Biology - Topic 5 Review

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What is s stimulus?
A change in the environment
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What makes up the central nervous system and what does it do?
Brain, spinal cord. It dectects and rects to stimuli
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What is a synapse?
The connection betweeen two neurones
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What is the purpose of a reflex action?
It reduces the chnces of injury
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Give one thing the medulla in the brain is responsible for?
Things you don't have to think about - breathing
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What is the role of the cornea?
It refracts light into the eye
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What is the role of the iris?
Contains muscles that control diameter of pupil, controls how much light enters the eye
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What is the role of sclera?
The tough, supporting wall of the eye
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Why do we shiver when we are cold?
As your muscles contract automatically
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What is a hormone?
They are chemical molecules released into the blood
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Give two differences between nervous and hormonal responses?
Nerves - fast action, act for a short time. Hormones - slow action, act for a long time
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Where is excess glucose stored in the body?
Liver and muscles
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What effect does glycagon have on the blood glucose levels?
When they are low, glycagon is added
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Where is LH and FSH produced?
Pituitary gland
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Where is oestrogen and prpgesterone produced?
Ovaries
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What is the role of thryoxine in the body?
Released for thryoid gland in neck, regulates the metabolic rate
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What is auxin?
Plant hormone that controls growth near the tips, shoots and roots
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What is phototropism?
Growth of a plant in response to light
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What is gravitropism?
Growth of a plant in response to gravity
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Which plant hormone is responsible for fruit ripening?
Ethene
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What makes up the central nervous system and what does it do?

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Brain, spinal cord. It dectects and rects to stimuli

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What is a synapse?

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What is the purpose of a reflex action?

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Give one thing the medulla in the brain is responsible for?

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