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State the position and function of the cerebral cortex (cerebrum) (2) 🧠

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The outer layer of your brains surface, on top of cerebellum
Makes you who you are e.g memory, thinking, learning, language

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State the position and function of the cerebellum(2)🧠

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Back of head, just above where spine connect to brain
Coordinate muscle movement, balance

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State the position and function of the medulla(2)🧠

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Tail-like structure at the base of the brain
Essential functions/ unconscious activity e.g. breathing, circulation, digestion

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Give the reasons that make investigating brain disorders different🧠(2)

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The brain is complex and delicate

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Define “accommodation” with reference to the human eye👀

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The process of changing the shape of the lens to focus on near or distant objects

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Describe how the eye focuses on near objects👀 (3)

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-ciliary muscles contract
-suspensory ligaments loosen
-lens is thicker and refracts light rays strongly

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Describe how the eye focuses on a distant object👀 (3)

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-ciliary muscles relax
-suspensory ligaments are pulled tight
-lens is pulled thin and only slightly refracts light

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Give the medical term for shortsightedness🫵 (1)

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Myopia- need concave lenses to counteract over refraction

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Give the medical term for long sightedness 🫵🚫 (1)

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Hyperopia- need convex lenses for extra refracting

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State 4 methods of correcting vision🤓😷 (4)

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-spectacle lenses
-hard or soft contact lenses
-laser surgery—change shape of cornea
-replacement lens in eye

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Describe the body response to high temperature🔥🥵 (3)

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-vasodilation=widening of blood vessels
-sweat
which transfer energy from skin to environment

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Describe the body response to low temperature🥶❄️ (3)

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-vasoconstriction=blood vessels get smaller
-sweating stops
-skeletal muscles contract(shiver)

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State the effect of the loss or gain of too much water by cells💦🔫 (1)

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They do not function efficiently

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Describe how excess protein is removed from the body 🥩 (4)

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-digestion of proteins=excess amino acids(need to be safely excreted)
-amino acids form ammonia
-ammonia is toxic so converted to urea

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Describe the function of kidneys in maintaining the water balance of the body🫘 (4)

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Kidneys produce urine by:
-filtration of blood
-selective reabsorption of useful substances e.g. glucose, some ions and water

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Describe how ADH affects the action of the kidneys🫘 (3)

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ADH:
-released by the pituitary gland when blood is too concentrated(not enough water)
-causes more water to be reabsorbed into the blood from kidney tubules
-less urine
-controlled by negative feedback

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How do auxins affect plant growth 🍀🌿(1)

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Unequal distribution of auxin cause unequal growth rates in plant roots (inhibits growth) and shoots (stimulates growth)

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State the importance of gibberellins🌷☘️ (1)

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Initiating seed germination(seed into seedling)

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State the role of ethene in plant control and coordination🍀🌿 (2)

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Controls cell division and ripening of fruits

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State 3 uses of auxins (3)

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-weed killers
-rooting powders
-promote flowering

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State a use of ethene in the food industry 🍒🍇(1)

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To control ripening of fruit during storage and transport

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State 3 uses of gibberellins (3)

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-end seed dormancy
-promote flowering
-increase fruit size

23
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State 3 advantages of sexual reproduction🍼👶🏿 (3)

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-variation in offspring
-if environment changes variation may give an advantage by natural selection
-natural selection can be sped up by humans in selective breeding

24
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State 4 advantages of asexual reproduction (4)

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-only 1 parent needed
-more time and energy efficient
-faster
-many identical offspring produced when conditions are favourable

25
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Name the bases found in DNA and describe how they combine (2)

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A joins either T(Anna and Tyrone)
G joins with C(Claudia and Gary)

26
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How does a mutation in DNA affect a protein🧬 (3)

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Mutations code for an altered protein with a different shape so enzyme no longer fits the substrate or structural protein may lose its strength

27
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Name 4 methods of cloning (4)

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-tissue culture
-cuttings
-embryo transplants
-adult cell cloning

