Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the variety of all _____ ______ on the planet
Living things
What is missing?
Carbon Dioxide + _____ ----> Glucose + Oxygen
Water
An enzyme is an example of a biological what?
Catalyst
State 3 types of microbes
Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi
What type of blood cell produces lymphocytes?
White
What is it called when all the living and non-living things interact with one another?
Ecosystem
What is the green pigment called where photosynthesis takes place?
Chlorophyll
Amylase breaks substance A down into substance B. Name both A and B
Starch and glucose
Yeast is a type of what microorganism?
Yeast
Lymphocytes produce antibodies. What are antibodies?
A place where an organism lives
Habitat
What chemical is used to test a leaf for starch?
Iodine
Name five places in the human body that enzymes would be found
Name any 5 places in the human body
What is the following process called?
Glucose ----> Carbon Dioxide + Ethanol
Fermentation
State 3 first lines of defence in the human body?
Nose, skin, stomach, bronchi, windpipe, tears
All the organisms of one species
Population
Can plants photosynthesise in a room with no windows, but with a light bulb?
Yes
State the two factors that affect enzyme activity
pH and temperature
State two uses of yeast in industry
Brewing, Bread making
Which of these monitors blood pressure?
ECG monitor
Sphygmomanometer
Stethoscope
Sphygmomanometer
Name two sampling techniques
Quadrats, kick nets, pitfall traps, transects
How does a plant store excess glucose?
As starch
If an enzyme is heated past its ideal temperature, what happens to it?
It becomes denatured. Not dead
Microbes that cause illness are called pathogens. What is the infectious part of a pathogen called? (The little spikes)
Antigens
Excessive alcohol intake impacts which organs?
Liver, Heart and brain