Biology Flashcards

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What are the 4 characteristics of all respiratory organs?

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  • large surface area
  • moistened surface to dissolve oxygen
  • thin and freely permeable to gases
  • transport system to cells
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What do anabolic reactions do?

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Form bonds between molecules

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What do catabolic reactions do?

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Break bonds between molecules

E.g. digestion

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What are enzymes?

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Biological catalysts 
(Increases rate of biological reaction, but does not get used up)
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What 5 things do all circulatory systems have?

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fluid 
Pump to push fluid 
Vessels to distribute blood 
Exchange organs 
Transport of oxygen + carbon doixide to and from Gas exchange organ
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What is the difference between venom and poison?

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Poison-can just be in contact

Venom-has to be injected

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What is the function of the circulatory system?

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  • carry digested food to areas in the body that need it
  • carry oxygen from gas exchange organ to the rest of the body
  • aid in disposal of waste from the body
  • distribute heat
  • fight diseases using white blood cells
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8 parts of the endocrine system

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  • pituitary gland
  • thyroid gland
  • adrenal glands
  • testicles
  • pineal gland
  • parathyroid glands
  • pancreas
  • ovaries
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What are enzymes?

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Chemical messengers

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10
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How do enzymes travel?

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Through the bloodstream

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What do enzymes do?

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Bind to the cell and change the way it acts

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Features of arteries

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  • carry blood away from the heart
  • have a pulse
  • thick walls
  • deep under skin
  • no valves
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Features of veins

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  • carry blood to the heart
  • don’t have a pulse
  • thin walls
  • near surface of skin
  • valves to stop back-flow of blood
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Features of capillaries

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  • small blood vessels acting as veins and arteries

- walls 1 cell thick so substances can get through them

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15
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What is a substrate?

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A reactant which binds to an enzyme

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What is a product (enzymes)

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End result of a chemical reaction between enzyme and substrate

17
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What are the properties of enzymes?

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  • reaction specific

- not consumed in reaction, can be used to catalyse thousands of reactions per second

18
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What are carbohydrates, lipids and proteins broken down into?

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Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose
Lipids are broken down into fatty acids
Proteins are broken down into amino acids

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What is a respiratory surface?

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the membrane which gas exchange occurs across and is responsible for the diffusion of oxygen into and carbon dioxide out of the blood

20
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Types of gas exchange

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  • Round, ordinary cell
  • flat cell
  • external gills
  • internal gills
  • lungs
  • trachea
21
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Why should you breath through your nose?

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When air is breathed through the nose, it is:

  • warmed by capillaries in nostrils
  • moistened by mucus
  • cleaned and filtered by hair, mucus and saliva
22
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Gas exchange in insects

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  • oxygen enters spiracles, travels to trachea and then through tracheoles to reach body cells
  • Insects have a substance called hemolymph in place of blood
23
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Gas exchange in fish

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  • Oxygen is dissolved in ocean water

- Gills move forward and process oxygen to allow respiration

24
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What is good about an open system

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  • Less metabolic energy to build
  • Less metabolic energy to run
  • Can function as a hydrostatic

Most invertebrates have open systems, (some have closed)

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What is good about a closed system?
- Maintain higher pressure - Supply more oxygen - Better transport systems All vertebrates have closed systems
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What is the heart?
the internal organ which pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
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How many chambers does a mammal’s heart have?
4
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How many chambers do bird’s hearts have?
4 (no link)
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How many chambers does a fish’s heart have?
2
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How many chambers does a reptiles heart have?
3
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How many chambers does an amphibians heart have?
3 (no link)
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How does the nervous system coordinate a response?
- a stimulus is detected within the body - An electrical impulse is sent to the brain - Brain processes the information - an electrical impulse is sent to an effector (muscle) - The effector produces a response