Proteins
Biological catalysts that speed up the rate of cellular reactions without being changed or used up
What is enzyme?
The transfer of DNA from one organism to another using biotechnology
What is Genetic Engineering?
The name given to respiration occurring without oxygen
What is fermentation?
Event occurring in 1845, following the increase of Irish immigration, leading to increased immigration to Scotland
What is the Irish Potato Famine?
A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
What is a simile?
This condition needs to be optimal for enzymes, to ensure there is no ‘denaturing’ of the enzyme
What is pH/temperature?
The name of the genes which describe the observable physical expression or traits of that organism
What is a phenotype?
The word equation for aerobic respiration
The leading religious power in Ireland which was a push factor towards Irish immigration to Scotland
What is Protestant Christian?
A direct comparison, at times non-sensical
What is a metaphor?
What are amino acids?
The type of hormone is often produced by genetically engineering a human cell with a bacterium?
What is insulin?
This is the molecule which glucose breaks down into during the first stage of aerobic respiration
What is pyruvate?
One of the missing pull factors for Irish immigration into Scotland: Scotland proximity, work opportunities, higher wages, ______
What is housing availability?
Words based on the sound they are describing, such as ‘bang’, ‘buzz’, or ‘hiss’
What is onomatopoeia?
What is enzyme specificity experiment?
The part of the cell which is removed when transferring insulin during genetic engineering
What is plasmids?
The name of the molecule which is in charge of maximising ATP production during aerobic respiration
What is mitochondria?
The Scottish city a majority of Irish immigrants settled in
What is Glasgow?
Several words, in one sentence or phrase, which uses the same letter at the beginning of words
What is ‘alliteration’?
An experiment which shows that different pH levels or temperature will impact the colour of the iodine
What is investigating the effect of temperature/pH on enzyme activity
The name given to genetic material which is transferred from a donor to a recipient
What is a vector?
glucose —> lactate + energy
glucose —> carbon dioxide + ethanol + energy
The number by which the Jewish immigration increased by 1930s
What is 10,000?
A common metre/rhythm in Shakespearean sonnets, where 5 syllables are used to create a ‘heartbeat’ rhythm
What is an iambic pentameter?