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N5- Unit 2
MO1-Cells, tissues, organs, stem cells and meristems
1.Describe specialisation in cells A process whereby cells have changed their shape or
metabolism to carry out a particular function (i.e. job).
2.Summary of the body
Specialised cells tissues organs  systems
organisation
3. What is a tissue?
A group of cells of the same type.
4. What is an organ?
Different tissues working together to do a job.
5. Examples of systems
Circulatory, respiratory, reproductive etc…
6. For the following cells, state the type of cell, its function and adaptations
Type of cell: Root hair cell
Function: Absorbs water and mineral from the soil
Adaptations: Long 'finger-like' extension with very thin
wall, which gives a large surface area.
Type of cell: Palisade cell
Function: Site of photosynthesis
Adaptations: Contains lots of chloroplasts
Type of cell: Sperm cell
Function: reproduction/ fertilization of the egg
Adaptations: has a tail to swim and many mitochondria to
release energy.
Type of cell: Egg cell
Function: Reproduction/being fertilized by the sperm cell.
Adaptations: large cell containing food reserves.
Type of cell: Red blood cell
Function: carry oxygen
Adaptations: contains haemoglobin to carry oxygen, large
surface area to allow diffusion, flexible to go through
capillaries.
7.What are stem cells?
8. What can happen to a stem
cell went it divides?
9. What are stems cells needed
for?
10. Give examples of the use of
stem cells in medicine
11. What are meristems?
12. What are the two types of
meristems, where are they
found, what is their job?
13. Give 3 examples of plant
tissues formed after cells
specialise.
Cells which give rise to specialised cells.
It can either produce more stem cells or produce a
different type of cell.
Growth and repair.
- treat burns
- diabetes
The region of a plant where cells divide.
Apical meristems: in buds and at the tip of roots. They are
responsible for growth in length.
Lateral meristems: inside shoots and roots of woody
plants, forming a ring. They are responsible for growth in
girth.
- Xylem
- Phloem
- Epidermis
N5- Unit 2
M03- Control – Nerve and hormones
1-Why is internal communication For survival of multicellular organisms because cells in
needed?
multicellular organisms do not work independently.
Nervous control
2- What is the nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS, made of the brain
made of?
and the spinal cord.) and the nerves.
3- Identify the parts of the brain
1- Cerebrum: the largest part, divided into two halves.
and their function
Different regions are responsible for memory, conscious
thought, reasoning, intelligence, personality.
2- Cerebellum: controls balance and co-ordination.
3- Medulla: controls automatic functions of the body:
breathing, heart beat, etc…
4- What is a stimulus? Other name
for it?
5- Job of the sensory neuron and
consequence?
6- Job of the motor neuron?
7- What is a relay/intermediate
neuron?
8- In what form is the message
carried along a neuron?
9- What is the name of the gap
found between 2 neurons?
10- How is the message passed
from on neuron to the next?
11- What is a reflex action?
12- Describe examples of reflex
actions.
13- Describe how a reflex action
works, using the
simple model of a reflex arc.
A change in conditions that is detected by a receptor.
Other name: sensory input.
To pass the message to the CNS.
The CNS processes the information from our senses
which needs a response
Motor neurons enable a response brought about by the
CNS to occur. It can be a rapid action from a muscle or
a slower response from a gland.
A nerve cell which is found between a sensory and a
motor neuron. The relay neuron is part of the CNS (i.e.
brain and spinal cord).
Electrical impulses carry messages along neurons.
A synapse.
Chemicals transfer these messages across synapses.
It is a fast automatic responses which require no input
from the brain.
Reflex actions either protect the body from damage
(e.g. removing hand from heat, pupil of the eye becoming
smaller in bright light to protect the sensitive cells at
the back of the eye from damage, sneeze) or help its
normal functioning (e.g. swallowing).
It is the passage of an impulse from a sensory neuron,
across a relay neuron to a motor neuron.
Receptors (1) are stimulated (e.g. pain) and send a nerve
impulse though the sensory neuron (2).
From the sensory neuron, the message has to pass
through a synapse (junction, 3) before it reaches the
intermediate neuron or relay neuron (4) in the spinal
cord.