28
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Describe tissue culture (2)

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Using small groups of cells from part of a plant to grow identical new plants
This is important for preserving rare plant species or commercially in nurseries

29
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Describe embryo transplants as a method of cloning (2)

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Splitting apart cells from a developing animal embryo before they become specialised, then transplanting the identical embryos into host mothers

30
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Describe the process of adult cell cloning🧑‍🧑‍🧒 (5)

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-nucleus removed from unfertilised egg
-nucleus from adults body cell e.g. skin cell is inserted into egg cell
-electric shock stimulates the egg cell to divide to form an embryo
-these contain same DNA as adult cell
-when embryo becomes ball of cells, it’s inserted into the womb of an adult female

31
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Sequence the process of natural selection(4)

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-variation within a population caused by a mutation -best adapted to the environment survive long enough to reproduce -genes are passed on to the next generation

32
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Darwin published his ideals in which book? (1) 📕

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On the Origin of Species

33
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State 3 reasons why Darwin ideas were only gradually accepted(3) 🙏📕

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-theory challenged the idea that God made all the animals and plants that live on Earth
-there was insufficient evidence at the time the theory was published to convinced many scientists
-the mechanism of inheritance and variation was not know until 50 years after the theory was published

34
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Alfred Russel Wallace’s work contributed to which theory(1)?👨‍🔬👨‍🦼

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Speciation

35
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Alfred Russel Wallace’s work contributed to which theory(1)?👨‍🔬👨‍🦼

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Speciation

36
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Why was the work of Gregor Mendel not recognised until after his death(1)👻💀😵🪦

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There was no knowledge of chromosomes or genes

37
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State 3 factors that affect the rate of decay(3)😵📉

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-temperature -water -oxygen availability

38
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Name the useful product of anaerobic decay(1)

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Methane(biogas) which can be used as a fuel

39
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Name 3 environmental factors that affect the distribution of species(3)

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-temperature -water availability -composition of atmospheric gases

40
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Name the types of organisms at the first trophic level in an ecosystem(1) 👽🛟

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Plants and algae that make their own food(producers)

41
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Name the types of organisms at the second trophic level in an ecosystem (1)

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Herbivores eat plants/algae and are called primary consumers

42
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Name the types of organisms at the third level in an ecosystem (1)

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Carnivores that eat herbivores are called secondary consumers

43
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Name the types of organisms at the fourth trophic level in an ecosystem (1)

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Carnivores that eat other carnivores are called tertiary consumers. Alex predators are carnivores with no predators

44
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What proportion of biomass is passed in from each trophic level to the level above? 🏋️‍♀️ (1)

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Approximately 10%

45
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Give 3 reasons why biomass is lost between trophic levels(3)

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-not all food is absorbed, some is lost as feces
-some absorbed material is lost as waste such as carbon dioxide and water
-large amounts of glucose is used in respiration

46
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Define food security (1) 🍔🚨🚓

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Having enough food to feed a population

47
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List 6 factors that can affect food security (6) 🍔🚓🚨

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-birth rate -changing diets -new pests or pathogens -environmental changes -cost of agricultural inputs -conflicts affecting availability of water and food

48
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List the ways in which the efficiency of food production can be improved (3) 🏭🍔

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-restricting the energy transfer from animals to the environment (limit movement and control the temperature)
-feed animals a high protein diet

49
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State 2 ways that fish stocks may be kept sustainable (2)🎣🐟🎏

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Control of net size and fishing quotas (limit of number of fish that can be caught)

50
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Name the fungus used to produce mycoprotein (1) 🍖🥩

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Fusarium

51
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State the conditions needed to grow fusarium (2)

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Glucose syrup, in aerobic conditions

52
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Give a benefit of the use of genetically modified crops (1)👨‍🌾🌾

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Higher yield of food with an improved nutritional value e.g. golden rice

53
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State the position and function of the hypothalamus🧠

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-undersurface of the brain
-sends signals to the pituitary
-regulates body temp

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