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Characteristics of Living Organisms
What are the seven characteristics,
They need nutrition,
They respire
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Organelles in typical animal cell
What are organelles,
What are some of the organelles f...,
What is the nucleus
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Organelles in typical plant cell
How are they similar to animal cells,
What are chloroplasts,
What is the cell wall
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Cells are Specialised
Why do cells structures vary,
What is an example of this blood ...,
What is the shape of a red blood ...
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Similar Cells are Organised into Tissues
What is a tissue,
What can a tissue contain,
What is an example of this
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Tissues are Organised into Organs
What is an organ,
What is an example of an organ in...,
What is an example of an organ in...
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Organs Make Up Organ Systems
What do organs work together to form,
What does each system do,
What is the digestive system made...
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Plants
What are plants,
How can they photosynthesise,
What are their cells walls made of
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Animals
What are animals,
Why don t they photosynthesise,
What do their cells not have
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Fungi
What are some fungi,
What do others have a body called,
What does the hyphae contain
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Protoctists
What are protoctists like,
What do some have,
What are others more like
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Bacteria
What are bacteria like,
What do they not have,
What do they have a circular chro...
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Viruses
What are viruses like,
What can the only reproduce inside,
What are parasites
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Some Organisms Are Pathogens
What are pathogens,
What do they include
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Enzymes Are Catalysts Produced by Living Things
What do living things have going ...,
Why do reactions need to get care...,
How can you usually make a reacti...
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Enzymes are Very Specific
What do chemical reactions usuall...,
What is a substrate,
What does every enzyme molecule have
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Enzymes Like it Warm but Not Too Hot
What does changing the temp do,
Why does a higher temperature inc...,
What effect do lower temperatures...
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You Can Measure a How Fast a Product Appears
What does the enzyme catalyse do,
What is it easy to do,
What can you run a series of expe...
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... Or How Fast a Substrate Disappears
What does the enzyme analyse cata...,
How is it easy to detect starch,
What can you time
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Enzymes Also Need the Right pH
What happens if the ph is too low...,
What does this do the the enzyme,
What do all enzymes have
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Don’t be Put Off by the Fancy Word
What is the definition of diffusion,
What does diffusion happen in,
Why does diffusion happen in liqu...
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Cell Membranes are Pretty Clever
How are they clever,
How do cells move in and out of c...,
What kind of molecules can diffus...
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Osmosis is a Special Case of Diffusion
What is osmosis,
What is a partially permeable mem...,
What kind of molecules can go thr...
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Water Moves Into and Out of Cells by Osmosis
What surrounds the cells in the body,
What is tissue fluid,
What is the tissue fluid squeezed...
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Plants Are Supported by Turgid Cells
What happens when a plant is well...,
When the cells are plumped and sw...,
What is turgor pressure
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You Can Investigate Diffusion in a Non-Living Syste,
What is a phenolphthalein,
What can you use phenolphthalein ...,
What do you do first
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Investigate Osmosis in Living System
What can you use to investigate o...,
What happens if the cylinder has ...,
What happens if water has been dr...
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Investigate Osmosis in Non-Living Systems
Where should water be drawn into ...,
What do you do,
What do you pour down glass tube
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Active Transport is the Opposite of Diffusion
What is active transport,
What is active transport used to do,
When is active transport used in ...
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Three Main Factors Affect The Movement of Substances
What three main factors affect th...,
What is the rate of diffusion osm...,
What happens as particles in a su...
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Responding to their Environment Helps Organisms Survive
How do animals increase their cha...,
Why do they respond to changes in...,
How do plants increase their chan...
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Receptors Detect Stimuli and Effectors Produce a Response
What do receptors do,
What are receptors in the sense o...,
What is an example of this
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The Central Nervous Systems (CNS) Coordinates Information
What is the nervous system made u...,
What are the main three types of ...,
What does the central nervous sys...
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Reflexes Help Prevent Injury
What are reflexes what can they r...,
What happens if someone shines a ...,
What happens if you get a shock
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The Reflex Arc Goes Through the CNS
1 where do the neurones in reflex...,
2 what happens when a stimulus is...,
3 what does the sensory neurone p...
