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Biology

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Decks in this class (25)

Preventing and Treating Disease
What is a vaccination,
What is an antibiotic resistant,
What is an antibiotic
8  cards
Communicable Diseases
What factors can cause communicab...,
How can pathogens spread,
What is the process for growing c...
35  cards
Non-communicable Diseases
What are the risk factors of non ...,
What is a causal mechanism,
How do tumours grow
11  cards
Homeostasis
0  cards
Hormonal Coordination
0  cards
Genetics
0  cards
Ecology
0  cards
Discovering and Developing Drugs
What is a placebo,
What is a double blind trial,
How was penicillin discovered
10  cards
Food Tests
How do you test for glucose,
How do you test for starch,
How do you test for fats lipids
4  cards
Plant Minerals
Why are nitrate ions needed,
Why are magnesium ions needed,
Why are potassium ions needed
8  cards
The Kidney
How is urea taken out of the body,
Where and how is water moved with...,
What is the process of a healthy ...
15  cards
Reproduction
How is asexual reproduction diffe...,
What does sexual reproduction inv...,
How is meiosis different to mitosis
10  cards
Transportation and Evaporation in Plants
What does the phloem carry and wh...,
What does the xylem carry,
Why do plants need transport
9  cards
Digestive System
What is a tissue,
What are organs made of,
What does the pancreas contain
29  cards
Parts of the Eye and Brain
What is the cerebral cortex respo...,
What is the cerebellum responsibl...,
What is the medulla oblongata res...
19  cards
Plant Defenses
Name 3 physical barriers used by ...,
Name 2 chemical barriers used by ...,
Name 3 other defence mechanisms u...
3  cards
Human Defenses
What does the skin do to protect ...,
What defences are found in the re...,
What does the stomach do to kill ...
4  cards
Cell Parts and Uses
Nucleus,
Cytoplasm,
Cell membrane
12  cards
Specialisation
Why do nerve cells have dendrites,
Why do nerve cells have an axon,
Why do nerve cells have nerve end...
10  cards
Cell Cycle/Division
Describe the three main stages of...,
How many pairs of chromosomes do ...,
What are sex cells known as
9  cards
The Blood
Name three things that blood plas...,
What do rbcs contain and what do ...,
What happens when oxyhaemoglobin ...
6  cards
Respiration
In what ways can the transferred ...,
Apart from the levels of carbon d...,
Why must we respire more quickly ...
13  cards
Vaccines
What is a vaccine,
What happens to wbcs when a vacci...,
What happens when the active dise...
5  cards
Monoclonal Antibodies
What are monoclonal antibodies in...,
What are monoclonal antibodies,
Where can antibodies be found nat...
8  cards
Plant Tissues
Epidermal upper and lower epidermis,
Palisade mesophyll cells,
Spongy mesophyll
7  cards

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