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Decks in this class (26)

Lipids
What is a lipid,
What is a triglyceride,
What are plants and animal fats m...
10  cards
Enzymes
What do enzymes do,
What happens in a living cell eve...,
What is the sum of these reaction...
15  cards
Enzymes
What is the substance acton upon ...,
What is the active site,
What are the shape of the substra...
14  cards
Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
What can organisms be,
What are prokaryotic organisms,
What are eukaryotic organisms mad...
17  cards
Microscopes
What is the magnification and wha...,
What happens if the cells have be...,
In plant cells what can be seen
15  cards
Functions of the nucleus, mitochondria and cell wall
What is the nucleus,
What does the nucleus contain,
What happens during cell division
15  cards
Cell membranes
What is the cell surface membrane,
What do electron micrograph show ...,
What are embedded in the phosphol...
17  cards
Cell membranes
What are glucose and many other w...,
What must the molecules be helped by,
What does each substance have
13  cards
DNA and protein synthesis
What is dna made up of,
What does each nucleotide contain,
How many bases does dna have
19  cards
RNA and protein synthesis
What is rna neede to make,
What are found in the nucleus,
What cant move out of the nucleus
14  cards
Mutations
What does the order of bases dete...,
What do 3 bases in a row a triple...,
What are different amino acids co...
16  cards
Chromosomes
Where is dna found,
How does dna fit,
How many genes do each human chro...
11  cards
Cell division - Mitosis
What is mitosis needed for,
What happens if you have damaged ...,
What do cells also divide by mito...
16  cards
Cell division - Meiosis
What does sexual reproduction inv...,
In sexual reproduction what are t...,
What does each parent produce
15  cards
Size and surface area to volume ratio
What do small objects have in ter...,
What is sa important for,
What do cells or organisms need t...
5  cards
Structure of the thorax
What surfaces do lungs have in them,
What have large active animals li...,
What do the complex blood systems...
12  cards
Breathing in and breathing out
What does ventilation breathing e...,
What does ventilation maintain,
If volume increases what does air...
10  cards
Disease
What are pathogens,
What are infectious diseases caus...,
What is a genetic defect
10  cards
Immunity
What do phagocytes engulf,
What happens when a pathogen gets...,
What does the pathogen detect mor...
17  cards
The circulatory system
What do large animals need,
Where is diffusion only efficient,
So what does any animal bigger th...
12  cards
The heart
The heart acts like 2 separate pu...,
Where does blood always flow from,
What do valves do
25  cards
Blood vessels
Do arteries carry blood to or awa...,
What do arteries subdivide into,
What do arterioles subdivide into
27  cards
Blood
What is the bloods main function,
What is haemoglobin,
For the blood to transport materi...
14  cards
Variation and evolution
Why are organisms of the same spe...,
Why do organisms of the same spec...,
What is an adaptation
14  cards
Classification
What is classification,
Why does classification make it e...,
What are organisms arranged into ...
9  cards
Xylem and phloem
What does xylem tissue do,
How does water enter the soil,
Name 2 ways water can travel thro...
17  cards

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