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Topic 1 - Principles Of Exchange And Transport Flashcards

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1
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What do Animal tissues obtain

A

Oxygen from the air
Glucose, fatty acids and amino acids from ingested food
Water

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What do Animal tissues remove

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Carbon dioxide and nitrogenous waste

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What do Plant tissues obtain

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Oxygen from the air, especially at night
Carbon dioxide from the air during the day
Inorganic ions from the soil solution
Water

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What does Plant tissues remove

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Either carbon dioxide or oxygen, depending on the time of day

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When does exchange of substances occur

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When the substances are moist and permeable

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How to animals and plants prevent water loss

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They possess impermeable surfaces

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What is the surface area of an organism

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The surface area is represented by the total number of cells in direct contact with the surrounding environment

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What is the volume of an organism

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The volume is the total three-dimensional space occupied by metabolically active tissues

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What is the volume of an organisms determined by

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It’s demand for metabolites

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What is relationship of the surface area-to-volume ratio, and the size of an organism

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As the organisms size increases, the surface area-to-volume ratio decreases

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Why do larger organisms need specialised permeable surfaces for gaseous exchange

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The small surface area is unable to supply the demand for oxygen to all parts of the body

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What is gas exchange

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The process by which oxygen reaches cells and carbon dioxide is removed from them

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What is respiration

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The release or energy from food to synthesise ATP in all living cells

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What does an organism with a high metabolic rate have

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A high requirement for oxygen, and therefore posses specialised, large gas exchange surfaces

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When does an organism require specialised absorptive surfaces

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If it’s terrestrial, large or has a high metabolic rate

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Give 3 methods of Increasing the are of an absorptive surface

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Evagination (outfolding) of the surface
Invagination (infolding) of the surface
Flattening of the organism

17
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Give 5 absorptive surfaces in plants and mammal

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Leaf mesophyll
Root hairs
Alveoli
Capillaries 
Red Blood Cells/ Erythrocytes
18
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What is the structure of the leaf mesophyll

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The leaf is a flattened structure (its thinness ensures a short diffusion distance) with a tightly packed upper palisade mesophyll layer and a loosely packed lower spongy mesophyll layer

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What is the function of the Leaf Mesophyll

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The wide expanse of palisade tissue is efficient at trapping light; the loose arrangement of the spongy layer provides an air space system through the leaf and creates a huge surface for gas exchange

20
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What is the structure of Root Hairs

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Tubular extensions of the epidermal cells of the young root

21
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What is the function of root hairs

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Increase greatly the surface area of the root for the uptake of oxygen, water and ions

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What is the structure of Alveoli

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Small sacs, occurring in clusters and in vast numbers within the mammalian lung; in human lungs there are 700 million, proving a total surface area of 70m^2

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What is the function of the Alveoli

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The huge, moist surface area provides for efficient gas exchange; alveolar walls are thin, so the diffusion distance is short

24
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What is the structure of capillaries

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Small, thin-walled blood vessels, with a total length of 100000km^2 and surface area of 1000m^2 in the human body

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What is the function of Capillaries

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Extensive networks throughout the body represent a huge surface area for exchange of molecules between blood and body tissues; the number and distribution of capillaries are such that no cell is further than 50micrometres from a capillary

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What is the structure of Red Blood Cells

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Small, flexible biconcave discs, flattened and depressed in the centre, with a dumbbell-shaped cross-section

27
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What is the function of red blood cells

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The biconcave disc greatly increase the surface area-to-volume ratio for efficient uptake of oxygen; the thinness of the cell, particularly where it is depressed in the centre, allows oxygen to diffuse to all the Haemoglobin packed into the cell

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When will net movement of molecules occur

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If there is a difference in the concentration of molecules within an area

29
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What is mass flow

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The transport of substances in large organisms in lather groups, swept in the same direction

30
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Give 4 examples of mass flow systems

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Xylem system
Phloem system
Breathing system
Blood Circulatory system

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How does the Xylem system generate pressure

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Tension in the leaf xylem generated by the transpirational loss of water from leaves

32
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How does the Phloem system generate pressure

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Movement is driven by energy from the plant

33
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How does the Breathing system generate pressure

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Pressures in the thorax are alternately decreased and increased

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How does the Blood Circulatory system generate pressure

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High pressure is generated by the muscular pressure

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What is the function of the Xylem system

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One-way transport of water and ions from roots to leaves in a flowering plant

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What is the function of the Phloem system

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Two-way flow of organic solutes in a flowering plant

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What is the function of the Breathing system

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Ventilation of the mammalian lungs, whereby air is alternately drawn in and forced out

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What is the function of the Blood Circulatory system

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Circulation of blood carrying oxygen, glucose, amino acids, fats, carbon dioxide, urea in a mammal

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