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Biology - Topic 1 - Key Concepts in Biology Flashcards

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Whatdoesamicroscopedo?

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makessmallobjectsappearlarger/magnifiessmallobjects

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2
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Whatpartofamicroscopedoyoulookthrough?

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eyepiecelens

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Whichpartofamicroscopedoyouusetogetaclearimage?

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thefocusingwheel

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Puttheseinorderofsize,biggestfirst:atom,animalcell,cellnucleus,muscletissue,proteinmolecule,watermolecule

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muscletissue,animalcell,cellnucleus,proteinmolecule,watermolecule,atom

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5
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Amicroscopehasa×5eyepiecelensanda×5objectivelens.Whatisthetotalmagnification?

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×25;5×5=25

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6
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Ahumanhairhasawidthof100µmbutappears20mmwideinaphoto.Whatmagnificationisthephoto?

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×200;20mm=20000µm;20000÷100=200

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7
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Howmanymillimetresarethereinametre?

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1000

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8
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Whatunitis1000timessmallerthanamillimetre?

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micrometre,µm

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9
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Whatistheunitsymbolforananometre?

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nm

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10
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Name one part you could find in a plant cell but not an animal cell.

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cell wall, chloroplasts, permanent vacuole

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11
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What process happens in a mitochondrion?

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aerobic respiration

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12
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What is one function of a plant cell’s permanent vacuole?

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to help keep the cell rigid/to store substances

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13
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In which part of a plant cell is cell sap stored?

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vacuole

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14
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In which part of a cell would you find chromosomes?

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nucleus

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15
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When you look down a microscope, what is the area that you see called?

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field of view

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16
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Why can an electron microscope detect smaller structures in cells than a light microscope?

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it has better magnification and better resolution

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17
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What is a picture taken with a microscope called?

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micrograph

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18
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Some microscope pictures have a small line drawn on them with information about how long the line is when unmagnified. What is this line called?

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scale bar

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19
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List three sub-cellular structures that are usuallyfound in animal cells.

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cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes

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20
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Which cell structure controls what enters and leaves the cell?

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cell membrane

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21
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Which cell structure controls how the cell works?

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nucleus

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22
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Which plant cell structure contains chlorophyll?

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chloroplast

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23
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What is the function of the cell structure that contains chlorophyll?

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to capture energy from light for photosynthesis/to produce glucose using photosynthesis

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24
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Describe the function of the cell wall

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supports and protects the cell

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25
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What is the function of ribosomes?

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manufacture of proteins

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26
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What are gametes?

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sex cells

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27
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A bacterium is 20 µm long. How long is it in metres?

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0.00002 m

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28
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A bacterium is 5 µm wide. How wide is it in nanometres?

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500nm

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29
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What do bacteria use to move themselves?

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flagella

30
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Animal and plant cells are eukaryotic. What word describes bacterial cells?

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prokaryotic

31
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Name one structure that an animal cell would have but a bacterial cell would not.

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nucleus, mitochondria

32
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What is 1 × 10^6m written as an ordinary number?

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1 000 000 m

33
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Name two substances that might be found in the cytoplasm of an egg cell to provide energy.

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carbohydrate or starch, lipid or fat or oil

34
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In which system of the body is food broken down?

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digestive system

35
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Why do we need to break food down?

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because the molecules in food are too large to cross cell membranes

36
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In which organ of the body is digested food absorbed?

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small intestine

37
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Which group of molecules help to digest food?

A

enzymes

38
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Name an example of an enzyme

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amylase, protease, lipase

39
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What does a sperm cell use enzymes for?

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to digest a path through the jelly coat of the egg cell

40
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Do plants contain enzymes?

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yes – they control many reactions inside plant cells

41
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Name a part of a plant where you might findenzymes.

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anywhere a reaction takes place, e.g. in chloroplasts for photosynthesis, in mitochondria for respiration, where starch grains are made

42
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What nutrient is starch an example of?

A

carbohydrate

43
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Why are proteins and carbohydrates examples of polymers?

A

They are made up of many similar molecules/monomers.

44
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Which monomers make up starch?

A

glucose

45
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Which monomers make up a protein?

A

amino acids

46
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Are enzymes carbohydrates, proteins or lipids?

A

proteins

47
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Which group of substances are fats and oils examples of?

A

lipids

48
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Name one food that contains a lot of starch.

A

potato, pasta, bread, rice

49
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What effect does the enzyme amylase have on starch?

A

breaks it down to small sugars

50
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Food provides nutrients for growth. What else is it a source of, which we need for activity?

A

energy

51
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What are the subunits (small molecules) that make up carbohydrates?

A

simple sugars, e.g. glucose

52
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Which two kinds of subunits form lipids (fats and oils)?

A

fatty acids and glycerol

53
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Which subunits make up enzymes?

A

amino acids

54
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Amylase is a kind of enzyme. Where is it found?

A

mouth/salivary glands and small intestine/pancreas

55
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Why are enzymes called biological catalysts?

A

They are molecules found inside living organisms that speed up the rate of reactions.

56
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What is a substrate?

A

A molecule that is changed in a reaction

57
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What is the substrate for amylase?

A

starch

58
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Starch synthase is an enzyme that catalyses the synthesis of starch. Explain what this means.

A

The enzyme combines with subunits/small sugar molecules and helps them join together to form starch.

59
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Why do different enzymes have different 3D shapes?

A

The amino acids are arranged in a different order in different proteins.

60
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Which kind of large organic molecule does a protease digest?

A

proteins

61
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What is the name of the part of an enzyme into which the substrate fits?

A

active site

62
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Why do most enzymes only work with onesubstrate?

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Only substrates with the same shape as the active site can sit in the site and take part in the reaction.

63
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Enzymes are specific to their substrate. What doesthis mean?

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The enzyme will only work with particular substrates -those substrates that have the right shape.

64
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Which term describes an enzyme in which the active site has permanently changed shape?

A

denatured

65
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What effect does a large change of shape of an enzyme’s active site have on how the enzyme works?

A

The enzyme no longer works.

66
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Give two examples of changes in the cell environment that could cause the active site to change shape.

A

pH, temperature

67
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Carbon dioxide is produced inside a cell and moves out of the cell by diffusion. What does this mean?

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there is an overall movement of gas particles fromwhere there are more of them to where there are fewer

68
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Name two substances that plants take in from the soil through their roots

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water and dissolved mineral salts

69
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There is a 5% sucrose solution and a 10% sucrose solution. Which solution has the higher concentration of sucrose?

A

10% solution

70
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Two beakers contain the same volume of solution. One is a 10% sodium chloride solution, the other is a 5% sodium chloride solution. Which beaker contains more water molecules?

A

5% solution

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