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1
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Where in the heart is the natural pacemaker found?

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Right atrium

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How can you identify plant diseases?

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Referring to gardening manuals/websites, taking infected plants to a lab, using monoclonal antibody kits

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What’s the role of the phloem?

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Transports dissolved sugars made in the leaves around the whole plant for immediate use of storage. This is is called translocation

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Name an adaption of the root hair cell

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A long narrow “protrusion” which increases surface area for absorption
- no chloroplasts, can’t photosynthesise under ground
- extra mitochondria for energy

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Name an adaption of the xylem

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  • hollow tubes of dead plant cells
  • strengthened by lignin spirals which support stem and withstand pressure
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How is the phloem adapted?

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  • tubes of elongated cells
  • cell sap can move from one phloem to others through pores in walls
  • assisted by alive companion cells
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Define transpiration

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Movement of water from the soil, into the roots, through stem and out of the stomata on the underside of the leaves

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Define transpiration

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Movement of water from the soil, into the roots, through stem and out of the stomata on the underside of the leaves

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Describe the circulatory system

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  • made of blood, heart and blood vessels
  • transports blood around the body, carrying oxygen from the lungs and glucose from digestion to the cells that need them as well as carrying waste substances to be removed
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Blood is a tissue containing which components?

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  • Red blood cells
  • white blood cells
  • platelets
  • plasma
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Red blood cells

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Carry oxygen
Biconcave shape gives them an increased SA:V ratio for diffusion of oxygen
Red pigment haemoglobin binds to oxygen

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White blood cells

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Make up immune system, attack invading microorganisms

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Platelets

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Fragments of cell, causes clotting at the sites of wounds

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Plasma

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Straw coloured fluid in which the platelets, red and white blood cells are suspended. It carries dissolved CO2 and glucose

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Arteries

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Take blood away from heart
Strong and can stretch to deal with blood at high pressure
Thick walls made from muscle and elastic tissue

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Veins

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Take blood into heart
Valves prevent backflow of blood and keep it flowing in the right direction

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Capillaries

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Tiny vessels found in lungs and body parts, 1 cell thick, allow oxygen and CO2 to diffuse into and out of the blood

17
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What and where is the natural pacemaker found?

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Small patch of cells which controls the resting heart rate
Right atrium

18
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What path does blood take from the lungs?

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Lungs –> pulmonary vein, LV, LA –> aorta, body –> vena cava, RV, RA –> pulmonary artery, lungs

19
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How is coronary heart disease caused?

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Build up of fatty material in coronary arteries, narrowing them. This reduces blood flow through them, resulting in lack of oxygen for the heart muscle

20
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Artificial pacemakers

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Treats: irregularities in heart rate
Works by: gives out electrical impulses to control heart rate

21
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Stents

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Treats: coronary heart disease
Works by: opens up coronary arteries to keep blood flow to heart muscle

22
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Statins

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Treats: high cholesterol that can lead to coronary heart disease
Works by: reducing blood cholesterol levels and slows down rate of fatty material deposit

23
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Replacement valves

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Treats: faulty/ leaky heart valves
Works by: 2 types- biological come from pigs/human donors
Mechanical- built from man made materials

24
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Heart transplants

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Treats: heart failure
Works by: from human donors- artificial hearts temporarily used when patients wait for transplants, or to rest the heart as an aid to recovery

25
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Respiratory system

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Gets oxygen from air into lungs during inhalation and removes waste carbon dioxide from the body during exhalation

26
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What happens at the alveoli?

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Gas exchange with the blood

27
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How are alveoli adapted for gas exchange?

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Thin walls- reduces distance that oxygen needs to diffuse, increasing rate of diffusion
Huge surface area- tiny size, round shape and large number of alveoli increases surface area, increasing rate of diffusion
Surrounded by capillaries- network of capillaries provides a constant flow of blood, maintaining an oxygen concentration gradient, maintaining a high rate of diffusion

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What’s the role of the root hair cell?

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Absorbs water by osmosis and mineral ions by active transport from the soil

29
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What’s the role of thr xylem?

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Transports water and mineral ions from the roots, through the stem and to the leaves. This is called transpiration

30
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What’s the role of the phloem?

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Transports dissolved sugars made in the leaves around the plant for immediate use or storage. This is called translocation

31
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Which factors effect transpiration?

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Humidity, light intensity, wind intensity, temperature

32
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How does temperature effect rate of transpiration?

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Higher temp increases rate of evaporation of water through the leaves, increasing transpiration

33
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How does humidity effect rate of transpiration?

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High humidity means there’s already a lot of water vapour in the air. This will slow down the rate of evaporation from the leaves, reducing transpiration

34
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How does wind intensity effect rate of transpiration?

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Stronger air movements increase rate of evaporation from leaves, increasing rate of transpiration

35
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How does light intensity effect rate of transpiration?

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Plants respond to bright light by doing more photosynthesis. They open their stomata to get more carbon dioxide in, but in turn, allow more water to evaporate, increasing rate of transpiration

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