Zusammenfassung der Ressource
EDUCATION
- SOCIAL POLICIES
- Humans
- Human Migration
- Mitochondrial DNA
- Benefits
- Produces Evidenc for African Eve Theory:a) its inheritance
down the female line b) its high mutation rate
- More usuful than nuclear DNA for tracking human migration/evolution: a) mitochondrial DNA is less
likely to have degraded over time b) mitochondrial DNA is more abundant
- Climate Change
- Impacted: a) mitochondrial DNA is less likely to have degraded
over time b) mitochondrial DNA is more abundant
- Human Evolution
- Evidence
- Stone Tools
- a) the development of stone tools over time b)
how these can be dated from their environment
- Fossils
- a) Ardi from 4.4 million years ago b) Lucy from
3.2 million years ago c) Leakey’s discovery of
fossils from 1.6 million years ago
- Communication
- Animal Communication
- Sound
- a) birds sing to show territory b) cats hiss to frighten c) deer
stags roar to challenge and attract
- Chemical
- pheromones - attract opposite sex
- Visual
- gestures - hand waving
- body language - position of body to expres emotion
- Plant Communication
- Using Chemicals
- Flowers produce scents to attract animals
- The animal feeds on nectar and takes the
pollen to the next flower it feeds on
- Mutualistic Relationship
- Plants can also produce
chemicals for other plants
- Roots - Chemicals from roots go
to the roots of other plants
- Reduces competition for
water and mineral ions
- Warning - Some release chemicals when
being attacked to warn other plants
- Other plans produce
poison only when
warned because it
takes a lot of energy
- Co-Evolution
- A change in characteristic caused in one
species by a change in another species
- Plants co-evolved their shape with animal pollinators so only
some species can feed at the flower
- Benefit: Pollen will be transported to a similar flower
- Animals don't have to compete with others to get nectar
- Behaviour
- Learned Behaviours
- imprinting
- Innate
- Simple Behaviours
- Habituation
- The inhibitions of a response to a
repeated harmless stimulus
- a) sniffer dogs
b) police horses
c) dolphins
- classical conditioning
- operant conditioning
- Parenting
- Parenting Behaviours
- Birds & Mammals rear the young by:
- a) protecting the young from danger b) helping the young to find food c) sheltering the
young from cold and wet d) teaching the young new skills, such as hunting
- Evolutionary Strategy
- Advantage of parental care in relation to evolution
- a) increased chance of survival of offspring b) increased chance of
parental genes being passed on by the offspring
- Courtship
- Finding/selecting a suitable mate to
reproduce by/or advertising their qualities
- Mating Strategies
- a) a mate for life
- b) several mates over a lifetime
- c) a mate for a breeding season
- d) several mates over one breeding season
- Ethologists
- Tinbergen - innate behaviour in gulls
- Lorenz - impinting in geese
- Fossey - social behaviour in gorillas
- Goodall, social behaviour in chimpanzee
- ROLE AND FUNCTIONS
- NEW RIGHT
- Rhythms
- Photoperiodicity - A response of a plant that
changes as day length changes
- Circadian Rhythm - A pattern of behaviour
that changes over a day period
- Plant Defences
- Use chemical defences to:
- Deter pests that try to eat
them
- Kill pathogens (bacteria fungi)
- Human Food Supply
- Pathogens and Pests cause damage to crop
- Reduces Yield of Crop
- Growing Microorganisms
- Aseptic Technique -
- Used to prevent infection of
wounds from surgry
- Prevents food spoilage
- Bacterial Growth
- Bacteria will double
every 20 minutes in
the right conditions
- Vaccines
- Edward Jenner - Gave cowpox to a
boy that prevented small pox
- Immunisation - Protects
you from infection
- Vaccine - Contains pathogen/ Used to
immunise people
- Antibodies
- Monoclonal Antibodies - Antibodies that carry
useful chemical markers or treatmens
- Pregnancy Test
- Blood Clots/ Cancer Cells
- Hybridoma Cell - From B
Lymphocyte & Cancer Cell. Makes
antibodies
- FUNCTIONALISM
- Kidneys
- Waste products
- Metabolic Reactions - Produce waste that diffuse into
the blood. They need to be removed
- CO2 is waste product of respiration
- Breakdown of excess amino acids in liver produces urea
- Structure of Urinal System
- a) renal artery and vein b)
kidneys c) ureters d) bladder
e) urethra
- Role of Kidney
- Remove urea from blood,. adjust ion &
water levels using osmoregulation &
selective reabsorption
- Treatments for kidney failure
- Kidney Dialysis
- Organ donation
- Nephron
- Structure
- a) glomerulus and Bowman’s capsule b) convoluted tubules c)
loop of Henlé d) collecting duct
- Function
- a) filtration in the glomerulus and Bowman’s capsule b) selective reabsorption of glucose c)
reabsorption of water (osmoregulation) d) removal of excess water in urine
- Role of ADH
- Produced by the Pituitary Gland
- Regulates water content of the
blood - osmoregulation
- Negative Feedback
- Menstrual Cycle
- Menstrual Cycle - oestrogen and progesterone
- Stages - Menstruation, Uterus Lining
Thickening, Ovulation
- Uterus lining maintains during fertilisation
- The embryo needs to be in the thick uterus lining, so
