Biology

• Where does blood leave the kidney ?renal vein
• What is kidney disease indicated by?

  blood, cells Or protein in urine
• What is the use of the ureter ?

  A tube that carries urine from kidney to bladder
• What is an issue with having a kidney transplant?

  risk of rejection
• What is an issue with having regular dialysis treatment ?

  expenaive for the NHS
• What does freezing do to bacterial growth?

  stops it
• What is it called when colonies of bacteria are too close together?

  clumping
• what is a water jacket used for?

  to control temperature
• What’s one aseptic technique ?

  flaming the wire loop
• What is a danger with new drug treatments ?

  possible unknown long term effects
• what is a pathogen ?

  micro organisms that cause a disease
• What are the four mirco organisms that cause disease ?

  viruses fungi bacteria protists
• What are ways disease can spread ?

  areasol, bodily fluid, contaminated food, insects, contact
• How is AIDs spread ?

  Through blood to blood contact
• State one antibiotic ?

  penicillin
• What is classification?

  the sorting of organisms which have similar features and characteristics into groups.
• What are the levels of classi called as a whole ?

  Hierarchal taxa
• What is an invertebrate ?

  an animal without a backbone
• Why do scientists use scientific names for animals?

  to avoid confusion with common name internationally
• Name a morphological adaptation of a polar bear ?

  a fur white coat to keep them warm and camouflaged form prey and predators
• What is population size ?

  how many of one type of plant or animal there is in a given ecosystem
• What is an effect which may effect animal population size ?

  number of predators
• What may effect plant population size ?

  number of herbivores
• What is interspecific competition ?

  different species competing
• What is biodiversity ?

  Variety of different species and number of individuals within each species
• What is one reason humans are causing a problem for bio diversity ?

  more land is needed for farming
• What is one way to reduce biodiversity ?

  captive breeding programmes
• What is one point to consider for Quadrats ?

  The position to avoid bais results
• What is capture recapture used for ?

  to estimate the population size of a animal or species
• What is a point to consider for capture recapture ?

  no Immigration or emigration
• What’s an invasive species ?

  an organism that has been accidentally brought to an area and causing issues
• What’s an issue with invasive species ?

  native species may not be able to compete
• Why is a high level of biodiversity important to an area ?

  if environment changes some species will still be able to compete
• What is cancer caused by ?

  uncontrolled mitosis
• What’s an Ethical issue with embryonic stem cells ?

  destruction of potential life
• What is an allele ?

  a different version of the same gene
• What is a positive thing about adult stem cells ?

  no rejection
• Produces genetically identical daughter cells ?

  mitosis
• Four daughter cells are produced ?

  meosis
• What is a stem cell ?

  an undifferentiated cell that can specialise to become other cell types