Essay Flashcards
Write an essay on the ways in which water and the regulation of water content are important to organisms.
3.1.1 Monomers and polymers – carbohydrates – lipids – proteins
3.1.7 Water
3.2.3 Transport across membranes – osmosis – water potentials
3.3.2 Gas exchange – plants
3.3.2 Gas exchange – fish
3.3.2 Gas exchange – insects
3.3.4.1 Mass transport in animals - blood – circulation
3.3.4.1 Mass transport in animals – tissue fluid and formation
3.3.4.2 Mass transport in plants – transpiration stream
3.3.4.2 Mass transport in plants – translocation
3.5.1 Photosynthesis
3.5.4 Nutrient cycles – leaching and eutrophication
3.6.1 Growth responses in plants
3.6.4 Homeostasis
3.6.4.3 Control of blood and water potential
Write an essay on the importance of receptors in living organisms
3.1.4.2 Enzymes
3.2.1.2 Structure of prokaryotic cells and of viruses
3.2.3 Transport across cell membranes
3.2.4 Cell recognition and the immune system
3.3.4.1 Mass transport in animals
3.4.2 DNA and protein synthesis
3.5.1 Photosynthesis
3.5.2 Respiration
3.6.1.1 Survival and response
3.6.1.2 Receptors
3.6.1.3 Control of heart rate
3.6.2.1 Nerve impulses
3.6.2.2 Synaptic transmission
3.6.3 Skeletal muscles
3.6.4.1 Principles of homeostasis
3.6.4.2 Control of blood glucose concentration
3.6.4.3 Control of blood water potential
3.8.2.2 Regulation of transcription and translation
3.8.2.3 Gene expression and cancer
