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Biology
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A biology mindmap to help revise for GCSE (Not finished yet)
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scott hawker
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Biology
Diet
Carbohydrates
Converts to mainly sugars
Fuels cells
Protein
Building block
Bones
Muscles
Skin
Blood
Grows and repairs cells
Lipids
Helps body absorb vitamins A, D and E
Vitamins
Keeps the body running
Water
Need it to survive
50 - 60% of bodies are water
Need to replace 2.4 liters every day
Fibres
Helps digestive system
Keeping healthy
Metabolic rate
Speed of chemical reactions in our bodies
How quickly food is used
Males have a higher Metabolic mate
Have more muscles
Exercise
Higher metabolic rate
Annotations:
Higher metabolic rate if your exercise
How to measure energy in food
Burn food
Burn the food until the temperature wont change
The shortest time means it has more energy
Microbs
Pathogen
A microorganism that causes diseases
Sammelwies
Cured childbed fever
Stopped many other pathogens
Antibiotics
Definitions
Antibiotic
Only kills bacterial cells
Antibody
A chemical produced by white blood cells to kill foreign cells
Antiseptic
Kills all cells
Extention node
Edward jenner
Info
Stopped cowpox
Lived in Berkeley
Used cowpox to stop smallpox
Cured smallpox by rubbling pus from cowbox on a boys arm over cuts
The boy never got smallpox after being cured even after having some rubbed on his arm
Vacinations
Puts a weak pathogen in your body which the white blood cells cure and remember how to cure it in the future
MMR jab prevents measles, mumps and rubella
Antibiotic resistance
Medics can help lower resistant bacteria by using less antibiotics
Pendemic
More cases of diseases in more than one country
Epidemic
More cases of infection in one country
Nerves
Receptor > Sensory neuron > C.N.S > Motor neuron > Effector
Stimulus > Receptor > C.N.S > Effector > Effect
Pick up hot thing > Heat receptor in hand > Spine > Muscle in hand > drop hot thing
C.N.S = Spine or brain
Effector = Muscle gland
Nerves and hormones
Plants are sensitive to light (phototropism)
Plants will always grow upwards towards the light
Plant coordinated by the auxin
Drugs
Medical
Calpol
Allergy pills
Legal
Antibiotics
Legal steroids
Antihistamine
Illegal
Heroine
Cannabis
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