Working like a scientist
Name 3 branches of biology
Cytology, histology, bacteriology, virology, pathology, zoology etc
What do you call the process that allows glucose to be transported in the small intestine
Active Transport
This is the liquid part of the blood.
Plasma
This is a term used to describe the rising of liquids in a narrow tube
capillarity
'Growth movements' in plants is called
Tropism
Name 3 skills utilized in biology
drawing, analysis and Interpretation, observation reporting and recording
What is the scientific term given to a substance which can be dissolved in the solvent.
Solute
A type of white blood cell that makes anti-bodies
lymphocytes
What makes up the vascular bundle?
xylem and phloem
Irritability/sensitivity
State 2 characteristics of living things and what they mean
Reproduce
excrete
respire
nutrition/feed
Irritability
Development/growth
I am one of the many transport medium your body uses, but I am associated with a selectively permeable membrane.
Osmosis
another name for erythrocytes is?
red blood cell
What is transpiration?
Loss of water from leaves
The PNS is comprised of_____ nerves and _____ nerves.
cranial and spinal
Who is called the father of modern genetics
Gregor Mendel
What type of solution causes a cell to swell and burst?
Hypotonic
I have a large lumen and i have valves
veins
What is the term root pressure referring to?
water already present in the root is pushed up by more water coming in the root.
They call me the MASTER GLAND
Pituitary Gland
Tell the scientist who generated the genetically modified papaya and state what was special about these papaya.
Prof. Paula Tennant, resistant to ring spot virus
What term do we use to describe the act of a cytoplasm moving away form the cell wall in a plant cell .
Plasmolysis
Explain what pulmonary circulation is
Pulmonary circulation moves blood between the heart and the lungs.
What are two factors that may affect the rate of transpiration. explain how they would affect transpiration.
Water availability. temperature, wind speed etc
What is the autonomic nervous system and list three examples of bodily functions associated with this system.
Consists of all nerves which automatically control the normal functioning of the internal organs.
examples- heart beat, breathing, size of pupil, digestion and absorption in the gut