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Learn the Eye
What does the conjunctiva do,
What does the cornea do what does...,
What does the iris do
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In Clockwise order list all the labels of the Eye
1,
2,
3
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The Iris Reflex - Adjusting for Bright Light
What can damage the retina,
What reflex does very bright ligh...,
What happens in dim light
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Focusing on Near and Distant Objects - Another Reflex
What is accommodation,
How do you look at distant objects,
How do you look at close objects
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Long-sighted people
What are long sighted people unab...,
When does this occur,
How are the images of near object...
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Short-sighted people
What are short sighted people una...,
When does this occur,
How are the images of distant obj...
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Hormones are Chemical Messengers Sent in the Blood
What are hormones,
What are they carried in and wher...,
What cells do they affect
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Key Hormones and Their Roles in the Body
Adh anti diuretic hormone source,
Adrenaline source,
Insulin source
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Hormones and Nerves Do Similar Jobs, but There Are Differences
Nerves,
Hormones,
Is the response is really quick i...
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Homeostasis - it’s all about Balance
Why do conditions in your body ne...,
Water content,
Body temperature
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Water Is Lost from the Body in Various Ways
How is water taken into the body,
How is water lost from the body,
What will your urine be like on a...
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Body Temp is Kept at About 37 °C
When do all enzymes work the best,
At what temperature do the enzyme...,
What does a part of your brain ac...
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Skin Plays an Important Role in Maintaining Body Temperature
What 3 things does your body do w...,
What 4 things does your body do w...
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Smaller Organisms Can Cool Down Quicker
What do smaller organisms have,
What can organisms with a bigger ...,
How does this help smaller organi...
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Plants Need to Respond to Stimuli too
How do plants increase their chan...,
What are 3 ways in which plants r...,
What is the first way plants are ...
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Auxins are Plant Growth Hormomes
What are auxins,
What do auxins control,
How do they move through the plant
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Auxins Change the Direction of Root and Shoot Growth
Shoots are positively,
What happens when a shoot tip is ...,
Phototropic this makes the cells ...
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Carbohydrates are Made Up of Simple Sugars
What do carbohydrate molecules co...,
What are starch and glucose,
What does maltose go to and other...
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Proteins are Made Up of Amino Acids
What are proteins made up of,
What do they all contain,
What do amino acids go to
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Lipids are Made Up of Fatty Acids and Glycerol
Why are lipids built from,
What do lipids contain,
What do glycerol and fatty acids ...
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You Can Test for Glucose Using Benedict’s Reagent
What will the benedict s test spot,
What do you do,
What do you make sure doesn t hap...
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Use the Iodine Test for Starch
What happens if starch is present,
What happens if starch isn t present
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You Need to Eat Different Foods to Get Different Nutrients
What are carbohydrates found in,
What are carbohydrates function,
What are lipids found in
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A Balanced Diet Supplies All Your Essential Nutrients
What does a balanced diet give you,
What are the six essential nutrients,
What do you also need and why
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Energy Requirements Vary in Different People
What do you get energy from,
What 3 things does the energy a p...,
Activity level
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Food Can be Burnt to See How Much Energy it Contains
What is this called
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First You Need a Dry Food, Water and a Flame
Why do you need a dry food,
What do you do first weigh,
What do you do second water
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Calculate the Amount of Energy in Joules
Energy in food,
What does 42 represent,
What is the 42 in the formula
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Calculate the Amount of Energy in Joules per Gram
Energy per gram of food,
What is energy in food measured in,
What is mass of food measured in
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The Accuracy of the Experiment Can be Increased
What is quite a bit of the energy...,
The energy value on the packet of...,
What would insulating the boiling...
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Digestive Enzymes Break Down Big Molecules into Smaller Ones
What are starch proteins and fats,
Can starch proteins and fats pass...,
Are starch proteins and fats solu...
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Bile Neutralises the Stomach Acid and Emulsifies Fats
Where is bile produced,
Where is bile stored,
How does the hydrochloric acid in...
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Your Alimentary Canal Runs Through Your Body
What is the alimentary canal anot...,
What does the mouth contain,
What does the salivary gland do
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Food is Moved Through the Gut by Peristalsis
What is there all the way down th...,
What is the muscular tissue s job,
What is this squeezing action called
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Ingestion
What is ingestion
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Digestion
What do you need to do after inge...,
What is digestion,
What two ways does your body have...
