Biology Flashcards

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What are the signs of life? (MRS GREN)

A
Movement
reproduction
sensitivity
growth
respiration
excretion
nutrition
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what are the 5 kingdoms?

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plants
animals
fungi
protists
prokaryotes
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3
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which of the 5 kingdoms are eukaryotes?

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plants
animals
fungi
protists

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4
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what are the 4 adaptions of a sperm cell?

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loads of mitochondria
tail
large nucleus
acrosome (the hard hit on the head)

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what are the 3 adaptions of a neurone cell?

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long axon to send signal
myelin sheath to speed the signal
branched ends of dendrites and axion terminals

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what are the 2 adaptions of a mussel cell?

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loads of mitochondria

spindle fibers to contract

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what are the 3 adaptions of a cilia cell?

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cilia to waft mucus
loads of mitochondria
goblet cells

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what are the 2 adaptions of a palisade cell?

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loads of chloroplast to absorb sunlight

nucleus at the bottom so it doesn’t burn

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what are the 3 adaptions of a root hair cell?

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a extension to increase surface area
loads of mitochondria
has no chloroplast

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what are the 2 adaptions of a xylem cell and what do the do?

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long thin and hollow
coated with lignin to be waterproof
and they transport water and mineral and make the outside layer of plants

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what are the 2 adaptions of a phloem cell and what is its function?

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they transport sugar
sieve to cut off the dead bit of the plant
companion cell to feed and help the phloem

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12
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how do viruses work?

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they are tiny capsules that carry 1 strand of DNA that brakes into a cells and changes to ribosome to make more of the virus until the cell pops and let them all out and then the process is repeated

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what are the levels of cells organisation?

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cell - tissue - organ - system - organism

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what are the biological molecules?

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carbohydrates (starch + sugar)
protein
lipids

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15
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how do you test for sugar/glucose

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add a Benedict solution the more red it goes under heat the more sugar there is

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16
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how do you test for starch

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iodine solution and it will go black if it has starch

17
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how do you test for lipid

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ethanol and it will go cloudy

18
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how do you test for protein

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biuret solution if it turns purple

19
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what is diffusion

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the movement of particles from a high to low concentration

20
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what is osmosis

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the movement of water particles from a high a to low concentration through a partially permeable membrane

21
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what is active transport

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the movement of particles from a low to high concentration

22
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how is active transport done?

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a thing in the membrane called a transporter protein waits for cells to float randomly into it. then using ATP for energy it closes it front and opens its back and lets the particles float into then organism

23
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what are pathogens?

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any organism that harms the body

24
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what are the four types of pathogens?

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bacteria (salmonella, the plague)
virus (HIV, influenza)
fungi (athletes foot, ring worm)
a few protists (malaria)

25
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what do bacteria do?

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they relate toxins that damage the body

26
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what do fungi do?

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digest organic matter with enzymes (eg. skin)

27
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name a:

1) bacteria
2) fungi
3) protoctists
4) viruses

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1 - salmonella
2 - athletes foot
3 - maleria
4 - HIV, SARS

28
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what are the organelles of a fungi?

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  • nucleus
  • cell wall (most made of chitin)
  • mitochondria
  • cell membrane
  • cytoplasm
  • permanente vacuole
29
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what are the organelles of a Bacteria?

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  • cell wall
  • cell membrane
  • cytoplasm
  • ribosome
  • plasmid
  • circle of DNA
30
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what are the organelles of a animal?

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  • nucleus
  • cytoplasm
  • mitochondria
  • cell membrane
  • ribsome
31
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what are the organelles of a plant?

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  • nucleus
  • cytoplasm
  • mitochondria
  • cell membrane
  • ribsome
  • cell wall
  • vacuole
  • chloroplast
32
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what is transpiration?

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the movement of water and minerals up a plant from the roots to the leaves

33
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how does transpiration work?

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once collected by the roots water starts to evaporate and rise. Because of hydrogen bonds the next water molecule with follow the first and so on. This also transports minerals dissolved in the water.