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Topic 1 - Key Concepts in Biology Flashcards

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SB1a - How do you calculate Actual Size?

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Image Size / Magnification

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SB1a - How do you calculate total magnification in a light microscope?

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Objective Lens x Eyepiece Lens

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SB1a - List 3 differences between Light and Electron Microscopes

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  • Electron microscopes produce a much higher resolution image due to the shorter wavelength of electrons
  • Light Microscopes can show a true colour whereas electron microscopes will show a black and white image since electrons don’t have a colour spectrum
  • Light microscopes can use a live specimen whereas electron microscopes have to use dead specimens due to electrons having to pass through a vacuum
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SB1a - Draw SI Units Table

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SB1a - What 2 things determine how good a microscope is at showing small details?

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  • Magnification: How much it can zoom in
  • Resolution: The smallest distance between two distinctly different points
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SB1a - What has the development of the electron microscope allowed us to do?

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It has allowed us to see sub-cellular structures as they have a much more powerful resolution and magnifcation

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SB1b - How are animal cells different to plant cells?

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  • Animal cells, do not have cell walls, chloroplasts or vacuoles like plants do.
  • They only have nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, cytoplasm and a cell surface membrane.
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SB1b - Describe the function of each of these subcellular organisms in Eukaryotic cell:

Cell Membrane -

Nucleus -

Cytoplasm -

Mitochondria -

Ribosomes -

Cell Wall -

Chloroplasts-

Vacuole -

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  • Cell membrane: controls what enters and leaves the cell
  • Nucleus: contains DNA that controls cell activities
  • Cytoplasm: fills the cell and where reactions occur
  • Mitochondria: Where respiration takes place
  • Ribosomes: Where protein synthesis takes place Plant only:
  • Cell wall: Protects the cell
  • Chlorplasts: Contain chlorophyll used in photosynthesis
  • Vacuole: Stores cell sap
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SB1b CP - How do you use use a microscope?

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  • Put a thin sample of tissue (e.g. onion epidermis) onto a microscope slide
  • Add a few drops of a suitable stain/dye (e.g. iodine), so that the sample can be seen
  • Place a coverslip on top of the tissue and place the slide onto the microscope stage.
  • Use the objective lens with the lowest magnification, and focus on the sample.
  • Increase the magnification and refocus to see different features of the cell.
  • If you record the image you see, note down the magnification it was taken at

Option 2: You microhope you’re doing it right

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SB1c - What are the adaptations of the following cells:

  • Egg cell
  • Sperm cell
  • Cilliated epithelial cell
  • Cells lining the small intestine
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  • Egg cell: Has a haploid nucleus, with a special cell membrane to allow only one sperm cell in and many nutrients in its cytoplasm
  • Sperm cell: Has an acrosome with enzymes to penetrate the egg cell with lots of mitochondria and a tail to swim
  • Ciliated epithelial cell: Lined with cilia and packed with mitochondria this allows the cell to have a ‘wavy’ movement to move an egg along
  • Microvilli: The cells lining the small intestine have small folds called microvilli which increase its surface area making absroption easier
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SB1c - What is the function of a gamete?

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  • Gametes are sex cells used in reproduction.
  • Examples are sperm and egg cells.
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SB1d - What are the differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?

doesnt have ? ? ?
? can be up to x? bigger than ?

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  • A prokaryotic cell will not contain a nucleus, mitochondria or chloroplasts
  • Eukaryotic cells can be up to x1000 times larger than a Prokaryotic Cell
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SB1d - What are the functions of structures in bacteria?

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  • Single loop of DNA: Contains chromosomes and genes
  • Plasmids: Contain additional genes
  • Flagellum: Used to propel the bacteria
  • Flexible cell wall: for support
  • Cytoplasm: Containing prokaryotic ribosomes
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SB1e - What are enzymes and what are they made up of?

They break down?

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  • Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up reactions.
  • They break down proteins/substances called substrates.
  • Enzymes are made up of amino acids and they are proteins.
  • They are needed to speed up reactions we cannot live without
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SB1e - What are the three main nutrient based enzymes? Where are they found and what do they do?

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  • Amylase: Found in saliva. breaks down starch into Sugar
  • Protease: Found in the stomach, breaks down proteins into amino acids
  • Lipase: Found in the stomach and pancreas, breaks down lipids into fatty acids and glycerol
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SB1e - What is a polymer?

The formation of a polymer is called?
what breaks them down?