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Absorption
What is absorption,
Where are digested food molecules...,
Where is water mainly absorbed
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Assimilation
What happens once digested molecu...,
What is assimilation,
What is an example of this
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Egestion
What does all the undigested stuf...,
What is egestion,
How can you get rid of faeces
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Villi in the Small Intestine Help with Absorption
What is the small intestine adapt...,
What happens because it s very long,
What makes it good for absorption
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Photosynthesis Produces Glucose Using Sunlight
What is photosynthesis,
What is the food photosynthesis p...,
Where does photosynthesis happen ...
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Leaves are Designed for Making Food by Photosynthesis
What parts are near the top,
What parts are around the middle,
What parts are near the bottom
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Leaves are Adapted for Efficient Photosynthesis
How are leaves exposed to light,
Where are most of the chloroplast...,
Why is the upper epidermis transp...
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The Limiting Factor Depends on the Conditions
What is a limiting factor,
Name some examples of potential l...,
What does the limiting factor dep...
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Not Enough LIGHT Slows Down the Rate of Photosynthesis
What does chlorophyll use light e...,
What happens if the light intensi...,
Why won t it make any difference ...
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Too Little CARBON DIOXIDE Also Slows it Down
What is co2 needed for,
How much of the air is co2,
What happens as you increase the ...
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The TEMPERATURE Has to be Just Right
How does temp affect the rate of ...,
What happens if the temp is too high,
What does it mean if the temp is ...
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You Need to Know How to Test a Leaf for Starch
What do you need to do first,
How do you kill the leaf,
Why do you need to kill the leaf
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Chlorophyll - Starch Test
How can you show that chlorophyll...,
Which part of the leaf contains c...,
What do you do first
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CO2 - Starch Test
How can you show co2 is needed fo...,
What will the sods lime do,
What will happen if you leave the...
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The Starch Test Shows Whether Photosynthesis is Taking Place
How can you shoe that light is ne...,
What do you do first,
What do you do with that leaf
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Oxygen Production Shows the Rate of Photosynthesis
What can canadian pondweed be use...,
What does the rate at which pondw...,
The faster the rate of oxygen pro...
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Plants Need Three Main Mineral Ions For Growth
Why do plants need certain elements,
Where do they get these elements ...,
What happens if there aren t enou...
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Nitrates
What do they contain nitrogen for,
What are amino acids and proteins...,
What happens if a leave can t get...
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Phosphates
What do they contain phosphates for,
What do plants without enough pho...
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Potassium
What is potassium need for,
What do plants have if theres not...
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Magnesium is Also Needed in Small Amounts
What is magnesium required for,
What do plants without enough mag...
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Multicellular Organisms Need Transport Systems
What do cells in all living organ...,
What do plant cells need to live,
What do plant cells need to get r...
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Plants Have Two Main Transport Systems
What do xylem carry,
Where does the xylem carry them from,
Where does the xylem carry them to
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Root Hairs Take In Water
What do cells on plant roots grow...,
What is each branch of a root cov...,
How does this help the plant abso...
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Transpiration is the Loss of Water from the Plant
What is transpiration caused by,
Where does most transpiration happen,
What does this evaporation cause
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Transpiration Rate is Affected by Four Main Things
What are the four main things tra...,
Li the brighter the light,
Li what do the stomata do as it g...
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A Potometer can be Used to Estimate Transpiration Rate
What is a potometer,
What does a potometer measure,
What do you do first cut
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You Can See How Environmental Conditions Affect Transpiration Rates
What can you use a potometer to e...,
How could you increase the intens...,
How could you decrease the intens...
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Respiration is NOT ‘Breathing In and Out’
When does respiration actually go on,
What is respiration,
What are the two types of respira...
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Aerobic Respiration Needs Plenty of Oxygen
What is aerobic respiration,
What does aerobic mean,
Which respiration do we use more
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Anaerobic Respiration Doesn’t Use Oxygen At All
What happens when you do really v...,
What do your muscles have to star...,
What does anaerobic mean
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Anaerobic Respiration in Plants is Slightly Different
Can plants respire without oxygen,
What do plants produce instead of...,
Word equation for anaerobic respi...
