Practice paper reflection Qs- PROCESSES Flashcards
What fluid is found in the tubes responsible for gaseous exchange in insects
Trachea fluid
outline reasons why insects and other animals need well developed transport systems
-High metabolic rate
-Need large/rapid oxygen supply
-Diffusion no sufficient/distance too far
-(to) maintain steep concentration/diffusion gradient
-SA:V ratio is low
-(named) Metabolites needed by cells / (named) waste removed from cells
formula for area of sphere
(4/3) x pi x r^3
is nm or μm smaller
nm
6mm into μm
6000μm
8mm in nm
8,000,000 or 8x10^6nm
explain what is meant by a limiting factor
the factor that will determine/limit the rate
-when at lower/sub-optimal levels
Water can fill air spaces in the soil surrounding roots, preventing oxygen from reaching root hair cells
refer to aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Why can overwatering kill plants?
AEROBIC
-No aerobic respiration occurs
-no link reaction/Krebs/ETC/ox phos
-No oxygen to act as final electron acceptor
ANAEROBIC
-(plant has to) switch to anaerobic respiration
-Only glycolysis occurs
-Alcoholic fermentation occurs
-NAD regenerated (for glycolysis)
-Pyruvate to ethanal to ethanol
-Named enzyme e.g: pyruvate decarboxylase
-(only) 2 ATP
CONCEQUENCE FOR PLANT
-ethanol is toxic
-irreversible
-Less ATP produced
-Less active transport
-(rhs) cannot take up mineral ions
-Plants cannot make proteins (examples)
-Cannot generate WP grad
-water cannot be absorbed
-less/no photosynthesis
explain why a plant leaf is described as an organ
orgsn id
-collection of tissues
-perform/carry out function
leaves have (two from)
-Epidermis/ spongey mesophyll/palisade mesophyll/vascular/phloem/xylem tissues
-to carry out Photosynthesis/ gaseous exchange
state AND explain symptoms of a person who doesn’t respond to ADH
-excess urine /high vol of
OR
-always thirsty
expl: fewer aquaporins in plasma membrane
why are podocytes unable to undergo mitosis
- have already differentiated/specialised
-are in G^0/resting phase
-shape is too irregular/asymmetrical (diagram)
-Cytoskeleton cannot function/spindle fibres cannot form
-(if mitosis) would alter number/size of gaps
-Would alter an aspect of ultrafiltration
adult stem cells are___
Multipotent
photosynthetic pigments split into two groups:
-Primary pigments
-Accessory pigments
cholesterol _____ fluidity
regulates
if TTX prevents V-G sodium ions from opening, How does TTX affect activity of the neurons
-Sodium ions cannot enter
-prevents depolarisation of membrane
-membraine remains at resting potential
-prevents action potential being generatred
-impulse not conducted along axon
-No release of neurotransmitter
Why is transmission of action potentials along the axon slower in the absence of saltatory conduction?
-No nodes of Ranvier
-Shorter local currents/circuits
-Whole axon needs to be depolarised
Neutrophils
. They kill and digest bacteria and fungi. They are the most numerous type of white blood cell and your first line of defense when infection strikes.