Biology Flashcards

1
Q

Auxins cause the cell to do what?

A

Elongate, making the shoot grow straight up

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2
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Which hormone is plant growth controlled by?

A

Auxins

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3
Q

What is a drug?

A

A drug is a chemical that affects the psychology of the body, like how they central nervous system works.

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4
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What’s a stimulant?

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Stimulant speed up the activity of the nervous system by increasing the release of neurotransmitters at certain synapses in the brain

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5
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Where are auxins produced?

A

In the shoot tip

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6
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Give an example of a stimulant

A

Caffeine, nicotine, cocaine and ecstasy

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7
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What’ do depressants do?

A

Slow down the nervous system

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8
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Give an example of a depressant

A

Valium, Halclon, alcohol, Xanax

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9
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How many cells do bacteria consist of?

A

One

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10
Q

What’s a vacuole?

A

A fluid filled cavity that stores water and nutrients

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11
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What is the cell necleus

A

The location of the cells DNA

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12
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What’s a chloroplast?

A

PLANTS ONLY

Site of photosynthesis, they have green pigment chlorophyll that absorbs the Suns energy

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13
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What’s the mitochondria

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The sight of energy released by respiration

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14
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What are cells described as?

A

The building blocks of life

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15
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What does the nucleus control?

A

What goes in and out of the cell and what the cell does

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16
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Where do the chemical processes take place?

A

The cytoplasm

17
Q

State one way in which a fungal cell and a bacterial cell are similar and different

A

Similarities
Both have a cell membrane, cell wall and a cytoplasm

Differences
Bacterial cell has a loop of DNA, fungal cells don’t.
Fungal cells have a Vacuole, whereas bacterial cells don’t

18
Q

What’s diffusion?

A

The spreading out of particles from high to low concentration