Active transport requires energy from photosynthesis. True or false?
False
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A fish out of water suffocates because.... ?
The stacks of the gills are not held up by the water current. They stick together and the fish doesn't get enough oxygen.
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What is the transpiration stream?
The constant movement of water upwards through a plant, driven by the evaporation of water from the leaves.
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What instrument can we use to measure transpiration?
A potometer
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Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis and other Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary diseases are very dangerous. Why?
They act to destroy or change the structure of the lungs and the alveoli, massively decreasing the surface area available for gas exchange.
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Humans have what kind of blood circulation?
A double circulation
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Arteries usually carry oxygenated blood. Where is this not the case?
In the pulmonary arteries.
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What do veins have that prevents the backflow of blood?
A valve system.
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The kidney's function is to..... ?
Remove potentially harmful build-ups of substances by filtering them out of the blood.
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The main fuel gas present in biogas is octane. True or false?
False
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Why must micro-organisms NOT be cultured at temperatures in the range 35-40 degrees celsius?
35-40 degrees celsius is the range close to human body temperature; this means that there would be a risk of growing pathogenic microbes that affect humans.
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Why must an innoculating loop be heated before it is used to transfer micro-organisms?
To prevent unwanted micro-organisms from contaminating the growth medium and competing with your microbe culture.
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What is the GENERAL equation for the anaerobic respiration of yeast?
<Any Sugar> --> Water + Ethanol
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Mycoprotein comes from..... ?
Fusarium
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Absorption of glucose in the intestine depends on what?
Active transport and diffusion
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A fish out of water suffocates because.... ?
Back
The stacks of the gills are not held up by the water current. They stick together and the fish doesn't get enough oxygen.
Card 3
Front
What is the transpiration stream?
Back
Card 4
Front
What instrument can we use to measure transpiration?
Back
Card 5
Front
Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis and other Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary diseases are very dangerous. Why?
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