that it can get its nutrients from the mother
- Hormone Control
- a) FSH stimulates maturation of follicles, which
stimulates oestrogen production b) oestrogen is
responsible for repair of the uterus wall
- c) high levels of oestrogen stimulate a surge in LH, which
triggers ovulation d) corpus luteum secretes progesterone,
which maintains the lining of the uterus
- e) progesterone inhibits FSH and LH production f) during
pregnancy, progesterone levels remain high
- g) menstruation is triggered by a drop in oestrogen and
progesterone levels h) low progesterone levels allow an
increase in FSH levels
- Negative Feedback Relativity
- Changes of a released hormone stops the release of
other hormones e.g. progesterone inhibits FSH and LH
- MARXIST
- Fertilisation
- Egg Cell
- a) cytoplasm to provide nutrients b) haploid
nucleus containing one set of the genetic material
c) immediately after fertilisation the cell
membrane around the egg changes to block entry
of other sperm
- Sperm Cell
- a) acrosome containing enzymes b) haploid nucleus
containing one set of the genetic material c) middle
section containing mitochondria d) tail for motility
- Infertility Treatments
- Donation of Eggs
- IVF
- Surrogate Mother
- Hormones
- Sex Determination
- Genotype - All of the genes of an indivisual
- XX - Female
- XY - Male
- Phenotype - The look of the indivisual
- Sex-Linked Inheritance
- Allele - one half of a pair of genes
- Dominant
- Recessive
- Haemophilia
- Sex linked genetic disorder
- XH - normal blood clotting
- Xh - poor blood clotting (recessive)
- EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES
- Bio-Food
- Microogranisms for Food
- Advantages
- a) rapid population growth b) ease of manipulation c) production independent of
climate d) use of waste products from other industrial processes
- Making Yogurt
- Type of Bacteria used, type of milk used,
temperature and the pH: Can change: the speed o
production and type of yogurt
- a) Milk is warmed to 40'C b) a culture of bacteria is
added to the milk c) bacteria convert lactose in milk
to lactic acid d) lactic acid makes mixture taste sour
and thicken
- Mycoprotein (Fake Meat)
- A protein rich food made using a fungus -
Fusuarium sp. in large fermenters
- Advantages - No saturated fat (red meat does) which can cause heart
disease. High fibre (red meat doesn't) - reduces glucose absorption and
insulin surges - reduces type 2 diabetes - reduces bowel cancer
- Biotechnology
- a) mitochondrial DNA is less likely to have degraded over
time b) mitochondrial DNA is more abundant
- Fermenter - a vessel used to cultivate microorganisms for the
production of biomolecules on a large scale
- Conditioning Fermenters
- a) aseptic precautions b) nutrients c) optimum
temperature d) pH e) oxygenation f) agitation
- World Problems
- A GM Future?
- Genetic Modification
- by using bacterium: Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a vector e.g
gene for making flavinoid can be inserted into tomato cells to
make purple tomatoes
- GM crop seeds cost a lot but purple tomatoes may help anyone with
cancer live longer.
- MEDC: Money + No Lnad = GM
- LEDC: No Money + Land = Biofules
- Global Food Security
- Increased Food Production
- Conventional Plant-Breeding can develop new
varieties of plants that have higher yields
- plants that have good yield and/or drought
tolerant, need less fertiliser are crossed
- Plants grown from the seeds of the crosses are
selected for their good features and are crossed
with eachother
- Selection and crossing is repeated until
high-yielding variety is produced
- Pest Management
- Pesticides
- Pheremones
- less attractive crop varieties
- Bio-fuels
- Advantges: a) biofuels are renewable (fossil fuels
aren't), crop growth takes CO2 from the air
- Disadvantages: a) biofuel crops need land to grow on, and this may take land
needed for growing food crops
- Insect-resistant plants
- Use of Bt in plants
- Advantages:
- a) crop damage is reduced so crop yield should increase b) less
chemical insecticide is needed so harmless/useful insects are less
likely to be harmed (improves bio-diversity)
- Disadvantages:
- a) seed from transgenic plants is more expensive than seeds from non transgenic b) insect pests may become resistant to Bt c)
Pollination would cause Bt gene to transfer to other plants and make them resistant to plants to
- Technology
- Enzyme Technology
- Chymosin
- Enzyme that effects proteins in
milk. Making solid curds and liquid
whey. Curds are used for cheese
- Natural chymosin comes from calves' stomachs
- Enzyme can be made using
GMB for vegetarian cheese
- Invertase
- (Sucrase) - converts
sugar sucrose into
glucose and fructose.
- Commercially produced by
yeast - used to make
sweets taste sweeter and
soft centres
- Washing Powder
- Protease enzymes digest proteins and
lipase digests fats and oils, usually found
as stains on clothes.
- You can wash low temperatures with these enzymes, with
washing powder, which saves time and energy for heating
- DNA Technology
- Making Human Insulin
- You need: a) restriction enzymes
b) ligase c) sticky ends