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A LEVEL BIOLOGY KEY TERMS Flashcards

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What is aminoacylase?

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Enzyme used to produce samples of L-amino acids

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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living conditions in a habitat

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What is abscission?

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Fall of leaves

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What is acetyl coenzyme A?

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Molecule that enters Krebs cycle from glycolysis through linking reaction, coenzyme A combines with an acetyl group

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What is acetylation?

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Addition of acetyl group

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What is an action potential?

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Change in potential difference across the neurone membrane of the axon when stimulated (appox. +40mV)

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What is activation energy?

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Energy required to initiate a reaction

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What is an active site?

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Area of an enzyme complementary to a specific substrate, allowing enzyme to bird to a substrate with specificity

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What is active transport?

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Movement of particles across a plasma membrane against concentration gradient - energy is required

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What is ADP?

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  • Nucleotide made of adenine, pentose sugar and 2 phosphate groups
  • formed by hydrolysis of ATP, releasing a phosphate ion and energy
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What is ATP?

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  • Nucleotide made of adenine, pentose sugar and 3 phosphate groups
  • universal energy currency for cells
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What are agglutinins?

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Chemicals (antibodies) that cause pathogens to clump together so can be engulfed by pathogens easier

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What is alcoholic fermentation?

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Fermentation that results in production of ethanol

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What are alkaloids?

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Bitter-tasting compounds found in plant leaves that may affect metabolism of animals eating plant/poisoning them

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What is an allele?

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A version of a gene

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What is allele frequency?

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Relative frequency of a particular allele in a population at a given time

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What is allopatric speciation?

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Speciation that occurs as a result of a physical barrier between populations

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What are amino acids?

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Monomer used to build polypeptides and therefore proteins

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What is ammonification?

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Conversion of nitrogen compounds in dead matter or waste into ammonium compounds by decomposers

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What are anabolic steroids?

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Steroid drugs used by athletes to increase muscle mass

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What does anabolic mean?

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  • Reactions of metabolism that construct molecules from smaller units
  • reactions require envy from hydrolysis of ATP
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What is anaerobic respiration?

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Respiration in absence of oxygen

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What are analogous structures?

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Structures adapted to perform same function but have a different origin

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What is anaphase?

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3rd stage of mitosis where chromatids are separated to opposite poles of me cell

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What are antibiotic resistant bacteria?

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Bacteria that undergo mutation to become resistant to an antibiotic and then survive to increase in number

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What are antibiotics?

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A chemical or compand that kills / inhibits grown of bacteria

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What are antibodies?

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Y -shaped glycoproteins made by B cells of me immune system in response to antigen

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What is ADH?

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Hormone that increases permeability of distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct to water

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What is an antigen?

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Identifying chemical on surface of cell to trigger an immune response

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What is an antigen-antibody complex?

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Complex formed when an antibody and antigen bind

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What is an antigen-presenting cell (APC)?

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A cell that displays foreign antigens complexed with histocompatibility (tissue compatability) complexes on their surfaces

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What is the antisense strand?

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Strand of DNA that runs 3’ to 5’ and is complementary to sense strand
- acts as template stand during transcription

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What are anti-toxins?

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Chemicals (antibodies) that bind to toxins produced by pathogens so they no longer have an effect

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What is apical dominance?

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The grown and dominance of the main shoot as a result of the lateral shoots being suppressed by auxin

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What is an apoplast?

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The cell walls and intracellular spaces of plant cells

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What is the apoplast route?

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Movement of substances through cell walls and cell spaces by diffusion and into cytoplasm by active transport

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What is apoptosis?

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Programmed and controlled cell death important in controlling body form in removal of damaged or diseased cells

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What is arrhythmia?

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Abnormal rhythm of the heart

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What are artefacts?

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Objects/structures seen through a microscope that have been created during the processing of a specimen

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What is artificial active immunity?

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Immunity which results from exposure to a safe form of a pathogen e.g. Vaccination

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What is artificial passive immunity?

