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1
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Name the region in the brain that involves consciousness, intelligence, memory and language.

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Cerebral cortex

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Name the region in the brain that coordinates muscular activity and balance.

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Cerebellum

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Name the region in the brain that coordinates automatic, unconscious activities.

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Medulla (oblongata)

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Name a method scientists used to find out the functions of each part of the brain.

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Studying brain damage patients/Electrically stimulating different parts of brain/MRI scans

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State the function of the sclera.

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White outer layer to protect the eyeball

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State the function of the cornea.

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Allows light into the eye; Refract/focus light

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How is the size of the pupil controlled?

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Muscular contraction and relaxation of the iris

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State the function of the lens.

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Refracts light to focus the image onto the retina

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Name the two components that change the shape of the lens.

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Suspensory ligaments + Ciliary muscles

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Name the component that carries impulses from the retina to the brain.

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Optic nerve

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Describe the state of the ciliary muscles and the lens as the eye focuses on a distant object.

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Ciliary muscles relax, Lens becomes thinner

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Name the condition in which people can see close objects clearly but distant objects look blurred.

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Myopia/Short sightedness

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Name the condition in which people can see distant objects clearly but close objects are blurred.

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Hyperopia

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Give two possible reasons for myopia.

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Lens too curved; Long eyeball

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Describe the state of the lens if more refraction is to happen.

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More convex/rounded

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Name a treatment for myopia or hyperopia.

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Contact lenses/Laser eye surgery/Replacement lenses

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17
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Define ‘phototropism’.

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The response of a plant to light

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18
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Define ‘gravitropism/geotropism’.

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The response of a plant to gravity

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19
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What are auxins?

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A plant hormone that controls photo- and geotropism

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How do auxins respond to one-sided light on a young shoot?

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Auxins move to the unlit side (causing quicker growth, hence the shoot bends towards the light)

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How do auxins respond to a young root placed sideways?

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Auxins move to the lower side of the root

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What is the effect of a high level of auxin on shoot growth?

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Auxins promote shoot growth

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What is the effect of a high level of auxin on root growth?

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Auxins inhibit root growth

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Name one use of auxins in agriculture and horticulture.

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Weed killers/Rooting powders/Tissue culture

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Name one use of ethene in agriculture.

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Control fruit ripening

26
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Name one use of gibberellins in agriculture.

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Increase fruit size/Stimulate germination/Promote flowering

27
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Name the part in the brain that controls your core body temperature.

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Thermoregulatory centre in hypothalmus

28
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Name the action where surface skin capillaries dilate to allow more blood flow to the surface.

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Vasodilation

29
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State one response of the body to high body temperature.

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Sweating/Vasodilation/Hair lies flat

30
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State one response of the body to low body temperature.

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Vasoconstriction/Less sweating/Shivering

31
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Briefly explain how shivering helps increase our body temperatre.

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Contractions requires energy from respiration (exothermic)

32
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Name the two main poisonous waste products in our body.

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Carbon dioxide + Urea

33
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How does high carbon dioxide level affect the body?

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Dissolved CO2 makes acidic solution –> denature enzymes

34
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How is carbon dioxide removed from the cells and out of the body?

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Transported to alveoli –> exhaled into environment

35
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How is urea produced?

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Breakdown of excess amino acids

36
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Name the organ that removes urea from the body.

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Kidney

37
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Name the process which removes the amine group from the amino acids.

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Deamination

38
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Name the product formed from deamination of excess amino acids, before it is converted into urea.

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Ammonia

39
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Name the organ that breaks down excess amino acids.

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Liver

40
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Name the organ that controls water and mineral ion content of the blood.

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Kidney

41
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Namefour substances that are filtered out of the blood into the kidney.

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Glucose, mineral ions, urea, water

42
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Why can’t blood cells and proteins leave the blood to enter the kidney?

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Too big to pass through vessel wall

43
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How is glucose reabsorbed back into the blood from the kidney?

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Diffusion + Active transport

44
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What is ‘selective reabsorption’?

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The process in which the kidney reabsorbs certain useful substances back into the kidney

45
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Name the hormone that regulates the amount of water reabsorbed back into the blood from the kidney.

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ADH

46
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Name the organ that secretes ADH.

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Pituitary gland

47
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If there is an increase in ADH release, does the amount of water reabsorbed increase or decrease?

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Increase

48
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Briefly describe the volume and concentration of urine produced if there is little ADH release.

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High volume, low concentration

49
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Name two treatments of kidney failure.

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Dialysis, kidney transplant

50
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What is ‘dialysis’?

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A process where the machine acts as an artificial kidney - it filters the blood and restores normal urea/water/ion levels

51
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Which component of the dialysis machine that we rely on to prevent the loss of useful substances from the blood?

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Dialysis fluid

52
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What should be the concentration of glucose and mineral ions of the dialysis fluid be like, in comparison to the blood of a healthy person?

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Same as a healthy person’s blood

53
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What is the concentration of urea in the dialysis fluid?

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Zero/None

54
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State one disadvantage of dialysis.

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Carefully controlled diet/Long periods of time connected to machine (poor quality of life/immobile during dialysis/Inconvenient)

55
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State a problem in kidney transplant.

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Rejection/Lack of donor kidney

56
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State a component on a donor kidney that causes rejection problems.

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Foreign antigen on donor kidney

57
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Name the component of the patient’s body that may attack the donor kidney.

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Antibodies

58
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State a method that reduces the risk of rejection.

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Use close relative’s kidney for similar antigens/Immunosuppresant drugs

59
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Name the type of drugs that is prescribed to a patient with a new organ.

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Immunosuppresant drugs

60
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State a disadvantage of taking immunosuppresant drugs.

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Weakened immune system means harder to defend self against diseases effectively

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