Biology Unit 4

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Chapter 10.1 Homeostasis ✓
What is homeostasis 1,
What are the two stages of homeos...,
What is the purpose of homeostati...
33  cards
Chapter 10.2 Negative Feedback: The Mechanism for Maintaining Homeostasis ✓
What are the two types of feedbac...,
What are positive feedback loops ...,
What are negative feedback loops ...
17  cards
Chapter 10.3 Tolerance Limits ✓
What are tolerance ranges 1,
What is the zone of physiological...,
What is the optimal range 3
25  cards
Chapter 10.4 Thermoregulation ✓
What are the three main groups of...,
Use the australian snow gum tree ...,
Use the pink spike hakea plant as...
17  cards
Chapter 10.5 Adaptations for Thermoregulation ✓
What does heat transfer depend on 1,
How do organisms manage thermoreg...,
What is the purpose of thermoregu...
88  cards
Chapter 11.1 Water: Essential to Life ✓
What is a solvent 1,
In what does metabolic reactions ...,
What does blood plasma transport ...
24  cards
Chapter 11.2 Nitrogenous Waste ✓
What is excretion 1,
What is urea 2,
In mammals how is the nitrogenous...
22  cards
Chapter 11.3 Kidney Maintain Water Balance ✓
What hormone controls the mainten...,
Where is adh produced and stored 2,
How does adh reduce urine output 3
19  cards
Chapter 11.4 Adaptation for Water Balance ✓
What are osmoregulaters 1,
What is the purpose of panting in...,
Why is panting and sweating effec...
52  cards
Chapter 11.5 Water Transport in Plants ✓
Which parts of a plant require wa...,
How do root hairs aid in water up...,
What is the role of xylem and phl...
23  cards
Chapter 11.6 Specialist Plant Adaptations for Regulation of Water, Salts and Gases ✓
Define xerophytes and describe th...,
Explain how reduced leaf surface ...,
Describe the function of sunken s...
20  cards
Chapter 12.1 What is an Infectious Disease?
What causes disease 1,
What is a pathogen 2,
Diseases are described as infecti...
21  cards
Chapter 12.2 Non-cellular Pathogens
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Chapter 12.3 Cellular Pathogens
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Chapter 13.1 The Life Cycle of a Pathogen✓
What is a pathogen 1,
What are the 5 things that a path...,
What is a reservoir 3
11  cards
Chapter 13.2 Modes of Transmission
What does the life cycle of a pat...,
What is transmission 2,
What is a vector and give an exam...
18  cards

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