Dictionary

Question 1

What is bioremediation?

Answer 1

Using microbes to break down hazardous/toxic substances

Question 2

What is yeast?

Answer 2

Single celled fungus used in baking, brewing and wine making

Question 3

What is biofuel?

Answer 3

Fuel produced from plants or animal waste

Question 4

What is photosynthesis?

Answer 4

Production of sugar using light energy in plants

Question 5

What is chlorophyll?

Answer 5

Green pigment used to capture light energy

Question 6

What is a chloroplast?

Answer 6

Structure inside a plant cell that contains chlorophyll

Question 7

What does limiting factor mean?

Answer 7

Factor in short supply that limits the rate of photosynthesis,
eg, light, CO2

Question 8

What is aerobic respiration?

Answer 8

Respiration in the presence of oxygen

Question 9

What is anaerobic respiration?

Answer 9

Respiration without oxygen, also known as fermentation

Question 10

What does lactic acid mean?

Answer 10

Produced in animal cells as a result of fermentation

Question 11

What is respiration?

Answer 11

Release of energy from food

Question 12

What is fermentation?

Answer 12

Breakdown of sugar into CO2 and alcohol

Question 13

What is a micro-organism?

Answer 13

A very tiny organism that can only be seen with a microscope

Question 14

What does unicellular mean?

Answer 14

Exists in a single cell

Question 15

What does sterile mean?

Answer 15

Disinfect to keep unwanted things out of experiment
On,y grow what is wanted

Question 16

What is batch processing?

Answer 16

Yeast and materials are fed into the reaction vessel, heat brown and alcohol fermentation happens, yeast stops growing having used up all the materials, reaction vessel is empty, steam cleaned and ready for a new batch
All ingredients are placed into a fermented at the start of the process

Question 17

What does controversial mean?

Answer 17

People having different views/opinions as to what is morally acceptable