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Diet And Metabollic Rate
What are the 5 food groups for a ...,
What do carbohydrates do,
What are fats used for
12  cards
Factors Affecting Health
What does it mean to be malnourished,
Excess of which 2 food groups can...,
What is obesity
9  cards
Fighting Disease
What are the two main types of pa...,
What are bacteria,
What two ways do bacteria make yo...
21  cards
Vaccination
What does vaccination do,
What are booster injections,
What are the 2 pros of vaccination
8  cards
Fighting disease - drugs
How can bacteria become resistant...,
How can we slow down the rate at ...,
What do painkillers do
13  cards
The Nervous System
What is a stimulus,
What are your five different sens...,
What are receptors
17  cards
Synapses and reflexes
What is a synapse,
How are nerve signals transferred...,
What are reflexes
9  cards
Hormones and the Menstrual cycle
Where is lh produced,
Where is oestrogen produced,
Where is fsh produced
15  cards
Controlling fertility
How can oestrogen be used to redu...,
How does progesterone reduce fert...,
What is the pill
19  cards
Plant Hormones
What is an auxin,
What do plant roots do,
What do plant shoots do
9  cards
Cloning
What are the 3 types of cloning,
What is plant cuttings,
What are 2 advantages to plant cu...
18  cards
Genetic Engineering
What is genetic engineering,
Why do we use genetic engineering,
What is the key example for genet...
8  cards
Drugs
What are statins,
What does using statins decrease,
What does a drug do
29  cards
Adaptations
What does the needs to survive of...,
What do plants need to survive an...,
What do animals need to survive
12  cards
Competition For Environmental change
What resources do plants need to ...,
What resources do animals need to...,
What are 3 living factors for env...
5  cards
Measuring environmental change
What can be used to measure envir...,
What are the two types of living ...,
What are indicator species
18  cards
Homeostasis
What 2 things is homeostasis about,
What are the 4 things the body ne...,
Why is the removal of waste key i...
30  cards
Sexual and Asexual reproduction
What is sexual reproduction,
What cells does sexual reproducti...,
Name the 2 gametes
14  cards
Evolution
What is the theory of evolution,
What 2 factors make plants and an...,
Give one example of how microorga...
20  cards
Fighting Disease// past and present
Who was the scientist that first ...,
What happened with semmelweis in ...,
What was the disease women contra...
24  cards

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