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Topic 1: The Natural And Variety Of Living Organisms Flashcards

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Name the 8 Functions of living orgamisms.

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· Movement
· Reproduction
· Sensitivity
· Control
· Growth
· Respiration
· Excretion
· Nutrition

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Movement

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Can change position

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Reproduction

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can have offspring either sexually or asexually

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Sensitivity

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can detect stimuli, such as light, and then respond to them

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Control

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Can control their internal environment (homeostasis)

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Growth

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Can increase mass

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Respiration

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Can produce energy either aerobically or anaerobically

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Excretion

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Can remove toxic or waste produced by reactions in the body

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Nutrition

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Can absorb nutrients in order to use them for growth and repair

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Eukaryotes

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Eukaryotes are organisms that have a nucleus and organelles that are found within a plasma membrane

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Nucleus

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· Subcellular structure found in plant and animal cells
· Contains the genetic material, which codes for a particular protein
· Enclosed in a nuclear membrane

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Cytoplasm

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· Subcellular structure found in plant and animal cells
· Liquid substance in which chemical reactions occur
· Contains enzymes (biological catalysts, i.e. proteins that speed up the rate of reaction)
· Organelles are found in it

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Cell membrane

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· Subcellular structure found in plant and animal cells
· contain receptor molecules to identify and selectively control what enters and leaves the cell

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Mitochondria

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· Subcellular structure found in plant and animal cells
· Where aerobic respiration reactions occur, providing energy for the cell

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Ribosomes

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· Subcellular structure found in plant and animal cells
· Where protein synthesis occurs
· Found on a structure called the rough endoplasmic reticulum

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Plants

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· E.g. cereals (such as maize) or herbaceous legume (such as peas)
· Multicellular organisms
· Cells contain chloroplasts which is the site of photosynthesis: chlorophyll pigments within the chloroplast structure absorb light from the sun
· Cellulose cell walls which provide strength to the cell
· Contain a permanent vacuole, which stores cell sap and improves the cell’s rigidity
· Stores carbohydrates as starch or sucrose

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What does a Plant cell contain?

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· Cell wall
· Cell membrane (inside cell wall)
· Vacuole
· Cytoplasm
· nucleus
· Mitochondria
· Chloroplast

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Animals

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· E.g. mammals (such as humans) and insects (such as flies)
· Multicellular
· Cannot photosynthesise
· Do not have cell walls
· Have nervous systems in order to coordinate movement
· Store carbohydrates as glycogen

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What does a animal cell contain?

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· Cell membrane
· Mitochondria
· Cytoplasm
· Nucleus

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Fungi

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· Body is usually organised into a mycelium of thread-like structures called hyphae which have many nuclei but some are single-celled
· E.g. mucor has typical hyphal structure, yeast is single-celled
· Cell walls are made of chitin
· Feed by extracellular secretion of digestive enzymes which break it down into smaller pieces, which can then be absorbed (saprotrophic nutrition)
· May store carbohydrates as glycogen

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Protoctists

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· Single-celled organisms
· Some have features like animals cells, such as Amoeba, that live in pnd water
· Others are more like plants and have chloroplasts, such as Chlorella

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Prokaryotes

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Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles

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Bacteria

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· E.g. lactobacillus bulgaris (rod-shaped bacterium used to make yoghurt), pneumococcus (spherical bacterium that causes pneumonia)
· Single-celled and very small
· Have a cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm and plasmids
· Lack a nucleus but have circular chromosomes of DNA
· Some can carry out photosynthesis but they mainly eat off of other organisms, either dead or alive

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Pathogens

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Pathogens are disease-causing organisms and can be fungi, bacteria, protoctists or viruses

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Viruses in Pathogens

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· E.g. tobacco mosaic virus which prevents chloroplast formation, influenza virus, HIV virus leading to AIDS
· Viruses are smll particles (much smaller than bacteria) - not living organisms
· Parasitic
· can only reproduce within living cells
· can infect every typle of living organisms
· hijacks the cell mechanisms to create millions of copies of itself and then spreads within the host by cell bursting
· They come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes
· Do not have a cellular structure but have one type of nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) and a protein coat

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Bacteria in pathogens

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· E.g. Salmonella (food poisoning)
· Can reproduce many times through binary fission
· Produce toxins that can damage cells

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Protists in pathogens

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· E.g. malaria
· Parasitic - use animals as their hosts to live in

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Fungi in pathogens

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· E.g. athlete’s foot
· Produce spored that can spread in the wind or between people
· Can treat wth fungicides

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Amoeba

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Protoctists that live in pond water and resemble animal cells

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Cell

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The basic building block of all living organisms

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Cell membrane

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A partially permeable barrier that surrounds the cell

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Cell wall

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An outer, structural layer that surrounds some cells. In plant cells, it is made of cellulose. In fungi, it is made of chitin

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Chlorella

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A protoctist that has features similar to plant cells e.g. chloroplasts

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Chloroplast

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An organelle which is the site of photosynthesis

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DNA

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A double-stranded polymer wound to form a bouble helix. It carries the genetic code

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Eukarotic cell

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A type of cell found in plants and animals that contains a nucleus

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

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An infectious virus that weakens the immune system and can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeiciency syndrome)

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Hyphae

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Long filaments of a fungus that contain many nuclei

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Influenza virus

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An infiction virus that causes influenza (the flu)

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Lactobacillus bulgaricus

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A rod-shaped species of bacterium used to produce yoghurt from milk

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Mucor

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A multicellular fungus that has a hyphal structure

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Mycelium

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A collection of thread-like hyphae in a fungus

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Pathogens

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Microorganisms that cause infectious disease

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Photosynthesis

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An endothermic reaction in which energy is transferred from the environment to the chloroplasts by light

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Plasmids

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Loops of DNA found in the cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells

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Plasmodium

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Pathogenic protoctists that cause malaria

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Pneumococcus

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A spherical, pathogenic bacterium that causes pneumonia

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Prokaryotic cell

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A type of cell found in bacteria that does not cntain a nucleus

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Protoctists

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Microscopic single-celled organisms

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Saprotrophic nutrition

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The mode of extracellular nutrition in which digestive enzymes are secreted onto the food outside the cell and the products of digestion are absorbed

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Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)

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A widespread plant pathogen affecting many species of plants which produces a mosaic pattern in the leaves. It infects chloroplasts and limits plant growth

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Virus

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A non-living organism that can only reprodce inside host cells. Viruses have no cells, but possess a protein coat containing nucleic acids(DNA or RNA)

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Yeast

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A single-celled fungus

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