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1
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What is mitosis

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Mitosis is cell division

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What does mitosis provide

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Mitosis provides new cells for growth and repair of damaged cells

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What are unspecialized cells

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Stem cells in animals are unspecialized cells

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What can stem cells do?

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Stem cells can divide by mitosis to produce identical stem cells

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What is involved for growth and repair?

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Stem cells

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What works together to form organs?

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Different tissues

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What does the cerebrum do?

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Site of conscious thought, personality, reasoning and higher centres

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What does the cerebellum do?

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Controls balance and co-ordination of movement

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What does the medulla do?

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Controls breathing and heart rate

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10
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What do electrical impulses do?

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Carry messages along neurons from the senses to the CNS, then to the effector

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What controls reflex actions

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The reflex arc

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What are the three neurons involved in the reflex arc?

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Sensory neuron, inter neuron and motor neuron

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What is the function of the reflex arc?

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To protect the body from danger

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14
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What releases hormones into the blood stream?

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Endocrine glands

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15
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What are hormones?

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Chemical messengers

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16
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Hormones are chemical messengers which are specific to their?

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Target tissue

17
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What does the pancreas do?

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Monitors the blood glucose level

18
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When is insulin released?

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When blood sugar levels are too high

19
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Where is glycogen stored?

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In the liver

20
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When is glucagon released?

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When blood sugar level is too low

21
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What is diploid?

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When a cell has 2 matching sets of chromosomes

22
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What is haploid?

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When a cell has 1 set of chromosomes

23
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What part of a female produces eggs?

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The ovary

24
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What is the male plant organ?

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Anther

25
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What is the female plant organ?

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Ovary

26
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What is a zygote?

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A fertilised egg

27
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What is genotype?

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The genes an organism has

28
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What is phenotype?

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The physical appearance of an organism

29
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What is homozygous?

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Both alleles are the same(identical)

30
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What is heterozygous?

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Alleles are different

31
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What is transportation?

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Loss of water through leaves

32
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What is deoxygenated blood?

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It flows from right side of the heart to the lungs to absorb oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide

33
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What is oxygenated blood?

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Flows from the lungs to the left side of the heart

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