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1
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State the word equation for photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide + water -(light energy)-> glucose + oxygen

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2
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State the symbol equation for photosynthesis (all numbers with a ‘ are below the letter (opposite of squared))

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6CO’2 + 6H’20 -(light energy)-> C’6H’12O’6 + 6O’2

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3
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What food do plants produce?

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Glucose

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4
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Where does photosynthesis occur?

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Chloroplasts

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5
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What does the chlorophyll do in photosynthesis?

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Absorbs the light energy and converts CO’2 and water into glucose

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6
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What are the possible limiting factors in photosynthesis?

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Light, CO2 and temperature

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7
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How does the rate limiting factor work in terms of photosynthesis?

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You increase Light, CO2 or temp and the rate goes up until a certain point where it needs light CO2 or temp - new limiting factor

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8
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What temperature do plants denature?

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About 45C

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9
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How can you make the right temperatures for plants to grow artificially?

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Greenhouse - Trap sun’s heat, sun can hit the plants, water is provided. Often use a artificial light + heater in winter

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10
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How do plants use glucose in terms of respiration?

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Glucose made on leaves, some used for respiration -> releases energy - rest of glucose converted into useful substances -> grow and build new cells

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11
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How do plants use glucose in terms of making cell walls?

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Glucose -> Cellulose for making strong cell walls

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12
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How do plants use glucose in terms of making proteins?

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Combined with nitrate ions -> amino acids -> proteins

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13
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How do plants use glucose in terms of storing fats/oils?

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Turned into lipids for storing in seeds

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14
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How do plants use glucose in terms of storing starch?

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Turned into starch -> stored in roots, stems, leaves.

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15
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What is good about the starch stored in the roots, stems and leaves of the plant?

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Insoluble - Better for storing than glucose

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16
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Where do leaves and roots help exchange materials to?

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Air and soil

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17
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Which side of the leaf is an exchange surface?

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Underside

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18
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How are leaves adapted to exchange materials?

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Packed with stomata, flattened shape -> large SA, air spaces increase SA, walls of cells form another exchange surface

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19
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What is the size of a stomata controlled by?

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Guard cells

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20
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Where does CO2 diffuse into the leaf cell?

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Air spaces then the cells

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21
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When would guard cells close?

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When the leaf is losing water faster than the roots are making them

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22
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What would happen to the plant if there were no guard cells?

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It would wilt

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23
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Where on the plant are most the mineral ions and water absorbed?

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In the roots

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24
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What do roots have to increase the SA on them?

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Root hairs

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25
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What does the phloem transport?

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Food

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26
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What is a phloem made out of?

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Columns of cells with small holes in the end

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27
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Where does the phloem transport food to?

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Storage organs and growing regions

28
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Which direction does the phloem transport food?

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Both ways (Even though we got taught it was down)

29
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What is the process called when the phloem transports food?

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Translocation

30
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What does the xylem transport and in which direction?

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Water and minerals upwards

31
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What is the xylem made out of?

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Dead cells joined end to end, with no walls between them and no hole down the middle

32
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What is the process called when the xylem moves materials around the plant?

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Transpiration stream

33
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What is transpiration?

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The loss of water from the plant

34
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What is transpiration caused by?

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Evaporation and diffusion of water from inside the leaves

35
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What happens as a result of transpiration in a plant, and what does the plant do because of it?

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There is a shortage of water, the plant draws more up through the xylem

36
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What can increase the rate of transpiration?

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Heat, water, humidity and wind

37
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What is auxin?

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A plant growth hormone

38
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Which areas of the plant does auxin control the growth of?

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Tips of shoots and roots

39
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What is phototropism?

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The growth of an area of a plant due to a response to light

40
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What is gravitropism?

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The growth of an area of a plant due to a response to gravity

41
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What is hydrotropism?

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The growth of an area of a plant due to a response to moisture

42
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Where is auxin produced and where does it move?

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In the tips of a plant and moves backwards to stimulate cell elongation

43
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What could happen if the tip of a shoot is removed?

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Could stop growing as auxin has been removed

44
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Which direction do shoots grow in relation to light?

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Towards it

45
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What happens in the position of the auxin when the shoot is exposed to light?

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More auxin accumulates on the side in the shade so the plant curves towards the light

46
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Which direction do shoots grow in relation to gravity?

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Away from gravity

47
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How can a shoot avoid growing towards gravity?

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The auxin accumulates on the lower side making the plant curves away from gravity

48
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Which direction do roots grow?

A

Towards gravity

49
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Which direction do roots grow in relation to moisture?

A

Towards moisture

50
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What makes roots grow towards moisture?

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The plant produces more auxin on the side with more moisture causing the root to curve towards the moisture

51
Q

What are selective weedkillers made out of?

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Plant growth hormones

52
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How do weedkillers work?

A

They interrupt the normal growth patterns

53
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When a flowering plant reproduces sexually, what does it need to produce?

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Male and female gametes

54
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What is pollination?

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The process where the male gametes are transferred to the female gametes

55
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What is fertilisation in terms of sexual reproduction in plants, and what happens after it?

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When the gametes fuse together. The ovules grow into seeds inside a fruit

56
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What is cross-pollination?

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When pollen is transferred from the anther of one plant to the stigma of a different plant

57
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What is the male reproductive part of the plant called?

A

Stamen

58
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What does the stamen consist of?

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Anther and filament

59
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What does the anther contain, and what do these materials do?

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Pollen grains which produce sperm

60
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What is the filament and what is the function of it?

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It is the stalk that supports the anther

61
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What is the female reproductive part of the plant called?

A

The carpel

62
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What does the carpel consist of?

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The stigma, style and ovary

63
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What is the function of the stigma?

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It is the end bit that the pollen grains attach to

64
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What is the style and what is the function of it?

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The rod like section that supports the stigma

65
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What does the ovary contain?

A

The female gametes inside ovules

66
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What happens in fertilisation in the plant? (State all the processes in order)

A

Anther produces male gametes in pollen grains.
These land on the stigma, which causes a pollen tube to grow down the style to the ovary
A male gamete nucleus then fertilises this ovule
Other male gamete nuclei fertilise endosperm nuclei -> Food sac for the embryo
Endosperm + female tissue of ovule make a seed

YEAR 11 - BIOLOGY (10 decks)

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