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Flashcards by Spuddylicious, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Spuddylicious
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Give two reasons for the low death rate from infectious diseases in modern hospitals. | - Better / new drugs. - Better understanding of immunity. |
| What is meant by metabolic rate? | The rate of chemical reactions in the body. |
| Give two factors that may affect a person’s metabolic rate. | - The amount of exercise they do. - Calorie intake. |
| Give two factors that may affect a person’s metabolic rate. | - Gender. - Growth Rate. |
| Give two ways that a woman could change her lifestyle to live longer. | - Reduce her food intake. - Increase the amount of exercise she does. |
| Name one plant hormone. | Auxin. |
| Give the main features of asexual reproduction. | - Only one parent. - No mixing of Genetic Material. - No fertilisation. |
| Suggest one advantage of using tissue culture and not using cuttings to produce plants. | More offspring produced by a single parent plant. |
| What is a drug? | A substance that affects Body Chemistry. |
| There is a junction between the connecting neurone and the neurone carrying the impulse to the brain. What name is given to the junction? | A Synapse. |
| In what form is information passed across the Synapse? | Chemical Impulses. |
| Describe the pathway taken by the nerve impulse in the Blink Reflex. | Light Sensitive Cell - Connecting Neurone - Sensory Neurone - Brain - Motor Neurone - Eyelid Muscle. |
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