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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?
Bacteria that undergo mutation to become resistant to an antibiotic and then survive to increase in number
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What are antibiotics?
A chemical or compand that kills / inhibits grown of bacteria
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What are antibodies?
Y -shaped glycoproteins made by B cells of me immune system in response to antigen
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What is ADH?
Hormone that increases permeability of distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct to water
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What is an antigen?
Identifying chemical on surface of cell to trigger an immune response
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What is an antigen-antibody complex?
Complex formed when an antibody and antigen bind
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What is an antigen-presenting cell (APC)?
A cell that displays foreign antigens complexed with histocompatibility (tissue compatability) complexes on their surfaces
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What is the antisense strand?
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?
Chemicals (antibodies) that bind to toxins produced by pathogens so they no longer have an effect
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What is apical dominance?
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?
The cell walls and intracellular spaces of plant cells
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What is the apoplast route?
Movement of substances through cell walls and cell spaces by diffusion and into cytoplasm by active transport
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What is apoptosis?
Programmed and controlled cell death important in controlling body form in removal of damaged or diseased cells
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What is arrhythmia?
Abnormal rhythm of the heart
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What are artefacts?
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?
Immunity which results from exposure to a safe form of a pathogen e.g. Vaccination
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What is artificial passive immunity?
Immunity that results from administration of antibodies from another animal against a dangerous pathogen
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What is artificial twinning?
Process of producing monozygotic noons artificially
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What are aseptic techniques?
Techniques used to culture microorganisms in stents conditions to they aren't contaminated with unwanted microorganisms.
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What is asexual reproduction?
Production of genetically identical offspring from a single parent
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What are assimilates?
The products of photosynthesis that are transported around the plant e.g. Sucrose
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What is atrial fibrillation?
Abnormal rhythm of heart when aria beat very fast and incompletely
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What is the AVN?
Stimulates Vernice's to contact after imposing slight delay to ensure atrial contraction is complete
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What is an autoimmune disease?
Condition/illness resulting from autoimmune response
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What is an autoimmune response?
Response when the immune system acts against is own sets and destroys healthy tissue in the body
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What is the autonomic nervous system?
Part of the nervous system under subconscious control
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What s autosomal linkage?
Genes present on the same non-sex chromosome
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What is autotrophic?
Organisms that synthesise complex molecules via photosynthesis
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What are auxins?
Plants hormones that control cell elongation, prevent leaf fall, maintain apical dominance, produce tropic responses and stimulate the use of ethene in fruit ripening
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What is a B effector cell?
B lymphocytes that aided to form plasma clones
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What are B lymphocytes (B cells)?
Lymphocytes which mature in the bone marrow that are involved in production of antibodies
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What are baroreceptors?
Receptors which detect changes in pressure
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What is batch fermentation?
Industrial fermentation that runs for a set time.
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What sa belt transect?
2 parallel lines are marked along the ground and samples are taken of me area at specific points
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What is Benedict's reagent?
An alkaline solution of copper (ii) sulphate used in chemical tests for reducing and non-reducing sugars - brick-red precipitate indicates positive result
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What is a beta pleated sheet?
Sheet-like secondary structure of proteins
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What is biodiversity?
Variety of living organisms living in on area
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What are bioinformatics?
Development of software and computing tools needed to analyse and organise raw biological data
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What is biomass?
Mass of living material
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What is bioremediation?
Use of microorganisms to break down pollutants and containments in soil or water
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What are biotic factors?
The living components of on ecosystem
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What is the biuret test?
Chemical test for proteins, peptide bonds form violet coloured complexes with copper ions in alkaline solutions
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What is the Bohr effect?
Effect of carbon dioxide concentration on uptake and release of oxygen by haemoglobin
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What is the bowman's capsule?
Cup-shaped structure containing glomerulus and is me site of ultrafiltration in the kidney
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What is bradycardia?
Slow heart rate or below 60 bpm
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What is breathing rate?
Number of breaths per min
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What is bulk transport?
Form of active transport where large molecules are moved into/out of the cell by endo/exocytosis
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What is the bundle of His?
Conducting tissue made of purkyne fibres that passes through septum of the heart
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What is callose?
Polysaccharide containing ß1-3 and ß1-6 linkages between the glucose monomers that is important in plant response to infection
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what is the calvin cycle?
cyclical light dependent reactions of photosynthesis
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what is carbaminohaemoglobin?
compound formed when carbon dioxide combines with haemoglobin
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what are carbohydrates?
organic polymers composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen - also known as saccharides or sugars
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what is carbonic anhydrase?
enzyme which catalyses reversible reaction between carbon dioxide and water to form carbonic acid
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what is the cardiac cycle?
events of a single heart beat, composed of diastole and systole
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what is a carrier?
a person who has one copy of an allele coding for a genetically inherited condition
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what are carrier proteins?
membrane proteins that play a part in the transport of substances through a membrane
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whare is carrying capacity?
maximum population size that an environment can support
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what is cartilage?
strong, flexible connective tissue found in many areas of bodies of humans and other animals
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