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Biology 1

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Decks in this class (43)

1.1 Diet and exercise
What is a healthy diet,
What are the 4 food types give ex...,
What does the body use carbohydra...
9  cards
1.2Weight Problems
What happens if the energy food t...,
What is an illness associated wit...,
What is a healthy body mass index
4  cards
1.3 Inheritance, exercise and health
What are the two types of cholest...,
What is good cholesterol used for,
What can high levels of bad chole...
7  cards
1.4 Pathogens and disease
What are pathogens and what do th...,
Give two types of pathogens,
Why do bacteria or viruses in the...
7  cards
1.5 Defence mechanisms
Name three things which help prot...,
What is the body system that help...,
What part of the immune system he...
4  cards
1.6 Using drugs to treat disease
What do antibiotics kill,
Name an antibiotic,
Why are viruses difficult to kill...
5  cards
1.7 Growing and investigating bacteria
What is bacteria grown on in a lab,
Why must all the materials and eq...,
What can contaminate cultures gro...
7  cards
1.8 Changing pathogens
What is it called if a pathogen c...,
If a pathogen has mutated into a ...,
What is the difference between an...
6  cards
1.9 Immunity
What is a vaccine made from,
What happens when a vaccine is in...,
Why does a vaccine prevent furthe...
6  cards
1.10 How do we deal with disease?
What are the advantages of vaccin...,
What are the disadvantages of vac...
2  cards
2.1 responding to change
How do humans know what is going ...,
Where are receptors found give th...,
Give examples of types of stimmuli
10  cards
2.2 Reflex Actions
Give the sequence of events invol...,
What is at eh junction between tw...,
What transmits an impulse across ...
10  cards
2.3 Hormones and the menstrual cycle
Name the three hormones involved ...,
Where is fsh made and what does i...,
Where is oestrogen made and what ...
6  cards
2.4 The artificial control of fertility
How does the contraceptive pill p...,
What hormones are in the contrace...,
In fertility treatment which drug...
10  cards
2.5 Controlling conditions
What 4 aspects of its internal en...,
Why is it important that the body...,
Why is it important that the body...
5  cards
2.6 Hormones and the control of plant growth
3 things plants are sensitive to,
What is it called when a plant gr...,
What is it called when a roots gr...
8  cards
2.7 Using hormones
How are hormones used in agricult...,
What problems are associated with...
2  cards
3.1 Developing new medicines
What are new drugs tested on list...,
What is a placebo,
What are double blind trials
7  cards
3.2 How effective are medicines
What drug is used to lower the am...,
Why do doctors prescribe statins 3,
What are the problems advantages ...
3  cards
3.3 Drugs
What are drugs,
What are recreational drugs,
Examples legal recreational drugs
9  cards
3.6 Drugs in sport
What drugs are used to enhance pe...,
Why are strong pain killers banne...,
Why are steroids banned in sport
6  cards
4.1 Adapt and survive
What to plants require to survive...,
What do animals need to survive a...,
What do microorganisms need to su...
8  cards
4.2 Adaptation in animals
How do animals adapt to cold clim...,
How do animals adapt to hot climates,
Why do large animals find it diff...
5  cards
4.3 Adaptation in plants
How do plants adapt to hot dry cl...,
What do plants loose water through,
How do plants stop themselves bei...
3  cards
4.4 Competition in animals
What are animals in competition w...,
What is an animals territory,
What do predators compete with 2
6  cards
4.5 Competition in plants
How do plants compete 3,
Give examples of how plants have ...,
Why do plants spread their seeds ...
3  cards
4.6 How do you survive?
How is a female fig wasp adapted,
What is the advantage to the fig ...,
How are venus fly traps adapted
3  cards
4.7 Measuring environmental change
If an environment changes what ef...,
What are the factors which may ch...,
What type of plants are used to m...
6  cards
4.8 The impact of change
Why is it difficult to interpret ...,
Give examples of why it is diffic...,
What two groups of things effect ...
6  cards
5.1 Pyramids of biomas
What is the biomass,
What is a pyramid of biomass,
Why is the pyramid of biomass mor...
5  cards
5.2 Energy transfers
How much biomass and energy is av...,
How much biomas and energy is ava...,
Why is ther less energy available...
18  cards
5.3 Decay processes
Why is it important that material...,
Give an example of how humans can...,
What is the name of the type of a...
6  cards
5.4 The carbon cycle
What is the carbon cycle,
What adds carbon to the environment,
What takes carbon out of the envi...
6  cards
5.5 Recycling organic waste
What is the general name for wast...,
How is organic waste recycled 2,
Why is it important to recycle or...
5  cards
6.1 Inheritance
What do you find in the nucleus o...,
What is in the chromosomes,
Where are genes found
8  cards
6.2 Types of reproduction
What is asexual reproduction 3,
What is sexual reproduction,
In animals what are the two sex c...
6  cards
6.3 Genetic and environmental difference
What 3 thing can cause difference...,
What is most important in control...,
What environmental factors can ef...
5  cards
6.4 Cloning
How are plants cloned 2,
How are animals cloned,
What two things can animals be cl...
6  cards
6.5 Adult cell cloning
What is adult cell cloning,
What are the steps in adult cloning,
What are the steps in adult cloning
7  cards
6.6 Genetic Engineering
What is genetic engineering,
How is genetic engineering done,
How are genes cut out from the do...
10  cards
7.1 Theories of evolution
How long ago did life begin on earth,
What di jean baptiste lamark sugg...,
What does the inheritance of acqu...
8  cards
7.3 Natural Selection
Why does natural selection work,
Why do some animals produce so ma...,
How many offspring children grand...
9  cards
7.4 Classification and evolution
What is it called when we put org...,
What determines whether or not tw...,
What are the 3 largest groups
7  cards

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