GCSE Biology Flashcards on Triple Science - Biology, created by Hannah Le Poidevin on 27/09/2016.
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Osmosis
Diffusion
What are exchange surfaces like?
Structure of leaves
Describe the thorax
What is the thorax?
What is the abdomen?
What is ventilation?
Describe what happens when you breath in
Describe what happens when you breath out?
What are artificial ventilators?
How did they work?
How do they work now?
What is the job of the lungs?
How does it do this?
How are alveoli specialised to maximise diffusion of oxygen amd CO2?
How does the inside of the intestine aid with digestion?
How are villi specialised to help with digestion?
What is active transport?
What is needed to allow active transport to happen?
How are root hairs specialised?
How do humans use active transport?
What tube transports food?
Describe it
What tube transports water?
Describe it
What is the transpiration stream?
What does the circulatory system carry to and take away from cells?
Describe how the circulatory system works?
What is the heart made of?
What are the 9 parts of the heart?
Label the parts of the heart
What are arteries?
What are capillaries?
What are veins?
Describe red blood cells
Describe white blood cells
Describe platelets
What is found in plasma?
What is used if a patient loses a lot of blood?
What are artificial hearts?
What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Artificial valves
What are stents?
What is homeostasis?
What are the six things that need to be controlled?
What is the thermoregulatory system and what does it do?
What does your body do when you're warm?
What does your body do when you're too cold?
What are the roles that the kidneys perform?
Removal of urea
Adjustment of ion content
What are the 3 ways water is lost from the body?
How is your urine different on a hot day compared to a cold day?
How do sports drinks help with homeostasis?
How do the kidneys work?
Ultrafiltration
Reabsorbtion
Release of wastes
What happens if the kidneys don't work properly?
What is dialysis?
How does dialysis work?
What are the negatives of dialysis?
How do kidney transplants work?
How does glucose get into the body and what is it used for?
What organ controls the levels of glucose?
What does the body do if the levels of glucose are too high?
What does the body do if the levels of insulin are too low?
What is type 1 diabetes?
How can the problem be controlled?
Where does insulin come from?
Having a transplant
Biology B
Why is the population increasing?
How is the population increase affecting the environment?
How does waste affect water?
How is waste affexting land?
How is waste affecting the air?
What are the 4 main ways we use up land?
How can CO2 be sequestered?
What determines the temperature of the Earth?
What are greenhouse gases and why are they bad?
Why are forests cut down?
What are the four main problems deforestation leads to?
How does deforestation lead to more methane in the atmosphere?
How does deforestation lead to more CO2 on the atmosphere?
How does deforestation lead to less CO2 taken in?
How does deforestation lead to less biodiversity?
What is a peat bog?
Why is CO2 being released into the atmosphere from peat bogs?
What are the consequences of global warming on water levels?
How are weather patterns changing because of global warming?
How are the consequences of global warming affecting animals and plants?
How are the consequences of global warming affecting animals and plants?
How are scientists collecting data on climate change?
How are scientists collecting data on climate change?
Why is this data only useful if covered over a long enough time scale and wide enough area?
Why is this data only useful if covered over a long enough time scale and wide enough area?
How can fuels be made using fermentation?
How can fuels be made using fermentation?
What is the word equation for the breakdown of glucose by fermentation?
What is the word equation for the breakdown of glucose by fermentation?
How is ethanol made by anaerobic fermentation of sugar?
How is ethanol made by anaerobic fermentation of sugar?
What can be used to make ethanol based biofuels?
What happens to the ethanol before it's used as fuel?
What is gasohol?
What gases is biogas made up from?
What is used to make biogas?
What is it made in?
Can bigoas be stored?
How are biogas generators being used?
How do biogas generators work?
How do batch generators work?
How do continuous generators work?
What four factors have to be debated when designing a generator?
How does cost affect it?
How does convenience affect it?
How does efficency affect it?
How does position affect it?
What are the environmental advantages of using biogas?
What are the economical advantages of using biogas?
What are the social effects of using biogas?
How can the 'efficiency' of food production be improved?
How can you reduce the number of stages in the food chain?
How can you restrict energy lost by farm animals?
What is mycoprotein?
How is mycoprotein grown?
What are the advantages of mycoproteins?
What are the disadvantages of intensive farming?
How can where food is grown cause problems?
What are the consequences of over fishing?
How can we tackle this problem?
