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1
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Active transport

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Substances move from LOW concentrations to HIGH

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Allotropes

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Different elements in different forms

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Atom economy

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Relationship between reactants and products

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Atomic numbers

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PROTONS in atoms nucleus

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Batch Process

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One batch of products is converted to converted

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Biodiversity

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How many different species in an area

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Bulk chemicals

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Needs/ manufactured in LARGE quantities

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Capillaries

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Exchange between cells and blood

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Chlorophyll

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Found in chloroplast

Photosynthesis

(3 ‘L’s = photosynthesis)

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Community

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Population of organisms in the same area

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Compound

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2+ elements

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Concentration

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Amount of solute in a solution

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13
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Conservation of mass

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Reactants mass = product mass

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Continuous process

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Reactants are continually supplied

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Diffusion

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Spreading of particles in GAS or SOLUTION from

HIGH TO LOW

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16
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Distribution

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Woo slice under a log

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17
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Ecosystem

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How the different organisms INTERACT

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18
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Element

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2+ atoms with same atomic number

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19
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Gene therapy

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Inserting copy of gene to treat persons disorder

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20
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Genetically engineered

Genetically modified

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Permanent genetic makeup change

An organism that’s been genetically engineered

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21
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Habit

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Where an organism lives

E.g camel in dessert

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Hormone

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Chemical carried in blood

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Ion

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Atom that has gained or lost and electron

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Ionisation

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An atom with an overall charge because the atom either has lost or gained electrons

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Isotopes

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Atoms of same element that have different neutrons

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Mass number

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Total number of protons and neutrons in atoms nucleus

27
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mRNA

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mRNA

28
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Nanotubes

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Carbon atoms in cylinder shapes

29
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Osmosis

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Type of diffusion

Movement of water from HIGH water concentration to LOW

30
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Permeable

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Allows substances to pass through

31
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Phloem

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Vascular bundles

Food and sugars

32
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Photosynthesis

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Plants use carbonhydrates from CO2 + H2O to release oxygen and glucose

33
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Pollutant

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Unfilted water

34
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Protein synthesis

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Building up long chain molecules from amino acids

35
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Protons

Neutron

Electrons

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+1 charge

No charge

-1 charge

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Relative atomic mass

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Ar

Av value of isotopes of the element

37
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Relative formula mass

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Mr

Substance mass compared to C12

38
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Relative velocity

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Velocity of one moving object to another

39
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Respiration

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Living things release energy from carbohydrates

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Solute

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Solid

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Solution

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Mixture of solvent and solute

42
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Solvent

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Liquid

43
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Stomata

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Pores in plant leaf

44
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Structural protein

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Protein that makes up organisms structure

45
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Substrate molecules

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Substance acted upon by enzymes in chemical reaction

46
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Terminal speed

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Max speed reached

Balanaced forces

47
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Tissue culture

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To grow genetically identical plants from another’s meristem

48
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Meristem

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Area in plant where plants can divide

49
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Vein

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From : ORGAN

To : HEART

50
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Zonation

A

A change in species distribution

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