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  • A polymer is a chain of single substances called monomers.
  • The formation of a polymer is called synthesis.
  • Enzymes often break down polymers into monomers
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SB1f CP - What tests are used to identify main components in food?

  • Starch
  • Proteins
  • Lipids
  • Sugars
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  • Starch: Iodine will go from yellow to blue-black
  • Proteins: Biruet’s solution will go from blue to purple
  • Lipids: Add ethanol and shake - a white emulsion-fatty layer should form if it is present
  • Sugars: Benedict’s solution while heating which will turn anywhere from green to yellow to red, indicating how much sugar is present This is a semi-quantitative test. It mostly gives non-measurable values
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SB1f- How can we use a calorimeter?

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  • Burn a known mass of the food under a boiling tube filled with a known volume of water.
  • Calculate the change in temperature of the water.
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SB1g - How do enzymes work?

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  • Each type of enzyme is in a shape that is specific to their substrate.
  • They can be re-used as long as they don’t become denatured
  • The idea that an enzyme bonds with a specific substrate is the lock-and-key mechanism
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SB1g - What is the function of the active site of an enzyme?

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The active site is unique to an enzyme so each enzyme can only work on specific substrates and is where the substrate must be for anything to take place

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SB1g - What is the lock and key model?

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  • The lock and key model is a model of how enzymes work - it compares enzyme action to a lock and key because of how the substrate and active site fit together
  • When the substrate binds to the active site, it forms the Enzyme-Substrate complex.
  • After the enzyme catalyses the reaction, the products are released because they no longer fits tightly into the active site
  • The enzyme is free to be used again
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SB1g- How are enzymes denatured?

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  • Changes in pH and temperature can affect the shape of an enzymes active site.
  • When the active site can no longer accept any substrates, it is said to have become denatured.
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SB1h - Explain how the rate of enzyme reaction is affected by temperature

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  • At very low temperatures, the particles do not have enough energy to move, so the enzyme is inactive; the rate of reaction is very low
  • As the temperature increases, particles begin to move more as they gain kinetic energy; the rate of reaction will increase
  • Eventually, the enzyme reachs an optimum temperature where it is working at it’s fastest
  • However, if the temperature increases too far beyond that, the active site will begin to chagne shape and the rate of reaction will decrease
  • Eventually, if high enough temperatures are reached, the shape of the active site is changed to a point where the substrate is no longer able to bind to it. It becomes denatured.
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SB1h - How is enzyme activity affected by pH?

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  • An enzyme has an optimum pH where it works best.
  • The further away from this, it will get slower till it becomes denatured
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SB1h- Explain how the rate of enzyme action is affected by substrate concentration

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  • At first, the more substance you use, the higher the rate of reaction as it causes more collisions to occur
  • However, at high concentrations most enzyme active sites conatin substrate molecules therefore there is no benefit to adding more substrate, the rate of reaction won’t increase beyond that point
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SB1i - How do cells transport substances against a concentration gradient?

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  • Using active transport which is carried out by transporter proteins on membranes which require energy to run.
  • They take in the molecule and then change shape to move it through the membrane.
  • This works against the concentration gradient.
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SB1i - What is the difference between diffusion and osmosis?

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  • Diffusion is when particles move from a high concentration to a low concentration.
  • In osmosis this is the same principal except across a semi permeable membrane where a solvent moves from and area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
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SB1i CP - Describe the method you would use to investigate osmosis through potatoes

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  • Cut discs of raw potato, blot them dry, and measure their mass.
  • Put each disc in a sugar (or salt) solution of different concentrations
  • After 30 minutes, measure the mass of each disc again.
  • Subtract the initial mass from the final mass of each disc.
  • Divide this number by the initial mass and then multiply by 100 to give a percentage change in mass.
  • The highest change in mass means there was the greatest difference between water concentration as osmosis works with the concentration gradient This can work with any semi-permeable membrane
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SB1i CP - Explain why potatoes will gain mass when put into a very dilute solution

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  • The concentration of water in the solution will be higher than the concentration of water in the potatoes, so water will move into the potato by osmosis which increases mass
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SB1i CP - Explain why potatoes will lose mass when put into a very concentrated solution

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  • The water concentration of the potatoes will be higher than that of the solution, so water will move into the solution due to osmosis. Therefore, the potatoes will lose mass.
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SB1i - What are the 3 factors affecting Diffusion?

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  • Temperature
  • Concentration Gradient
  • Surface Area of Cell Surface Membrane
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SB1h CP - How do you calculate rate of reaction in enzyme-controlled reactions?

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