Section 1 Biology IGCSE

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What is the pseudonym used to list the life processes?
Mrs Nergh
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What does the M stand for?
Movement
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What does the R stand for?
Respiration
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What does the S stand for?
Sensitivity
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What does the N stand for?
Nutrition
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What does the E stand for?
Excretion
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What does the R stand for?
Reproduction
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What does the G stand for?
Growth
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What does the H stand for?
Homeostasis
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How can you describe movement?
Actions of the muscles in animals, and the slow growth of movement in plants
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How can you describe respiration?
Getting energy from food
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How can you describe sensitivity?
Reponding to stimuli and being sensitive to changes in their surroundings
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How can you describe nutrition?
Either making their own food, or by eating other organisms
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How can you describe excretion?
Getting rid of toxic waste products
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How can you describe reproduction?
Producing offspring
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How can you describe growth?
An increase in size and mass using materials from their food
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How can you describe homeostasis?
Controlling internal conditions
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Can you name all the groups of living organisms?
Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Protoctists, Plants and Animals
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Describe the features of a plant...
Multicellular, chloroplasts, photosynthesis
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Describe the features of an animal...
Multicellular, nutrition from other organisms, carbs are stored as glycogen
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Describe the features of fungi...
Either multicellular or unicellular, Hyphae, Mycelium, (describe the structure of a yeast cell and the tip of a Hypae)
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Describe the features of protoctists...
Odd-one-out group, most are unicellular (apart from seaweeds), some are similar to animal cells, others plants, some are agents of disease
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Describe the features of bacteria...
Unicellular, much smaller than animal/plant cells, three different shapes, some can photosynthesise
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Describe the features of viruses...
Parasites, smaller than bacteria, types of virus - not species, describe the stucture of a virus
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Define the term 'Pathogen'...
Organisms which cause disease
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