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Biology End Of Year Y8 Flashcards

1
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What substances are made during aerobic respiration?

A

Carbon dioxide and water

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2
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glucose+oxygen->

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carbon dioxide+water

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3
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What is a carbon dioxide in terms of respiration?

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A waste product

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4
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Why can’t all the energy be released from glucose molecules in anaerobic respiration?

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Because the oxidation is incomplete

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5
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What is oxidation?

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A chemical reaction that involves a substance coming into contact with oxygen

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6
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What are the 5 food groups?

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Fruit and veg, carbohydrates, proteins, dairy, lipids

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7
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What do fruit and veg provide our bodies?

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Vitamins and fibre

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8
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What do carbohydrates provide our bodies?

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Slow-release energy

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9
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What do proteins provide our bodies?

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Growth, bone repair and muscle building

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10
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What does diary provide our bodies?

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Calcium

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11
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Why do we need calcium from dairy?

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To strengthen teeth and bones

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12
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Why do we need lipids?

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To store energy

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13
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As well as a healthy diet, what else do we need?

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Water and exercise

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14
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What do we need to add to food to test for starch?

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Iodine

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15
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What will happen if a test for starch is positive?

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It will go blue/black

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16
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What do we need to do to test for glucose?

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Add a few drops of Benedict’s and then put the test tube in a hot water bath for 5 minutes

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17
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What will happen if a test for glucose is positive?

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It will go green to orange to brick red precipitate

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18
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What do we need to do to test for protein?

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Add a few drops of Biruet working solution

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19
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What will happen if a test for protein is positive?

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It will go purple

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20
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What do we need to do to test for lipids?

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Add 2cm cubed of ethanol and shake, add 2cm cubed of water and shake again and allow to settle

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21
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What will happen if a test for lipids is positive?

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It will go milky white on top

22
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What are the four types of teeth?

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Molars, premolars, incisors and canines

23
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What type of teeth form at 6 months old?

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Milk teeth

24
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When do milk teeth fall out?

A

At 5 years old

25
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What do we need to do to keep teeth healthy?

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Brush twice a day, floss between teeth, eat less sugary foods and go to the dentist

26
Q

What is the outer shell that covers the tooth?

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Enamel

27
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What is the hollow part of the tooth that contain blood vessels and nerves?

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The pulp cavity

28
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What has tiny tubes that goes from the pulp cavity to the blood capillaries?

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The dentine

29
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What do molars and premolars do?

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To tear and grind food into small bits

30
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What do canines do?

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Rip and tear food

31
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What do incisors do?

A

Chop and grind food into small bits

32
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What is tartar?

A

Plaque that has hardened over time

33
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What is gingivitis?

A

Gum disease

34
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What does the mouth do in digestion?

A

Break down the food and mix it with saliva enzymes

35
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What is the œsophages in the digestive system?

A

A tube that goes from the mouth to the stomach

36
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What does the liver do in the digestive system?

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It releases bile into food to break down lipids

37
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What is the stomach and what does it do?

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It is a muscular bag which mixes foods with acid

38
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What does the pancreas do in digestion?

A

It releases enzymes into the intestines to break down carbohydrates, proteins and lipids

39
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What does the small intestine do?

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It digests lipids, carbohydrates and proteins are digested, with the nutrients from them being put into the blood

40
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What does the large intestine do?

A

It takes in food that cannot break down.

41
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What does the rectum do?

A

It stores indigestes food as faeces

42
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What do bones do?

A

Protect organs, especially the brain

43
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How many bones do adults have?

A

206

44
Q

What moves bones?

A

Muscles

45
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What keeps bones together?

A

Joints

46
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What do muscles work in?

A

Antagony

47
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What are the lungs protected by?

A

Ribs

48
Q

The air that your breathe goes down the trachea and through two tubes called the…

A

Bronchi

49
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At the end of the bronchi, you find two smaller tubes called…

A

Bronchioles

50
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What is at the end of the bronchioles?

A

Alveoli (air sacs)

51
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Where does gas exchange take place?

A

In the alveoli

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