From the intermediate/relay neuron, it crosses another
synapse (5) and travels down a motor neuron (6) which
stimulates a muscle to contract (7) (e.g. jerking
movement of the hand).
Hormonal control
14-Features of hormones
15- What releases hormones
directly into the blood stream and
why?
16- How are hormones perceived by
the target tissue?
17- Why are hormones ignored by
non-target tissues?
18- Which organ detects changes in
blood glucose level?
19- How and where is glucose stored
in the body?
20- Explain the role of insulin in the
control of blood glucose levels.
21- Explain the role of glucagon in
the control of blood glucose levels.
22- What can happen if blood
glucose levels are not controlled? (2
answers)
23- What is diabetes?
24- Consequences of diabetes
25- Treatment of diabetes
26- Give two reasons for the recent
increase in the number of people
with diabetes in Scotland
- Chemical messengers
- Made of protein
- Carried in the blood
Endocrine glands release hormones in the blood stream
so that they can travel to target tissues.
Cells have receptors on their surface.
Because non-target tissues don’t have receptors for
them.
The pancreas.
As glycogen (many glucose molecules chemically bound)
in the liver.
When blood glucose level increases, the pancreas
releases more insulin, which travels to the liver where
it activates enzymes in the liver cells to convert
glucose into glycogen.
When the blood glucose level decreases, the pancreas
releases more glucagon, which travels to the liver
where it activates enzymes in the liver cells to convert
glycogen into glucose.
- it is important to control blood glucose levels since, if
they are high, they can cause damage to blood vessels
and affect the functioning of the eyes and kidneys in
particular.
- uncontrolled blood glucose levels can cause problems
with osmosis in cells.
A communication pathway that has failed due to a fault
in release or a failure to respond to insulin
High blood glucose levels (see above n.22)
Injections of insulin to help the uptake of glucose
from the blood to the cells.
- Poor diet
- Lack of exercise
N5- Unit 1
MO4- Variation and Inheritance
1- Variation
1- What is the cause of the
observed variation within species?
2- What is discrete variation?
Examples
Type of inheritance
3- What is continuous variation?
Examples
Type of inheritance
4- What is the most common type
inheritance and variation?
2- The genetics of inheritance
1- State what genes are.
2-State what controls a
characteristic (e.g. type of ear
lobe, blood group, height)
3- State the name given to the
different forms of a gene
4-State the meaning of homozygote
(1) and heterozygote (2).
5- Explain what is meant by
phenotype.
Identify examples of phenotypes of
the same characteristic.
6- Explain what is meant by
dominant and recessive alleles
The combination of genes from two parents.
Changes in values for a characteristic which are
clear-cut and fall into separate categories.
E.g. blood group, type of ear lobe (freeattached), ability to roll tongue, pea flower
colour, pea colour.
Single gene inheritance (controlled by 1 gene
only).
Changes in values for a characteristic over a
range, between a minimum and a maximum.
E.g. human: height, foot size
Plants: height, tree girth
Polygenic inheritance (controlled by more than 1
gene).
Polygenic inheritance and continuous variation.
Genes are parts of chromosomes
Inherited characteristics are controlled by the
two forms of a gene.
Alleles
(1) Organism with 2 identical alleles for one
gene
(2) Organism with 2 different alleles for one
gene
Phenotype: the external expression of a
feature controlled by one or more genes.
Examples of phenotypes for the same
characteristic:
Hair colour: blond, brown
Ability to roll tongue: roller, non-roller
Seed shape: round, wrinkled
Dominant: allele which shows up in the
phenotype.
Recessive: allele which phenotype is hidden
when present alongside a dominant allele.
7- Explain what is meant by
genotype. How is it represented?
8- Identify using letters the
successive generations of a cross.
9- For a cross between two
homozygotes parents of different
phenotype.
- State what is the phenotype of
the first generation
- Predict the proportion of the
phenotypes of the second
generation
10- Explain differences between
observed and predicted figures in
monohybrid crosses.
11- In family trees, by which
individual should you start to work
out genotypes?
