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Plant Structure and Their Function Flashcards

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Photosynthesis

Biomass=

Photosynthesis equation

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What is photosynthesis 
Describe it 
What is biomass 
What is the equation for photosynthesis 
Describe it
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Limiting factors

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What is limiting factors 
Describe it 
What is the effect of light on rate of photosynthesis 
What is carbon dioxide concentration
What is temperature
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Light intensity
Used to investigate effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis

Core practical

Aim:

Apparatus:

Method:

Results:

Conclusion:

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What is light intensity used for

What is the aim of this practical
What is the apparatus
What is the method what is the results
What is the conclusion

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Specialised plant cells

Phloem

Specialised plant cells

Xylem:

Phloem:

Sucrose:

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What is a phloem
What is xylem
What is sucrose
What does it mean when a plant is specialised

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Transpiration

=loss of water by evaporating from the leaves . Moment of water the iota to the leaves is called the transpiration stream

Stomata

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What is transpiration

What is stomata

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Translocation

=is the transport of solicitors and other nutrients around a plant

Phloem

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What is translocation

What is phloem

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Water uptake in plants

Environmental factors=change the rate of water uptake in plants

Factors any affect transpiration

Factor and effect on transpiration
Light intensity=
Air movement=
Temperature=

Using a Potometer

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What is water uptake in plants

What is an environmental factor 
Describe it 
What is transpiration 
What factors affect transpiration 
What is Potometer 
How can you measure the rate of transpiration 
Describe this

How the rate of transpiration be measured (calcaluted)

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Hormones and nerves

Hormones
Hormones =chemical messengers that target organs in the body

Product and transport
Hormones=

Target Organs=where hormone acts

Release of hormones

Hormone / target organ(s)
ADH -Kidney
FSH/LH-ovaries
Insulin and glucagon-liver/muscle/adipose tissue

Adrenalin-various organs e.g, heart , liver , skin
Progesterone -uterus
Oestrogen -ovaries , uterus , pituitary Gland

Testosterone -male reproductive organs

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What is a hormone 
What is production and transport 
Describe how hormones are produced 
What is target organ 
Describe it 
Describe different hormones
Describe hormones and nerves 
Describe the release of hormones 
Describe a hormone and it's target organ/target organs
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Menstrual cycle

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What is the menstrual cycle
How long does it last
What is contraception

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Blood glucose regulation
Homeostasis

Pancreatic control

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What is blood glucose regulation 
What is homeostasis 
Describe it 
What is pancreatic control 
Describe it
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Diabetes

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What is diabetes 
What is the cause of type 1 diabetes 
What is the control of type 1 diabetes 
What is the controls of type 2 diabetes 
What is the cause of type 2 diabetes 
What is type 1 diabetes 
What is type 2 diabetes 
How do yo calculate body mass index(BMI)
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Exchange materials

substance

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What needs to be transported 
How are substances exchanged 
Describe more complex organisms 
Describe substance/site exchange/reason for exchange 
What is adaptions for exchange
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Alveoli

Alveoli is adapted for gas exchange by diffusion between air in the lungs and blood in capillaries

The lungs
=part of the breathing system .the breathing system takes air into and out of the body .in the lungs:
-oxygen diffuses from the air into the blood
-carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the air

Lounges are adapted for efficient gas exchange

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What is alveoli 
What is adapted for 
What are the lungs part of 
Describe the
 Describe how the lungs are adapted for efficient gas exchange
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Blood
Made of four main parts:plasma , red blood cells ,white blood cells and platelets
Each part of the blood has a particular function(job)

Blood plasma
Plasma is the liquid part of blood:
-carries the blood through the blood vessels
-contains many dissolved substance , such as carbon dioxide and glucose

White blood cells

Platelets

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What is boos made of 
What does each part have 
What is blood plasma /plasma 
Describe its functions 
What are white cells 
Describe their function 
What is a platelets 
Describe their function
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Blood vessels

Types of blood arteries

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What are the 3 types of blood vessels

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The heart

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What is the function I’d the heart
Describe the structure of the heart
What is blood circulation describe it and

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Aerobic respiration

Aerobic respiration

Cellular respiration

Use of energy from respiration
In animals:

In plants and animals:

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What is cellular respiration
What is aerobic respiration
Describe the use of energy from respiration in animals
Describe it in plants and animals

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Anaerobic respiration

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What is anaerobic respiration
How does it work
Describe how it works in plants and fungal cells
Describe the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration

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Rate of respiration practical

Safety and living Organisms

Factor affecting respiration

Calculating rate of respiration:

Rate=change
———–
Time

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Describe safety and living
organisms
Describe the factors affecting respiration
How do you calculate rate of respiration
How do you investigate the rate of respiration in living organisms

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Changes in heart rate

Effect of exercise

Exercise and the heart

Cardiac output=stroke volume x heart rate

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Describe Effects of exercise

Describe Exercise and the heart

How do Calculate cardiac output for people

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Ecosystems and abiotic factors

Ecosystems=

Levels of organisation in an ecosystems

Factors that affect distribution

Abiotic factor =

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What is an ecosystems

What the levels of organisation in an ecosystem

What are the factors that affect distribution

What is abiotic factors

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Biotic factors

Deterring predators

Competition

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What is a biotic factors

What is deterring predators

What is competition

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Parasitism and mutualism

Parasitism

Mutualism

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What is parasitism

What is parasite /host /descriptions

What is mutualism

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Fieldwork technique

Sampling with quadrats

Belt transects

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What is sampling with quadrats

What is belt transects

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Human effects on ecosystems

Fish farming

Non-indigenous species

Eutrophication

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What is fish farming 
What are the advantages 
What are the disadvantages 
What is non-indigenous species 
Describe it 
What are the advantages 
What are the disadvantages 
What are the eutrophication
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Biodiversity

Reasons for maintaining biodiversity:

Reforestation

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What is biodiversity
What are the reasons for maintains biodiversity
What is reforestation
What are the advantages

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The carbon cycle

Controls of the carbon cycle

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What is the carbon cycle
Describe it
Describe controls the carbon cycle

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The water cycle

Water cycle:describes how water moves between different parts of our planet

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What is the water cycle
Describe it
What is desalination
Describe it

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The nitrogen cycle

Nitrogen cycle=shows how the element nitrogen moves between living organism and the environment

-You need nitrate to grow well , They get nitrate in several different ways , including the nitrogen cycle

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Why do you need nitrogen 
What is the nitrogen cycle describe it 
Describe the controls of the nitrogen cycle 
What does the nitrogen cycle show 
What is fertilisers and crop rotation
Describe crop rotation

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