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Reproduction

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Required to replace individuals in a population that have died through predation (being eaten), disease or old age.

Keeps the population of a species at a steady number.

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Sexual reproduction

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Usually involves 2 separate parents which produce sex cells called gametes.

Advantage - variation (can adapt to change)

Disadvantage - energy costs

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Fertilisation

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The nucleus of an egg (containing chromosomes) fuses with the nucleus of a sperm (which also contains chromosomes) to create a zygote (fertilised egg).

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Gametes

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Sex cells - sperm and eggs in animals, pollen and ovules in plants.

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Sperm

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Male gamete in animals. Tiny, streamlined and use a tail to swim towards the egg.

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Egg (ovum)

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Female gamete in animals.

Much larger than the sperm as its cytoplasm contains a food store.

Unable to move by itself.

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Zygote

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A fertilised egg.

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External fertilisation

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Sperms and eggs meet outside the body.

Found in aquatic organisms (that live in water) eg. frogs, fish.

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Internal fertilisation

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Sperms are released inside the female reproductive system and fertilisation occurs inside the female.

Gametes need a watery environment to survive - they would dry out if released on land.

Found in terrestrial (land living) organisms such as mammals, reptiles and birds.

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Features of external fertilisation

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Fertilisation is left to chance, so many gametes are produced.

Eggs have a tough outer coating

Developing embryos have a yolk sac as a food supply

There is little or no parental care - offspring look after themselves

Many young are produced as few survive.

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Improving the chance of external fertilisation occurring

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Parents are close together when gametes are released (eg. frogs)

Gametes are released into a nest (eg. sticklebacks - fish)

Gametes are released at the same time (eg. coral)

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Embryo

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Formed from a fertilised egg which divides repeatedly to form a a ball of unspecialised embryonic stem cells.

The embryo implants into the uterus lining.

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Foetus

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Once an embryo implants and starts to specialise, it is known as a foetus.

It develops inside the uterus

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Amniotic fluid

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Cushions the developing foetus and protects it from knocks.

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Placenta

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An organ which acts as a barrier to harmful substances.

It provides the developing foetus with food and oxygen from the mother’s blood.

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Parental care

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Offspring are looked after from birth.

Mammals produce milk to feed their young.

Fewer offspring are produced as most survive.

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Flowers

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Contain the sex organs of plants

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Seed

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Formed after the ovule is fertilised during sexual reproduction in plants.

Contains a food store and an embryo, and is covered with a seed coat.

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Ovary

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Female part of the flower, containing ovules.

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Stigma

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Top section of the female part of the flower.

The pollen lands here.

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Style

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Connects the stigma to the ovary in flowers.

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Stamen

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The male part of the flower, made of a stalk (filament) and top section (anther).

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Anther

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The top section of the stamen, where pollen is made.

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Petals

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Brightly coloured flower parts that attract insects for pollination.

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Sepals

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Protect the unopened flower when it is a bud.

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Pollination

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The transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another.

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Wind pollinated flowers

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Small, dull flowers eg. grasses

Reproductive parts hang outside the flower

Pollen is small and light

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Insect pollinated flowers

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Large colourful petals

Heavy, sticky pollen

Produce nectar to attract insects

Reproductive parts are inside the flower

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Fertilisation (plants)

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A pollen tube grows down through the style to the ovary.

The male nucleus enters the ovule and male and female chromosomes combine.

The ovule becomes a seed.

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Fruit

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The ovary wall (pericarp) turns into a fruit, which is a mechanism for seed dispersal.

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Asexual reproduction

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One parent needed

Offspring are clones (exact copies) produced by mitosis.

Advantage - it is fast and energy costs are low

Disadvantage - no variation, so all have the same weaknesses and can’t adapt to change

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Nectar

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A sugary solution produced by flowers.

Attracts insects for pollination.

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Seed Dispersal

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Spreading seeds away from the parent plant, using a fruit made from the ovary wall.

