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Year 9 AP2 Information Flashcards

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Purpose of a mouth

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Chews food

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Role of a pancreas

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Makes enzymes, amylase, lipase and protease

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Salivary glands purpose

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Makes saliva containing the enzyme amylase

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Liver purpose

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Makes bile

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5
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What is bile?

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Bile is an alkaline to neutralise hydrochloric acid from the stomach

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Small intestine purpose

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Where digested food is absorbed into the blood

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Large intestine purpose

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Where water and minerals are absorbed into the blood

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Oesophagus purpose

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Carries food to the stomach

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Stomach purpose

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Churns food

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Rectum purpose

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Stores faeces

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Anus purpose

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Expels faeces

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12
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What is the biggest vein?

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Artery

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13
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What is the smallest vein?

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Capillary

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Defenition of transpiration

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The movement of water from the roots to the leaves through the xylem and then the loss of water by evaporation

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What can transpiration be measured by?

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A potometer

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What does a potometer do?

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The distance the bubble moves shows how much water has been drawn into the leaves

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