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Chapter 2: Biological world Flashcards

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Cells

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The basic building blocks of living things

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Nutrition

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The way in which living things get their food

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Excretion

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The way in which living things get rid of wastes that they produce

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Response

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The way in which living things react to changes in their surroundings

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Reproduction

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The way in which living things produce new living things

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Five major groups of living things

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Bacteria, Fungi, Plants, Animals, Other(protists)

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Bacteria

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Tiny microscopic living things. Some cause disease, some cause decay, some are used to produce valuable substances

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Fungi

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Mushrooms, moulds and yeast

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Plants

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Trees, grasses, flowers

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Animals

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Humans, fish, insects

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Others (Protists)

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Seaweeds, amoeba

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Vertebrates definition and eg

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  • animals that have backbones
    Eg. Horse, seagull
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Invertebrates definition and eg

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  • animals that do not have backbones.
    Eg: spider, jellyfish
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Biodiversity

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Range of living things

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Animal cell structure

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Cell membrane, Nucleus, Cytoplasm

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Plant cell structure

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cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, vacuole.

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Cell Membrane; function and describe

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-retain cell contents and controls what passes in and out of cell.

Describe: The cell membrane is a very thin layer that surrounds the cell.

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Nucleus: function & describe

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Its function is to act as the control centre of the cell.
Describe: The nucleus is normally round.

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Cell wall

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Function: gives strength to plant
Describe: A cell wall is found outside the cell membrane in plant cells

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Vacuole: describe & function

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Describe: contains liquid and if the vacuole is full of liquid, it forces the cytoplasm to push out against the cell wall.
Function: is to give strength to the cell.

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Mitochondrion: function

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Supplies energy for cell

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Chloroplast function

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Makes food (by photosynthesis)

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Cytoplasm function

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Carries out some cell reactions
Supports tiny cell structures

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