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What is a tissue

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A group of cells with a similar structure and formation

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What is an organ

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A group of tissues working together for a specific function

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What is a group of organs called

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Organ system

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What three things does the body contain

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Carbohydrates proteins and lipids (fats)

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What is the first stage of digestion

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First food is chewed in the mouth. Enzymes in the saliva begin to digest

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What is the second stage of digestion

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Food then passes down the oesophagus into the stomach where enzymes from the pancreas and the liver begin the digestion of proteins in hydrochloric acid

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What is the third stage of digestion

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Food passes to the small intestine and enzymes from the walls continue digestion

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What is the fourth stage of digestion

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The broken down food molecules are absorbed into the bloodstream either by diffusion or active transport

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What is the last stage of digestion

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Faeces is pooed out of the body

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10
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What does bile do

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Increases the digestion of lipids and neutralises the acid in the stomach

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What happens in the digestive system

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Large food molecules are digested into smaller molecules and then the products of digestion are absorbed into the bloodstream

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12
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Enzymes are a catalyst which means what

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They speed up the reaction

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What is the active site of an enzyme

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Where the substrate touches to

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What is the enzyme for proteins

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Proteases

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What is the enzyme for carbohydrates

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Carbohydrases

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What is the enzyme for lipids

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Lipase

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What is the effect of temperature on pH and enzymes and why

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As we increase the temperature the activity of the enzyme increases Because there are more collisions per second between the substrate and the active site

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What does optimum mean

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Where the maximum frequency of a successful collisions take place

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19
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How big is the small intestines

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5 m

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20
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What was the benefit of having a big small intestine

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Large surface area for absorption

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What is the job of the Villi

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They have a good blood supply which increases concentration gradient and increase the surface area of the small intestine

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What is an advantage of the thin membrane

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Insures the short diffusion path

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What is the heart

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The heart is an organ made from muscle tissue

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What are the four chambers in the heart called

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Left ventricle, right ventricle (at the bottom of the heart) left atrium, right atrium (top of the heart)

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What does the vena cava do

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Brings oxygenated blood from the body

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How does the oxygenated blood get to the lungs

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It’s pass from the heart to the lungs by the pulmonary arteries

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How’s the blood pumped from the heart

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By the aorta

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What do arteries do

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Carry very high pressure blood from the heart to organs

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What is an adaptation of the arteries

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Thick muscular walls to withstand pressure

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What are capillaries

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When blood passes through capillaries substances such as glucose and oxygen diffuses from the blood to the cells and CO2 diffuses back

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What does plasma do

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Transports dissolved substances around the body glucose and CO2 and urea

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What do red blood cells do

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Red blood cells transport oxygen from the lungs to the body cells and carry haemoglobin

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What do white blood cells do

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Form part of the immune system making antibodies

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What do platelets do

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They are tiny fragments of cells and help the blood to clot

35
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What is a adaptation of trachea

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It contains rings of cartilage to stop collapsing

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What does the trachea lead into

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It’s split to form bronchi then divide again into bronchioles and then in tiny air sacs called alveoli

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What is an adaptation of alveoli

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There are millions of them which means the lungs have a huge surface area, They have very thin walls, and very good blood supply

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What is a benign tumour

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Their growth of abnormal cells found in one area contained in a membrane, they do not invade other parts of the body

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What is a malignant tumour

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Cells that invade neighbouring tissues and move to the bloodstream, spreading and forming secondary tumours

40
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What are examples of genetic cancers

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Breast, prostate, large intestine

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What is an example of a cancer caused by lifestyle

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Lungs, skin, mouth and throat

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What are communicable diseases

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Communicable disease spreads person-to-person by pathogen such as bacteria

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What are noncommunicable diseases

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Cannot spread and are caused by risk factors

44
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What’s the definition of health

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Physical and mental well-being

45
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What does exercise help do

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Decreases the risk of cardiovascular diseases

46
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What’s the job of the upper epidermis

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It’s transparent to let light through to get to the photosynthetic cells below

47
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What’s in the palisade mesophyll

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Packed full of chloroplast

48
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What in the spongy mesophyll

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CO2 diffuses from stomata to palisade cells

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