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Decks in this class (21)

Nitrogen cycle
What are the 4 steps of the nitro...,
Describe nitrogen fixation,
Describe nitrification
7  cards
eutrophication
What do fertilisers do,
Compare artificial and natural fe...,
What is leaching
4  cards
populations
Whats a community,
Whats a habitat,
Whats a population
19  cards
resiration and ATP
Whats the equation for atp,
Why do we make a lot of atp,
Why is atp useful
28  cards
photosynthesis
Adaptions of the leaves for photo...,
What do chloroplasts consist of,
Describe the light dependent stage
13  cards
energy and ecosystems
Why would suns energy not be made...,
Describe pyramids of energy,
What happens between levels of th...
18  cards
succession
What are the features of a climax...,
What are the stages in succession
2  cards
inheritance
What is a gene,
Whats an allele,
Whats genotype
26  cards
selection and speciation
Describe natural selection,
Whats directional selection,
Whats stabilising selection
9  cards
nerves and receptors
What are the 3 types of neuron,
What do neurons have,
Describe the reflex arc
19  cards
taxes tropism and kinesis
Whats a taxis,
Whats kinesis,
Whats a tropism
7  cards
muscles
Describe a sarcomere,
Describe the role of atp,
What are the stages in muscle con...
10  cards
homeostasis
What is homeostasis,
Whats pos feedback,
Whats neg feedback
3  cards
blood sugar levels
Describe the role of the pancreas,
What may affect blood glucose lev...,
What happens when blood glucose t...
7  cards
water control
What are the 4 stages of osmoregu...,
Describe the formation of the glo...,
What is the movement of the filtr...
9  cards
control of heart rate
What does an increase in exercise...,
Describe the response to increase...
2  cards
DNA mutations and stem cells
Describe substitution of bases,
Describe deletion,
What are the other types of gene ...
6  cards
in vivo and in vitro cloning
Whats recombinant dna,
What are the three ways of produc...,
Explain how reverse transcriptase...
14  cards
genetic fingerprinting
What is the process of gel electr...,
What are the features that separa...,
Describe the process of genetic f...
3  cards
epigenetics
What is epigenetics,
How does si rna prevent translation
2  cards
cancer
What is a tumour,
How can tumours harm the body,
When is cancer more common
5  cards

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