groups; alleles are selected which give an advantage. 3. Interbreeding no longer possible.
40
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What is tissue culture?

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Tissue culture is taking small groups of cells from part of a plant and growing then under special conditions. It’s more expensive. Can be used to produce large numbers of rare or top quality plants.

41
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What is a detritivore?

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Detritivores are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces).

42
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Give an example of a detritus feeder

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Worm

43
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What are the main kingdoms of living organisms?

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The main kingdoms are: the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, the kingdom that contain the microorganisms

44
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Name a quick, cheap way of cloning plants

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Taking cuttings from mature plants is a quick and cheap way of cloning

45
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Why is it more difficult to successfully clone animals than plants?

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Animal embryos must be split into groups of cells and each group is transplanted into a host “mother”. There have to be enough hosts and some embryos may die during development. It also takes longer for animals to develop.

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What is asexual reproduction?

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Asexual reproduction does not involve the fusion of gametes. All the genetic information comes from 1 parent. There is little variety and the offsprings are called clones.

47
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What is sexual reproduction?

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Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of gametes. There is a mixing of genetic information so the offspring show variation. The offspring cannot be identical.

48
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What are chromosomes?

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Chromosomes are thread-like structures found in the nucleus of a cell. The carry the genes.

49
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What do genes control?

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Genes control the development of characteristics such as eye colour or thumb shape.

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