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What is the eye made up of?

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-Retina
-Sclera
-Lens
-Iris
-Pupil
-Optic nerve
-Cornea
-Ciliary Muscles
-Suspensory Ligaments
-Fovea

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What is the Retina layer made up of? (HINT: Cell types)

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Rod cells - Light Intensity Reception

Cone Cells - Red, Green, Blue colour reception

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3
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How do we work out Total Magnification?

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Magnification = Eyepiece x Objective

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How do we find actual size?

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Actual size = Image / magnification

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What is a genome?

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The entire genetic code in an organism

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What is DNA?

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A double helix polymer - stores genetic code

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What is a gene?

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Portion of DNA that codes for a protein (mapping these allows us to identify causes of disorders).

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8
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What is genotype?

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An organisms specific genetic code

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What is phenotype?

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How the genotype is expressed in physical characteristics.

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10
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What are bases made from?

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A sugar/phosphate group.

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What are the bases? Which go complimentary to each other?

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Guanine - G goes with Cytosine - C

Thymine - T goes with Adenine - A

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What is a Eukaryotic Cell?

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A cell with a nucleus. Their DNA is found here. For e.g An animal cell or plant cell

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What is a Prokaryotic Cell?

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A cell without a nucleus. Their DNA can be found in Plasmids (loop of DNA) or Chromosomal DNA

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What is a feature of the cell membrane?

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Semi permeable - allowing certain substances to pass through into the cell - controls what leaves and enters a cell.

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What is the cell wall made of?

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Cellulose.

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16
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What are Enzymes?

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Enzymes are special proteins that act as biological catalysts, often breaking down molecules into smaller ones (eg polymers into monomers)

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What is amylase and what does is it responsible for?

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It is an enzyme (biological catalyst) that breaks down starch into glucose.

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What is lipase and what is it responsible for?

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An enzyme (biological catalyst) that breaks down lipids (fats) into glycerol and fatty acids.

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What is protease and what does it break down?

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Protease is an enzyme (biological catalyst) that breaks down proteins into amino acids.

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20
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How many bases are needed to code for an amino acid?

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3 bases are needed

21
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What is (for eg) BB or bb known as?

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Homozygous alleles.

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What is (for eg) Bb known as?

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Heterozygous alleles

23
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What is the order of the reflex ark?

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Stimulus
Receptors (in sense organs)
Sensory Neurone
Relay Neurone
Motor Neurone
Effector (muscle or gland to carry out a quick involuntary response)

24
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What is in the CNS?

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Brain
Spinal Cord
Nerves

25
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Explain Adult Stem cells

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Found in the body eg bone morrow.

It is multipotent - there is a limit to what they can become usually the type of tissue surrounding them.

26
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Explain Embryonic Stem Cells

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Found in the inner cell mass of an embryo

It is pluripotent - Can differentiate into any kind of cell

27
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Explain Meristem Cells.

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Stem cells found in the Meristems of plants e.g shoots and roots

Able to produce any kind of specialised cell throughout the life of the plant.

28
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What are stem cells?

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Cells that haven’t been differentiated yet and can go on to become a number of different types of cells.

29
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What is the role of the dendron?

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Carries the electrical impulse

30
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What is the role of the dendrite?

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Receives impulses from receptor cells.

31
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What is the role of the axon?

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To carry the electrical impulse

32
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What are the role of axon terminals?

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Pass impulses to other neurones

33
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What is the role of the myelin sheath?

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The fatty layer surrounding neurones that insulate them to stop energy loss.

34
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What is a synapse?

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Gaps inbetween neurones. When an impulse reaches a synapse, neurotransmitter substance is released across through axon terminals. It gets detected on the other side by dendrites which generates a new impulse.

35
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What are the stages of growth in plants?

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Stage 1 - Mitosis

Stage 2 - Elongation

Stage 3 - Differentiation

36
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What is a Dipliod cell?

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23 pairs (46 single) of chromosomes

37
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What is a haploid cell?

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Half a set of chromosomes (23 single chromosomes) Half genetic information (gametes)

38
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Where is DNA found?

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In the nucleus in long strands called chromosomes, formed by 2 strands that twist to form a double helix shape.

39
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What are the 4 base pairs and which goes with which?

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Adenine - A
Cytosine - C
Guanine - G
Thymine - T

G goes with C

A goes with T

40
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What is the bonding between each of these bases?

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Hydrogen bonds.

Adenine and Thymine have two bonds

Guanine and Cytosine have 3 bonds

41
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What are each of the bases connected to?

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A sugar with each sugar connected to a phosphate.

42
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What is genotype?

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The alleles that an organism has

43
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What is phenotype

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What the organism looks like.

44
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What happens during Transcription?

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First stage of Protein Synthesis

Takes place in the nucleus. The RNA polymerase attaches to the non-coding section of DNA

The enzyme separates the two stands of DNA

RNA polymerase continues to move along the DNA to reach the coding region of a gene

RNA Polymerase adds complementary RNA nucleotides to the template strand.

RNA polymerase links the RNA nucleotides together to form a strand of mRNA

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What happens during translation?

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The strand of mRNA travels out the nucleus through a nuclear pore

In the cryptoplasm, a ribosome attaches to the mRNA strand.

A tRNA molecule pairs up with each codon (3 bases)

The ribosome joins together the amino acids carried by the tRNA molecules.

This results in the formation of a polypeptide

The types and order of amino acids in the chain cause it to fold into a specific shape

45
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What replaces Thymine in the m/tRNA?

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Uracil - U

So DNA - ATA in m/tRNA (depending) would complementary base pair that as UAU

46
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What causes mutation

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A change in the bases of a gene creating a genetic variant.

47
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What are the blood groups?

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A
B
AB
O

48
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What are mendels laws?

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Each gamete receives only onr factor for a characteristic

The version of a factor a gamete receives is random and does not depend on the other factors in the gamete

Some versions of a factor are more powerful than others and always have an effect in the offspring

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