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6.3.1 a ecosystems
Define ecosystem 1,
What does all ecosystems are dyna...,
What are biotic factors 3
11  cards
6.3.1 b biomass transfer through an ecosystem
What is the source of energy for ...,
What are food webs 2,
What do food chains and food webs...
37  cards
6.3.1 c recycling within ecosystems
What is decomposition 1,
What is a decomposer 2,
What are some organisms that are ...
37  cards
6.3.1 d succession
What are the two types of success...,
What is primary succession 2,
What is secondary succession 3
31  cards
6.3.1 e measuring the distribution and abundance of organisms
What does the distribution of org...,
What is the distribution of organ...,
Where are organisms usually found 3
18  cards
6.3.2 a population size
Why can t population growth be su...,
Define limiting factor 2,
What are the three phases of a po...
15  cards
6.3.2 b interactions between populations
What type of limiting factor is c...,
What are the two main types of co...,
Define interspecific competition 3
23  cards
5.1.4 a and b hormonal communication
What is the endocrine system made...,
What is an endocrine gland 2,
What are hormones 3
34  cards
5.1.4 c structure and function of the pancreas
What are the two main functions o...,
What is most of the pancreas made...,
What is the exocrine glandular ti...
18  cards
5.1.4 d regulation of blood glucose concentration
What are the hormones that keep b...,
What is blood glucose concentrati...,
What can blood glucose concentrat...
24  cards
5.1.4 e and f diabetes and its control
What are the common symptoms of d...,
What is the word for excessive ne...,
What is the word for excessive th...
25  cards
5.1.2 a b excretion, homeostasis and the liver
Define excretion 1,
What are the main metabolic waste...,
What is the colour of the liver 3
34  cards
homeostasis
Define homeostasis 1,
How do negative feedback systems ...,
How do positive feedback systems ...
15  cards
5.1.2 c the structure and function of the mammalian kidney
What are the kidney s two homeost...,
What supplies the kidneys with bl...,
What takes blood away from the ki...
26  cards
5.1.2 c functions of the nephrons
What is the first stage in the re...,
What does ultrafiltration result ...,
What is the glomerulus supplied b...
33  cards
5.1.2 d kidney and osmoregulation
What is the process adh controls ...,
What secretes adh 2,
What produces adh 3
16  cards
5.1.2 e kidney failure
What will happen to the kidneys i...,
What does protein in urine show 2,
What does blood in urine mean 3
48  cards
5.1.2 f urine and diagnosis
What hormone is produced when a d...,
Where will hcg be found 2,
What do modern pregnancy tests use 3
11  cards
5.1.1 c principles of homeostasis
Define homeostasis 1,
What do negative feedback systems...,
How do negative feedback systems ...
4  cards
5.2.1 general photosynthesis
What does the network of membrane...,
What are thylakoids stacked to ma...,
What are grana joined by 3
10  cards
5.2.1 d light dependent stage of photosynthesis
What are the two photosystems inv...,
What is the difference between ph...,
What in the photosystem absorbs l...
17  cards
light-independent stage of photosynthesis
Where does the light independent ...,
What is required in the light ind...,
How does carbon dioxide enter the...
16  cards
factors affecting photosynthesis
Define limiting factor 1,
What are the factors that affect ...,
How does light intensity affect p...
9  cards
glycolysis
Where does glycolysis occur 1,
Does glycolysis require oxygen 2,
What is the first step in glycoly...
10  cards
oxidative decarboxylation
What is the first step in aerobic...,
Where does pyruvate go after glyc...,
What happens to pyruvate in oxida...
7  cards
the krebs cycle
What does acetyl coa do 1,
What does the acetyl group combin...,
What happens to the citrate molec...
6  cards
oxidative phosphorylation
Where do the hydrogen atoms that ...,
Where are electron transport chai...,
What happens to the hydrogen atoms 3
10  cards
anaerobic respiration
Define obligate anaerobes 1,
Define facultative anaerobes 2,
Define obligate aerobes 3
19  cards
5.2.2 respiratory substrates
How are triglycerides used as a r...,
How is glycerol used as a respira...,
How much energy do lipids release...
10  cards
5.2.2 ATP synthesis
Define chemiosmosis 1,
What does chemiosmosis release 2,
What are the ways electrons are r...
7  cards
5.1.1 communication
What has happened as species have...,
Why do organisms need coordination 2,
How do animals react 3
7  cards
5.1.3 neurones
What is the role of neurones 1,
Key features of a neurone 2,
What is found in the cell body of...
11  cards
5.1.3 sensory receptors
What are the main features of sen...,
What are the four main types of s...,
What does a receptor do 3
9  cards
5.1.3 nervous transmission
What is the resting potential 1,
What is the potential difference ...,
Why is there a resting potential 3
25  cards
5.1.3 synapses
Key features of a synapse structu...,
What is the synaptic cleft 2,
What is the presynaptic neurone 3
17  cards
5.1.5 organisation of the nervous system
What is the mammalian nervous sys...,
What is the central nervous system 2,
What is the peripheral nervous sy...
9  cards
6.1.1 mutations and variation
Define mutation 1,
What is disputed if there is a mu...,
What is the change in the sequenc...
10  cards
5.1.5 plant hormones and growth in plants
What are the important plant horm...,
What do auxins do 2,
What do gibberellins do 3
27  cards
5.1.5 plant responses to abiotic stress
What do abiotic stresses include 1,
Why do deciduous trees lose their...,
What is photoperiodism 3
8  cards
5.1.5 structure and function of the brain
What is the brain protected and s...,
What are the five main areas of t...,
What does the cerebrum do 3
26  cards
5.1.5 reflexes
What is the pathway for reflex ac...,
What is the spinal cord 2,
What emerges at intervals along t...
10  cards
5.1.5 voluntary and involuntary muscles
What are the three types of muscl...,
What do skeletal muscles do 2,
What do cardiac muscles do 3
48  cards
5.1.5 sliding filament model
What happens during contraction 1,
What is the result of the myosin ...,
What happens to the dark bands wh...
37  cards
6.1.1 mutations and variation
Define mutation 1,
What is the change in sequence ca...,
Define point mutation 3
26  cards
6.1.1 control of gene expression
What are the different ways in wh...,
How are genes regulated at a tran...,
How are genes regulated at a post...
53  cards
6.1.1 body plans
Define morphogenesis 1,
Define homeobox genes 2,
What is a homeobox 3
22  cards
6.1.1 key terms in genetics
Define gene 1,
Define locus 2,
Define allele 3
13  cards
6.1.2 variation and inheritance
Why does variation occur 1,
What is needed for the process of...,
Define genotype 3
14  cards
6.1.2 monogenic inheritance
Monogenic inheritance 1,
What are true breeding individuals 2,
Define codominance 3
6  cards
6.1.2 dihybrid inheritance
Blank 1
1  cards

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