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Carbon a Dioxide Production can be Detected using an Indicator
What can you use to show that liv...,
What colour does it change to in ...,
What colour is the solution normally
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The Heat Produced by Respiration can be Measured
What do you do first,
What do you do second,
Why do you make sure some air is ...
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Plants Exchange Gases By Diffusion
What do plants do when they photo...,
What do plants to when they respire,
Why is there hardly any co2 insid...
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The Next Exchange of Gases Depends on Light Intensity
What time does photosynthesis onl...,
Why must plants respire all the time,
When do plants make more oxygen a...
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Leaves are Adapted for Efficient Gas Exchange
Leaves are broad so there s a lar...,
Why is it good that they are thin,
What do the air spaces in the lea...
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Hydrogen-carbonate Indicator Shows Changes in CO2 Conc
What is the hydrogen carbonate in...,
What colour will the hydrogen car...,
What colour will the hydrogen car...
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...So You Can Use it to Show Differences in Net Gas Exchange un Plants
What do you do first add,
What do you do second put,
What do you do third wrap
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And The Results are in...
What should the colour change be ...,
What should the colour change be ...,
What should the colour change be ...
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The Lungs Are in the Thorax
What is the thorax,
What is the thorax separated form...,
What are lungs like
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Breathing In...
What do the intercostal muscles do,
What does the diaphragm do,
What does the thorax volume do
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...and Breathing Out
What do the intercostal muscles do,
What does the diaphragm do,
What does the thorax volume do
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You Can Investigate the Effect of Exercsie no Breathing Rate
What do you do first,
What do you do second,
What do the results do
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Alveoli Carry Out Gas Exchange in the Body
What do the lungs contain,
What does the blood passing next ...,
Where does oxygen diffuse out of ...
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Alveoli are Specialised for Gas Exchange
What does the huge number of micr...,
Why is there a moist lining,
Why doesn t the gas have far to d...
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Smoking Tobacco Can Cause Quite a Few Problems
How does smoking damage the walls...,
What does the tar in cigarettes d...,
Why do we need cilia
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Blood has Four Main Components
What are the four main components
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Plasma is the Liquid Bit of Blood
What is plasma,
What are red and white blood cells,
What is carried from the gut to a...
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Platelets are Small Fragments of Cells that Help Blood Clot
What happens when you damage a bl...,
What is this known as,
What do blood clots do
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Red Blood Cells Have the Job of Carrying Oxygen
What do red blood cells do,
How does being small and having a...,
How does containing haemoglobin h...
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Your Immune System Deals with Pathogens
What are pathogens,
What will pathogens do once they ...,
What destroys the pathogens
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Phagocytes Ingest Pathogens
What do phagocytes detect,
What do phagocytes do after detec...,
Phagocytes are non specific what ...
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Lymphocytes Produce Antibodies
What does every pathogen have,
What do they do when they come ac...,
What do these antibodies do
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Vaccination - Protects from Future Infections
How can you avoid waiting for you...,
What does a vaccination involve,
What do these pathogens carry
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Blood Vessels are Designed for Their Function
What are the three different type...,
Arteries,
Capillaries
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Arteries Carry Blood Under Pressure
Why are the artery walls strong a...,
What are the walls thick compared to,
What do the walls contain
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Capillaries are a Really Small
What do arteries branch into,
How big are capillaries,
Why do they carry blood really cl...
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Veins Take Blood Back to the Heart
Capillaries eventually join up to...,
Why don t the walls need to be as...,
Why do they have a bigger lumen t...
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Parts of the Heart
What does the right atrium receive,
Where does the deoxygenated blood...,
What does the left atrium receive
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Labels of Heart in Clockwise Order
1,
2,
3
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Exercise Increases Heart Rate
What happens when you exercise,
What do you need to do in terms o...,
What does exercise increase
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The Hormonal System Also Helps to Control Heart Rate
What happens when an organism is ...,
What does adrenaline bind to,
What does this cause the cardiac ...
