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Unit 1 Biology (Higher)

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Decks in this class (22)

Diet And Metabolic Rate
Quick questions on Diet and Metabolic Rate.
10  cards
Factors Affecting Health
Name some health problems that ca...,
If your diet is badly out of bala...,
Name some health problems that ca...
4  cards
Fighting Disease
Are viruses cells,
In what two ways do bacteria make...,
How do viruses replicate themselves
16  cards
The Nervous System
Give examples of a stimulus,
What are the five sense organs,
What is a sensory neurone
9  cards
Hormones
What is a hormone,
How are hormones transported arou...,
Are the effects of a hormone long...
4  cards
Drugs
Name the three drug groups,
Name a type of medicinal drug,
Name a type of recreational drug
7  cards
Adaptations
Give an adaptation of an arctic a...,
Give one adaptation of a desert a...,
Give an adaptation of a desert plant
4  cards
Competetion
Name things animals compete for,
Name things plants compete for
2  cards
Environmental Change
Give three ways environmental cha...,
Name living and non living factor...,
What can be used to measure envir...
5  cards
Pyramids Of Biomass
What does the first trophic level...,
What is each stage on a biomass p...,
What are the trophic levels above...
3  cards
Energy Transfer & Decay
Why aren t there usually more tha...,
Why is there less energy and biom...
2  cards
The Carbon Cycle
Explain the carbon cycle
1  cards
Variation
What is variation,
What are the two types of variation
2  cards
DNA
Where are chromosomes found,
Where are genes found,
What is a gene
3  cards
Reproduction
What is asexual reproduction,
What is sexual reproduction,
Which type of reproduction involv...
4  cards
Cloning
What is a cutting,
How are plants cloned,
What is tissue culture
7  cards
Genetic Engineering
Give a benefit of genetic enginee...,
How does genetic engineering work,
Give a drawback of genetic engine...
3  cards
Evolution
What is natural selection,
What is the theory of evolution,
What is a mutation
5  cards
The Menstrual Cycle
Name the three main hormones in m...,
What does fsh do,
What does lh do
5  cards
Controlling Fertility
How can oestrogen be used as cont...,
How can progesterone be used as c...,
What is ivf
4  cards
Plant Hormones
What does auxin do,
What is phototropism,
What is gravitropism
3  cards
Homeostatis
What is homeostasis,
Name bodily levels that must be c...
2  cards

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