Biology 1.2 - Nerves and Hormones

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What name is used to describe a change in environment?
Stimilus
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Which two sensory organs are sensitive to chemicals?
Nose and Tongue
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What travels down the neurones in a reflex action?
Electrical impulses
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Other than the brain, what else could be the co-ordinator of a nervous response?
Spinal cord
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Why is it important to keep body temperature at 37 degrees?
To prevent enzymes from becoming denatured
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What is the role of oestrogen in the menstrual cycle?
Inhibiting production of FSH
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Hormones are chemicals secreted by...?
Glands
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What hormones are found in the birth control pill?
Oestrogen and progesterone
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What is the role of FSH as a "fertility drug"?
Maturing multiple eggs at once
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What is tropism?
Growth response in plants
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What is negative geotropism?
Growth away from the ground
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What is positive hydrotropism?
Growth towards water
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What plant hormone controls a plant's growth response to stimuli?
Auxin
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Where are a plant's light sensitive receptors?
Leaves
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What are neurones?
Cells found in nerves
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Which two sensory organs are sensitive to chemicals?

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Nose and Tongue

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What travels down the neurones in a reflex action?

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Other than the brain, what else could be the co-ordinator of a nervous response?

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Why is it important to keep body temperature at 37 degrees?

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