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in which part of the cell is energy released during respiration?
mitochondria
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why is it possible to see a bacterial colony but not a single bacterium?
one bacterieum is very small whereas colonies are large.
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why do muscle cells need a lot of mitochondria?
mitochondria release energy which muscles need for movement
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what determines the net movement of particles across a cell/
concentration of particles on either side of membrane
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what does a glandular tissue produce?
enzymes or hormones
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where is soluble food absorbed?
small intestine
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where does energy for photosynthesis come from?
sunlinght
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why do enzymes reactions slow down?
when temperature falls the enzymes work slower
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what is meant by dependent variable?
the variable that is being measured
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name 3 substances used for storage in plants/
starch, fats and oils
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what factors must be controlled in a greenhouse to improve plant growth?
light intensity, temperature and carbon dioxide levels
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why are there so few animals living in very cold regions such as the Arctic?
very few plants meaning less food
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what is a quadrat?
square frame that may be divided into a grid used to estimate the number of something in a particular area
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what are proteins made of?
long chains of amino acids
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what is meant by denatured?
when temperature is too high the enzyme changes shape and stops working
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which enzyme digests starch?
amylase/carbohydrase
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where is bile produced?
the liver
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which enzyme is used to converse glucose into fructose?
isomerase
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how do enzymes get into rivers/
water from house appliances go through sewage and may eventually reach rivers
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where does aerobic respiration take place?
mitochondria
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which sugar is needed by the muscles for aerobic respiration?
glucose
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which tyoe of cell division produces two identical cells from the original cell?
mitosis
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what type of cells are produced by meiosis?
gametes/sex cells
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where are stem cells found?
sometimes they are found in human emryos and in adult bone marrow
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which scientist worked out how characteristics are inherited/
gregor mendel
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what does a gene code for/
order of amino acids in a protein
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which sex chromosomes are found in human males?
X and Y
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what is meant by the term phenotype/
description of physical characteristic
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name a genetic disorder which is controlled by a dominant allele?
polydactyly
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what are the chances of a child having cystic fibrosis if one parent has the disorder and the other is hetrozygous?
50% as one parent has to pass on the allele, the other parent has a 50% chance of passing it on
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what is embryo screening?
tests carried out on emryos to diagnose possible genetic disorders
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name a hard part of an animal which will not decay easily?
bones/teeth/shells/claws
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why are some fossils destroyed over time?
geological activity which breaks them up or wears them down
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how can a new predator cause extinction of a species?
it eats all the animals
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how do populations become isolated?
islands break away from mainland/ new rivers form/ mountain ranges or crater separate them
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what is meant by genetic variation?
wide range of alleles that control the characteristics in a population
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sunlight has been spelt like : sunlinght on the crossword 

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