Rojo y Naranja Flashcards
What type of organism are plants?
multicellular
What type of organism are animals?
multicellular
What type of organism are fungi?
either single celled or mycelium, with thread like hyphae that contain lots of nuclei
What type of organism are protoctists?
single celled and microscopic
What type of organism are bacteria?
single celled and microscopic
What type of organism are viruses?
particles, not cells, as can only reproduce inside living cells (parasite)
Can plants photosynthesise?
Yes because they have chloroplasts
Can animals photosynthesise?
No because they don’t have chloroplasts
Can fungi photosynthesise?
No.
They feed by saprotrophic nutrition (extracellular secretion of digestive enzymes onto food material, and the absorption of organic products)
Can protoctists photosynthesise?
Some have chloroplasts and are similar to plant cells, while others don’t and are more like animal cells
Can bacteria photosynthesise?
Some can photosynthesise, but most feed off other living or dead organisms
Do plants have cell walls? If so, what are they made of?
Yes, made of cellulose
Do animals have cell walls? If so, what are they made of?
No
Do fungi have cell walls? If so, what are they made of?
Yes, made of chitin
Do viruses have cell walls? If so, what are they made of?
No. They don’t have a cellular structure.
Instead, they have a protein coat around some nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
How do plants store carbohydrates?
sucrose or starch
How do animals store carbohydrates?
often as glycogen
How do fungi store carbohydrates?
can as glycogen
What are two examples of plants?
cereals - maize
herbaceous legumes - peas
What are two examples of animals?
mammals - humans
insects - mosquitos
What are two examples of fungi?
single celled - yeast
multicellular (w/mycelium and hyphae) - mucor
What are two examples of protoctists?
plant cell like - chlorella
animal cell like - amoeba (lives in plant water)
What are two examples of viruses?
Influenza virus (causes flu) HIV virus (causes AIDS)
What are two examples of bacteria?
rod shaped - lactobacillus (makes milk go sour and turn into yogurt)
spherical shape - pneumococcus
What is an example of a protoctist which causes disease (is a pathogen)?
Plasmodium - malaria
What is an example of a bacterium which causes disease (is a pathogen)?
Pneumococcus - pneumonia
What is an example of a virus which causes disease (is a pathogen)?
Influenza virus - flu
HIV virus - AIDS
What is the function of a nucleus?
- contains genetic material
- controls the activities of the cell
What is the function of a cytoplasm?
- gel like substance where most of the chemical reactions happen.
- contains enzymes to control these reactions
What is the function of a cell membrane?
- controls the passage of substances in and out of the cell
What is the function of a cell wall?
- rigid structure (made of cellulose in plants, chitin in fungi)
- supports the cell and strengthens it
What is the function of a chloroplast?
- contain chlorophyll which absorb light energy for PHOTOSYNTHESIS to make food for the plant
What is the function of a vacuole?
- contains cell sap
- supports the cell (keeps it turgid)
What are the chemical elements present in carbohydrates?
Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
What are the chemical elements present in proteins?
Nitrogen
Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
What are the chemical elements present in lipids?
Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
The structure of Carbohydrates: large molecules of … made up from smaller basic units of …
The structure of Carbohydrates: large molecules of STARCH AND GLYCOGEN made up from smaller basic units of SIMPLE SUGAR (eg. maltose)
The structure of Proteins: large molecules of … made up from smaller basic units of …
The structure of Proteins: large molecules of PROTEINS made up from smaller basic units of AMINO ACIDS
The structure of Lipids: large molecules of … made up from smaller basic units of …
The structure of Lipids: large molecules of LIPID made up from smaller basic units of GLYCEROL AND FATTY ACIDS
What is the test for glucose?
- add Benedict’s reagent (blue)
- heat it
- if glucose is present, there will be a coloured precipitate which changes all the way to brick red
- you can see conc. of glucose by looking at colour of precipitate
What is the test for starch?
- add Iodine solution (browny-orange)
- if iodine is present, sample will go blue-black
Describe an experiment to investigate the effect of temperature on amylase activity
- amylase breaks down starch into maltose
- you can record how long it takes for the starch in a solution to disappear to see the activity of amylase.
- use iodine solution (blue black in starch) to regularly sample the starch solution
- you can adjust all variables (eg. temp of water bath) to see how it affects enzyme activity
(-control all variables (eg. volume of solution, pH etc to make fair test)
What are the two ways of investigating the effect of temperature on enzyme activity?
- amylase and starch (disappearing substate)
- decomposition of hydrogen peroxide with catalase (appearance of a product)
Describe an experiment to investigate the effect of temperature on catalase activity
- the enzyme catalase catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water.
- you can collect the oxygen produced and measure how much is given off in a set period of time
- you can adjust all variables (eg. temp of water bath) to see how it affects enzyme activity
(-control all variables (eg. volume of solution, pH etc to make fair test)
What are the three factors which affect the rate of movement of substances? (same as rates of reaction)
- temperature
- concentration gradient
- surface area: volume ratio
Diffusion experiment in a non living system
- make agar jelly out of phenolphthalein indicator and sdilute odium hydroxide
- fill beaker with dilute HCl
- cut a few cubes of agar and put in HCl
- leave cubes, and the will go colourless as the acid diffuses into the jelly and neutralises the sodium hydroxide
(-use diff sizes to investigate surface area to volume ratio, ROM)
Osmosis experiment in a living system
- Cut equally sized potato pieces.
- place a few pieces in a beaker with pure water, and a few in a beaker with very concentrated sugar or salt solution
- after a given amount of time (1h) remove them and record difference in weight/length
- the ones in sugar water will have shrunk as the water is drawn out by osmosis. The others will have drawn in water so will be larger
How are leaves adapted for photosynthesis? (5)
- broad, large surface area exposed to light
- chloroplasts found in palisade layer so closer to light
- upper epidermis is transparent so light can pass through onto palisade layer
- vascular bundle of xylem and phloem deliver water and nutrients to every part of the leaf and take away the glucose produced by photosynthesis. Also help to support the leaf’s structure
- waxy cuticle reduces water loss by evaporation
How are leaves adapted for gas exchange? (3)
- broad, large surface area for diffusion
- thin, gases travel only short distances to reach cells
- air spaces: enable CO2 and O2 to move easily between cells & increase surface area for gas exchange
- stomata let gases diffuse in and out. Also allows water to escape by transpiration
When do the stomata close? (2) What controls this?
- in the dark: photosynthesis doesn’t happen so stomata doesn’t need to open to let CO2 in. When the stomata is closed water can’t escape, keeping plant from drying out
- when the roots don’t have much water: this stops the plant from photosynthesising (poo) but stops plant from drying out and dying
- opening and closing of stomata is controlled by the guard cells
What are the three things that affect the rate of photosynthesis?
1) Temperature
2) Light Intensity
3) Carbon dioxide concentration
What are the four things that affect the rate of transpiration?
1) Temperature
2) Light intensity
3) Wind Speed
4) Humidity
What are nitrates needed for?
- cell growth
What are phosphates needed for?
- respiration and growth
What is potassium needed for?
- helping enzymes needed for photosynthesis and respiration
What is magnesium needed for?
- making chlorophyll which is needed for photosynthesis
What do nitrates contain? For making what?
Nitrates contain nitrogen for making amino acids and proteins
What do phosphates contain? For making what?
Phosphates contain phosphorus for making DNA and cell membranes
Plants without Nitrates…
- stunted growth
- yellow older leaves