Science Biology Flashcards

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Magnification

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When an image is made bigger than it seems through a special lens

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Cell wall

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A protective layer that surrounds plant cells

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Specialised cell

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A cell that is designed to do one job that other cells cannot do

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Red blood cell adaptations

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A red blood cell has a large surface area which allows more oxygen. Carries oxygen

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Vacuole

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Is found in plant cells it contains all sticky liquid called sap

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Nerve cell adaptations

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Nerve cells carry electrical impulses around your body. They are long and thin and connections at each end where they can join to other nerve cells. This allows them to transmit messages around the body

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Diffusion

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Is the movement of particles from an area of high density to a place of low density

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Organism

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Is a living thing

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Chloroplast

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This is where photosynthesis happens

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Egg cell adaptations

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Jelly layer protects cell and attracts sperm

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Rate of diffusion

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How fast the particles move

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12
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Nucleus

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This controls the cell and contains DNA

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Microscope

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A device used by scientists to observe things that we can not see with the naked eye

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Sperm cell adaptations

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Streamlined head and long tail the tail swims because they have lots of mitochondria which transfers energy.

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Binary fission

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This is how unicellular organisms reproduce and basically clone the cell creating an identical cell

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Cytoplasm

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This is where the chemical reactions in a

cell takes place

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Specimen

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This is something that you are viewing underneath the microscope

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Root hair cell adaptations

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Absorb water and nutrients from the soil

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Cell membrane

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This controls what goes in and out of the cell

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Slide

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The thing you place the specimen on when using a microscope

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Multicellular

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An organism that has more than one cell

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Mitochondria

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This is where respiration happens respiration produces energy

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Cell

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This is what organisms are made up of multicellular organisms are made up of millions of cells, different cells are specialised to do a certain job.

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MRS GREN

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MRS GREN stands for: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition

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Unicellular organisms

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These are organisms made up of 1 cell they are: amoeba, euglena, fungi and bacteria