This avoids competition between the parent plant and seedlings for light, water and minerals.

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Seed dispersal mechanisms

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Wind - parachutes/fluff (dandelions and thistles)

Berries - eaten by animals and birds (blackberries, holly)

Hooks - attach to animal fur (burrs)

Shakers - shake seeds when stalks bend in the wind (poppies)

Exploding seed pods (peas, beans)

Helicopters - sycamore, maple

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Germination

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A seed comes out of dormancy.

The seed coat splits and a root comes out first, followed by a shoot.

Water, oxygen and warmth are needed for germination (not light)

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Propagation

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Producing new plants.

Either sexual (flowers, seeds, fruit) or asexual - runners, tubers etc

Asexual reproduction is fast and successful, but new plants are clones of the parent plant, so no variation.

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Tubers

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Underground food stores containing starch eg. potatoes

They contain cells that can grow into new plants in the correct conditions.

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Runners

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Specialised horizontal stems with baby plants at the ends.

These root where they touch the soil and turn into new plants.

Strawberries, buttercups and spider plants produce runners.

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Leaflets

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Specialised leaf tissues that drop onto the soil and can grow into new plants. eg. Mexican hat plant

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Bulbs

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Underground food stores made of adapted stems with fleshy leaves.

New leaves grow from the centre of the bulb. eg. onions, garlic, daffodils, snowdrops.

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Artificial propagation

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Propagation (producing new plants) that is carried out by humans. eg. stem or leaf cuttings and tissue culture.

This is faster than waiting for seeds so grow.

New plants are identical to the original parent plant.

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Stem cuttings

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Healthy shoots are selected and cut off the plant.

The lower leaves are stripped so they don’t rot, and so the plant doesn’t lose too much water through its leaves.

The cut stem is dipped in hormone rooting powder to encourage roots to grow.

The cutting is planted in a pot of damp soil and is covered with a plastic bag.

Roots take several months to develop.

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Tissue culture

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A new plant is made from a few cells taken from a donor plant

The cells are sterilised and grown on nutrient agar until a callus (clump of cells) forms.

The callus is transferred to agar containing hormones to encourage roots and leaves to grow.

It is used for high value plants such as orchids and is done is a lab.

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Hydroponics

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Plants are grown without soil in nutrient solution containing nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.

Used for growing salad leaves where space is limited, and to keep the leaves clean.

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Uses of plants

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Raw materials - timber, oils and fibres

Food, fuels, medicines

Aesthetics

Pharming

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Raw materials

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Wood - tree trunks are sliced into planks to form timber for building.

Plant fibres such as hemp and cotton are used to make paper, textiles and rope.

Seeds can be crushed to release oils, eg. sunflower oil

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Food crops

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Grown using agriculture.

Important crops include grains (eg. rice, wheat), beans, seeds, nuts, fruit, vegetables, herbs spices, tea and coffee.

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Plants as fuels

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Wood can be used as fuel, but it causes pollution (smoke) and deforestation.

Plant material can be used to make biogas and biodiesel, which is cleaner and more sustainable.

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Medicines from plants

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Aspirin (willow) - painkiller

Opium, morphine (poppy) - painkiller

Cannabidiol (cannabis) - used to treat epilepsy and MS

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Aesthetics

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The attractive appearance of plants.

Plants and flowers are used as decorations at weddings, funerals etc.

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Wellbeing and plants

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Walking in woodland and being outside amongst plants eg. gardening, is good for our health and wellbeing

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Pharming

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Genetically modifying a plant so that it produces a medicine.

DNA from a donor plant is inserted into a plant such as tobacco or rice.

The gene is copied as the plants make new cells and grow, and the medicinal protein is made.

The plant is harvested to extract the medicine.

Faster and cheaper than using bacteria.

Can be used to make vaccines and hormones.

It is controversial as genes could escape if modified plants breed with wild ones. (Pollen may escape).

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