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Labels of Circulation System in Clockwise Order
1,
2,
3
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You Need to Know the Structure of the Circulation System
What kind of blood do arteries carry,
What kind of blood do veins carry,
What are the exceptions to this rule
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The Kidneys are Excretion Organs
What are the kidneys part of,
What is the first main role of th...,
What is the second main role of t...
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Ultrafiltration
Where does blood from the renal a...,
What does the higher pressure squ...,
What to the membranes between blo...
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Reabsorption
What happens as the filtrate flow...,
Where is all the glucose reabsorb...,
What does this involve the proces...
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Release of wastes
What do the remaining substances ...,
What do the remaining substances ...,
This continues out of the through...
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The Kidneys Also Adjust the Body’s Water Content
How is water taken into the body,
How is water lost from the body,
What is osmoregulation
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ADH Helps to Control Water Content
What is the amount of water reabs...,
What does adh do to the nephrons,
What does the brain monitor
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Genes are Chemical Instructions
What is dna,
What is each separate gene in a d...,
Why are proteins important
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DNA is a Double Helix
What is a dna molecule,
What are the two strands held tog...,
What are the 4 different bases
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Asexual Reproduction Involves Mitosis
How can ordinary cell make new cell,
What are both new cells in compar...,
What do both new cells contain
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Mitosis Produces Genetically Identical Cells
What is mitosis,
What happens when a diploid cell ...,
What is the dna like in a cell th...
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Mitosis Also Makes New Cells for Growth and Repair
Is mitosis always used during ase...,
What else is mitosis used in,
What does cloning involve
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Sexual Reproduction Produces Genetically Different Cells
What is sexual reproduction,
What is produced in sexual reprod...,
What are gametes
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Gametes are Produced by Meiosis
What is meiosis,
How is it different to mitosis,
Where does meiosis only happen in...
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The Stamen is the Male Reproductive Part - Flower
What does the stamen consist of,
What does the anther contain,
What is the filament
5  cards
The Carpel is the Female Reproductive Part - Flower
What does the carpel consist of,
What is the stigma,
What is the style
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Some Plants are Adapted for Insect Pollination
1 colour,
2 scent,
3 sticky
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Pollination
What is pollination,
What is cross pollination,
What happens in cross pollination
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Other Plants are Adapted for Wind Pollination
1,
2,
3
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Fertilisation is the Fusion of Gametes
How does a pollen grain land on t...,
What does a pollen tube do,
What does a nucleus from the male...
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Germination is when Seeds Start to Grow
How long will a seed lie dormant ...,
Why does a seed need water,
Why does a seed need oxygen
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Germinating Seeds get Energy from Food Stores
What does a developed seed contain,
What happens when a seed starts t...,
What happens once the plant has g...
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Plants Can Reproduce Asexuality Using Natural Methods
How do some plants reproduce asex...,
What is an example of a plant tha...,
What does the parent strawberry p...
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... or We Can Clone Them Using Artificial Methods
How can we clone plants,
What do gardeners do first,
What do gardeners do second
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The Male Reproductive System Makes Sperm
What are sperm,
Where s sperm made,
What does sperm mix with a liquid...
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The Female Reproductive System Makes Ova (Eggs)
What are ova,
How often is an ovum egg produced,
What does the egg then do
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Hormones Promote Sexual Characteristics at Puberty
What happens at puberty,
What is the sex hormone in men,
What is the sex hormone in women
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The Menstrual Cycle has Four Stages
Stage 1,
Stage 2,
Stage 3
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Oestrogen and Progesterone Control the Menstrual Cycle
Where are the two hormones produced,
What does oestrogen do,
What does progesterone do
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The Embryo Develops During Pregnancy
What happens once an ovum has bee...,
What is the embryo called in late...,
What happens once the embryo has ...
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Alleles are Different Versions of the Same Gene
What do you have most of the time,
What happens if the alleys are di...,
What is the version of characteri...
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Genetic Diagrams show the Possible Alleles in the a Offspring
Scenario,
What genotype must a crazy hamste...,
What genotype does the normal ham...
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There’s Another Way to Draw Genetic Diagrams
You can draw a type of genetic di...,
What is the first step in filling...,
What is the second step in fillin...