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Immunity that results from administration of antibodies from another animal against a dangerous pathogen

42
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What is artificial twinning?

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Process of producing monozygotic noons artificially

43
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What are aseptic techniques?

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Techniques used to culture microorganisms in stents conditions to they aren’t contaminated with unwanted microorganisms.

44
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What is asexual reproduction?

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Production of genetically identical offspring from a single parent

45
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What are assimilates?

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The products of photosynthesis that are transported around the plant e.g. Sucrose

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What is atrial fibrillation?

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Abnormal rhythm of heart when aria beat very fast and incompletely

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What is the AVN?

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Stimulates Vernice’s to contact after imposing slight delay to ensure atrial contraction is complete

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What is an autoimmune disease?

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Condition/illness resulting from autoimmune response

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What is an autoimmune response?

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Response when the immune system acts against is own sets and destroys healthy tissue in the body

50
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What is the autonomic nervous system?

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Part of the nervous system under subconscious control

51
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What s autosomal linkage?

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Genes present on the same non-sex chromosome

52
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What is autotrophic?

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Organisms that synthesise complex molecules via photosynthesis

53
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What are auxins?

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Plants hormones that control cell elongation, prevent leaf fall, maintain apical dominance, produce tropic responses and stimulate the use of ethene in fruit ripening

54
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What is a B effector cell?

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B lymphocytes that aided to form plasma clones

55
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What are B lymphocytes (B cells)?

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Lymphocytes which mature in the bone marrow that are involved in production of antibodies

56
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What are baroreceptors?

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Receptors which detect changes in pressure

57
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What is batch fermentation?

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Industrial fermentation that runs for a set time.

58
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What sa belt transect?

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2 parallel lines are marked along the ground and samples are taken of me area at specific points

59
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What is Benedict’s reagent?

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An alkaline solution of copper (ii) sulphate used in chemical tests for reducing and non-reducing sugars
- brick-red precipitate indicates positive result

60
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What is a beta pleated sheet?

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Sheet-like secondary structure of proteins

61
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What is biodiversity?

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Variety of living organisms living in on area

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What are bioinformatics?

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Development of software and computing tools needed to analyse and organise raw biological data

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What is biomass?

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Mass of living material

64
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What is bioremediation?

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Use of microorganisms to break down pollutants and containments in soil or water

65
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What are biotic factors?

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The living components of on ecosystem

66
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What is the biuret test?

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Chemical test for proteins, peptide bonds form violet coloured complexes with copper ions in alkaline solutions

67
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What is the Bohr effect?

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Effect of carbon dioxide concentration on uptake and release of oxygen by haemoglobin

68
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What is the bowman’s capsule?

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Cup-shaped structure containing glomerulus and is me site of ultrafiltration in the kidney

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What is bradycardia?

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Slow heart rate or below 60 bpm

70
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What is breathing rate?

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Number of breaths per min

71
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What is bulk transport?

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Form of active transport where large molecules are moved into/out of the cell by endo/exocytosis

72
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What is the bundle of His?

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Conducting tissue made of purkyne fibres that passes through septum of the heart

73
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What is callose?

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Polysaccharide containing ß1-3 and ß1-6 linkages between the glucose monomers that is important in plant response to infection

74
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what is the calvin cycle?

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cyclical light dependent reactions of photosynthesis

75
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what is carbaminohaemoglobin?

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compound formed when carbon dioxide combines with haemoglobin

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what are carbohydrates?

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organic polymers composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
- also known as saccharides or sugars

77
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what is carbonic anhydrase?

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enzyme which catalyses reversible reaction between carbon dioxide and water to form carbonic acid

78
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what is the cardiac cycle?

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events of a single heart beat, composed of diastole and systole

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what is a carrier?

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a person who has one copy of an allele coding for a genetically inherited condition

80
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what are carrier proteins?

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membrane proteins that play a part in the transport of substances through a membrane

81
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whare is carrying capacity?

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maximum population size that an environment can support

82
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what is cartilage?

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strong, flexible connective tissue found in many areas of bodies of humans and other animals

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