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A non-living feature of an ecosystem

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Abiotic condition

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Attachment of an acetyl group to something (e.g. a histone)

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Acetylation

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A type of neurotransmitter that binds to receptors on sodium channels across the Synaptic Cleft

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Acetylcholine (ACh)

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A mutation you develop during your lifetime

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Acquired mutation

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The thin myofilament protein in muscle fibres

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Actin

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The energy that needs to be supplied before a chemical reaction will start

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Activation energy

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A transcription factor that increases the rate of transcription

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Activator

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A characteristic that increases an organisms chances of survival and reproduction

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Adaptation

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A hormone secreted from the adrenal glands that has many effects including increases blood glucose concentration

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Adrenaline

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The tendency a molecule has to bind with oxygen

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Affinity for oxygen

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A condition caused by HIV, in which the immune system deteriorates

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AIDS

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Allele..

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one or more alternative versions of the same gene

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Where speciation occurs as a result of geographic isolation (different places)

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Allopatric Speciation

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The process in which nitrogen compounds from dead organisms or waste material are turned into ammonium compounds by saprobionts

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Ammonification

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A protein produced by B-cells in response to the presence of a pathogen

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Antibody

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A hormone that regulates water potential of the blood by controlling the permeability of cell

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Antidiuretic hormone

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A mechanism that restores a level back to normal in a system

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Negative Feedback

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The likelihood of water molecules to diffuse out of or into a solution

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Water Potential

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A technique used prevent the unwanted growth or transfer of microorganisms

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Aseptic technique

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A fibrous plague caused by the build up and hardening of white blood cells, lipids and connective tissue

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Atheroma

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A system that generates ATP very quickly by phosphorylating ADP using a phosphate group from phosphocreatine

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ATP-phosphocreatine (PCr) system

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A protein on the surface of a virus that lets the virus cling onto a suitable host cell

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Attachment protein (virus)

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A division of the peripheral nervous system that controls unconscious activities, e.g heart rate

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Autonomic nervous system

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When two genes are located on the same autosome and are inherited by the offspring together

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Autosomal linkage

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A technique that reveals the location of radioactive tracers
Autoradiography
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A type of white blood cell that produces antibodies
B-cells
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A non-cancerous tumour
Benign Tumour
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A cancerous tumour - invades and destroys surrounding cells
Malignant Tumour
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aAliving feature of an ecosystem
Biotic factor
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A type of salt produced by the liver to aid digestion of lipids
Bile Salts
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An effect by which an increase of CO2 in the blood results in a reduction of haemoglobin's affinity for oxygen
Bohr effect
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The protein coat surrounding a virus's genetic material
Capsid
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The maximum stable population size of a species that an ecosystem can support
Carrying capacity
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A DNA copy of mRNA made using reverse transcriptase (gene technology)
cDNA (complementary DNA)
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The immune response that involves T-cells
Cellular Response
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An immune response that involves B-cells
Humoral response
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A polysaccharide made of long unbranched chains of Beta glucose
Cellulose
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The process of electrons flowing down the ETC and creating a proton gradient across a membrane to drive ATP synthesis
Chemiosmosis
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A thread like structure made up of one long DNA molecule
Chromosome
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The largest and most complex community of plants and animals an ecosystem can support
Climax community
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An allele whose characteristic appears together with another allele in the phenotype because neither allele is recessive
Codominant allele
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A base triplet (three nucleotides) in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid
Codon
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All the populations of different species in a habitat
Community
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The point at which the rate of photosynthesis in a plant exactly matches its rate of respiration
Compensation point
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Part of the nervous system which formulates an appropriate response to a stimulus before sending impulses to an effector
Coordinator
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A T-cell that kills abnormal or foreign cells
Cytotoxic T-cell
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The process in which nitrates in the soil are converted into nitrogen gas by denitrifying bacteria
Denitrification
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A decrease int he potential difference across a cell's membrane, making it less negative than the resting potential
Depolarisation
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A condition where the body doesn't produce enough Insulin so blood glucose cannot be controlled
Type 1 diabetes
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A condition where the body's cells don't respond properly to insulin
Type 2 diabetes
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Where individuals with alleles for a single extreme phenotype are more likely to survive, reproduce and pass on their alleles
Directional selection
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Where individuals with alleles for phenotypes at the extreme ends of a range are more likely to survive, reproduce and pass on their alleles
Disruptive selection
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All the organisms living in a community plus all the abiotic conditions
Ecosystem
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An organelle that processes proteins
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
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An organelle that processe slipids
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
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When an allele of one gene masks the expression of the alleles of other genes
Epistasis
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The homeostatic mechanism that controls the water potential of the blood
Osmoregulation
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A peptide hormone synthesized in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary to be released into the bloodstream part of Osmoregulation
ADH
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Large groups that are divided into progressively smaller groups with no overlap between the groups
Hierarchical system
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A system based on evolutionary history and common ancestry
Phylogenetic system
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Species...
A group of organisms with similar characteristics that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
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All the organism of one species in a habitat
Population
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All the organisms in a habitat
Community
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A detectable change in the internal or external environment of a an organism, that produces a response
Stimuli
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A rapid, automatic response to a specific stimulus
a reflex action

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