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You Can Draw Genetic Diagrams for Codominant Inheritance too
What might you need to work out t...,
Look in book page 60
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You Need to Understand Family Pedigrees
Why does knowing how inheritance ...,
What is cystic fibrosis,
What kind of allele is the allele...
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Your Chromosomes Control Whether You’re Male or Female
How many matched pairs of chromos...,
What is the 23rd pair labelled,
What do these two chromosomes decide
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There’s an Equal Chance of Having a Boy or a Girl...
Look page 61 for genetic diagram,
What does the diagram show,
What do we need to remember about...
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Genetic Variation is Caused by Genes
Why are all animals bound to be s...,
What do genes control,
What are the exceptions to this r...
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Most Variation in Animals is Due to Genes AND Environment
What is most variation in animals...,
What is almost every single aspec...,
What factors aren t affected in a...
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Environmental Variation in Plants is Much Greater
What 4 things are plants strongly...,
Why might plants grow twice as bi...,
What do farmers and gardeners use...
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Make Sure You Know the Theory of Evolution
Definition theory of evolution,
How long does the whole process o...,
Example of how evolution is still...
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Natural Selection Means the ‘Survival of the Fittest’
Natural selection is one of the k...,
1 what do all living things show,
2 why must individuals compete fo...
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The Best Genes for a Particular Environment Tend to Survive
Individuals who are less likely t...,
What does this result in over time,
What are variations caused by
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Mutations are Changes to the Genetic Code
Occasionally a gene may,
What is a mutation,
Who do mutations do
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Bacteria can Evolve and Become Antibiotic-Resistant
What can bacteria sometimes develop,
What can this lead to,
Sometime they mean that a bacteri...
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You Need to Learn Some Definitions to get you started
Habitat,
Population,
Community
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You Can Estimate Population Sizes in Different Areas Using a Quadrat
What is a quadrat,
What do you do with it,
What do you do first
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Two Important Points About This Kind of Counting Method
The sample may not be,
What does the sample size affect,
The bigger your sample
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You Can Use Quadrats to Investigate the Distribution of Organisms too
What can you use quadrats to help...,
The quadrats are laid out along a...,
What do you do first
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Food Chains Show What’s Eaten by What in an Ecosystem
What do food chains always start ...,
How do producers make their own food,
What are producers eaten by
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You Need to Understand Pyramids of Numbers
What does each bar on a pyramid o...,
If there were 5000 dandelions and...,
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You Have to Understand Pyramids of Biomass too
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Pyramids of Energy Transfer Are Always Pyramid-Shaped
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Energy is Transferred Along a Food Chain
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Food Webs Show How Food Chains are Linked
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The Water Cycle Means Water is Endlessly Recycled
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The Carbon Cycle Shows How Carbon is Recycled
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Nitrogen is Also Recycled in the Nitrogen Cycle
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Carbon Monoxide is Poisonous
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Acid Rain is Caused by Sulfur Dioxide
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Acid Rain Kills Fish and Trees
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Greenhouse Gases Trap Heat from the Sun
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Human Activity Produces Lots of Greenhouse Gases
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Fertilisers can Leach into Water and Cause Eutrophication
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Deforestation Affects the Soil, Water Cycle and Carbon Cycle
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You Can Artificially Create the Ideal Conditions for Photosynthesis
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Fertilisers Are Used to Ensure the Crops Have Enough Nutrients
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Pest Control Stops Pests Eating Crops
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Bacteria Ferment Milk to Produce Yoghurt
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Microorganisms are Grown in Fermenters
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We Use Yeast for Brewing Beer
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The Respiration Rate of Yeast Depends on Its Conditions
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Selective Breeding is Mating the Best Organisms to Get Good Offspring
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Selective Breeding is Very Useful
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Fish Can be Farmed In Cages In The Sea
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Fish Can Be Farmed In Tanks Too
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Enzymes Can Be Used To Cut Up DNA or Join DNA Pieces Together
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Vectors Can Be Used to Insert DNA Into Other Organisms
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Genetically Modified Plants Can Improve Food Production
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Micro propagation is Used to Clone Plants
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Cloning an Adult Mammal is Done by Transplanting a Cell Nucleus
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There Are Advantages and Disadvantages to Cloning
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