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Sensitivity in plants (2)
What is the term for plant growth...,
List 4 plant stimuli 2,
How do plants grow 3
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Structure and function of neurones (3)
What s the structure and function...,
What s the structure and function...,
What s the structure and function...
6
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Resting potential (4)
Describe briefly the state of an ...,
What is the purpose of the sodium...,
What does the potassium ion chann...
3
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Action potential (4)
What are the three types of chann...,
What are the 5 stages of action p...,
What happens at the first stage o...
10
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Synapses (5)
Describe the structure of a synap...,
Name two types of neurotransmitte...,
Name the 3 stages of a nerve impu...
7
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Detecting stimuli (6)
Describe three characteristics of...,
What are the receptors in the hum...,
What is the structure and fucntio...
5
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Pupil dilation and contraction (7)
What are receptors 1,
What happens when a receptor is s...,
What is the state of a resting re...
8
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Coordination in plants and animals (8)
Describe how the hormonal system ...,
How can glands be stimulated two ...,
Compare the hormonal and nervous ...
9
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Le brain - functions and regions (9)
What four parts of the brain do y...,
What is the function and region o...,
What is the function and region o...
5
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Brain scanning (10)
What are the three types of scann...,
Describe the use of mri in medica...,
Describe the use of fmri in medic...
5
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The 'critical window' (11)
What is a critical window in rega...,
What is the visual cortex describ...,
What two types of occular dominan...
5
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Animal models (12)
Which scientists experimented on ...,
Why did they use cats and monkeys 2,
Describe the experiment on kitten...
5
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Evidence for nature vs nurture (13)
What are 5 methods of investigati...,
How do animal experiments contrib...,
How do twin studies contribute to...
6
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Habituation (14+15)
What is habituation 1,
Why does habituation occur 2,
When investigating habituation wh...
7
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Animals in medical research (16)
Give four reasons for using anima...,
Give four reasons against using a...
2
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Imbalances in brain chemicals
What causes parkinson s disease 1,
What occurs as a result of these ...,
What are two symptoms of parkinso...
9
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The human genome project (19)
What is the human genome 1,
How has the project helped scient...,
How can doctors use the results f...
4
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Genetic modification (20 + 21)
How do you produce modified micro...,
How do you produce genetically mo...,
How do you produce genetically mo...
5
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