- Combination of genes in a gene pair
- Genotype is represented by 2 letters (one
letter for each allele). Dominant alleles are
shown as capital letters, recessive alleles are
shown in small caps.
Parents: P
First generation: F1 (First filial)
Second generation: F2 (Second filial)
All F1 organisms have the same phenotype;
They are said to be uniform.
A ratio of 3:1
3 showing dominant phenotype.
1 showing recessive phenotype.
- random nature of fertilisation
- death of embryo – death of seedlings
Individuals with the phenotype of the recessive
allele.
MO5- Plant transport
1- Explain the need for a transport system
in plants.
2- Which parts of the plant are involved in
water transport?
3-Why is water needed by the plant?
4- Describe the uptake of water from soil
by plant roots and the role of the root
hair cells in this process
4- Describe the role of the xylem
5- Characteristics of the xylem
- to transport water and minerals from roots to leaves
where photosynthesis takes place
- to transport food (i.e. sugar) from leaves to parts of
the plant which do not make food
- root hairs.
- xylem vessels.
- to transport minerals
- for photosynthesis
Water moves into roots by osmosis from the area of
high water concentration in the soil to the area of low
water concentration in cells. Root hair cells increase
the surface area of root for osmosis.
Transport water and soluble minerals after they enter
root hairs to all parts of the plant up to leaves where
it is needed for photosynthesis.
- made of dead vessels
- strengthened by lignin rings
6- Explain why the strengthening of the
xylem is needed?
Xylem cells are lignified to withstand the pressure
changes as water moves through the plant.
7- Describe the role of the phloem
Sugar is transported up and down the plant in living
phloem, food from food-producing cells to other parts
of the plants where it is needed (root, shoots and
fruits).
8- Identify xylem and phloem from the
diagrams:
- 1: xylem (at the centre of the root and stem’s
vascular bundle; on the upper side of the leaf’s vein)
- 2: phloem (to the outside of the vascular bundle in
the root and stem; on the lower side of the leaf’s vein)
9- Describe the structure of the xylem
and identify other functions of the
transport system.
1- cell wall
2- ring of lignin
3- pit ( allow water and minerals to reach neighbouring
cells
4- direction of the flow (from roots to leaves)
5- xylem tube
10- Describe the structure and function of
cells in the phloem.
Identify the different parts from a
diagram.
- Phloem is made of two types of living cells:
- sieve tubes: cells arranged as a tube with
perforated cell wall in between (sieve plate). Strands
of cytoplasm transport sugar from cells to cells.
- companion cells: have nucleus and cytoplasm,
they control neighbouring sieve tubes.
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12- State how gases go in and out of
leaves.
13- State which gases go out and which go
in through these holes
14- Describe the external features and
internal structures of a leaf in relation to
its function in gas exchange.
sieve tube
sieve plate
strands of cytoplasm
companion cell
direction of flow, from photosynthesising cells in
leaves to cells that cannot produce their own food.
Through holes called stomata which are found mostly
on the lower surface of leaves.
- CO2 (in for photosynthesis, out from respiration)
- O2 (mostly out from photosynthesis, in for
respiration at night)
- Water vapour (out whenever stomata are opened)
1- Waxy cuticle: prevents water loss
2- Upper epidermis: protection
3- Palisade mesophyll: where most photosynthesis
takes place.
4- Spongy mesophyll: where some photosynthesis
takes place. Cells are not compactly packed and have a
large surface area exposed to air. This allows the
diffusion of carbon dioxide into cells.
5- Air spaces: allow free movement of gases inside the
leaf.
6- Lower epidermis: protection
7- Guard cells: specialist cells which open or close the
stoma
8- Stoma
9- Phloem
10- Xylem
11- Veins: hold xylem and phloem
15- Which type of leaf cell requires water
for photosynthesis?
16- What is transpiration?
Palisade and mesophyll cells
17- What is the process responsible for
water loss when the stomata are opened?
18- What environmental conditions would
produce the greatest transpiration rate?
19- Summarise the path of water through
the plant
Evaporation
Transpiration is the loss of water through leaves.
Warm and windy.
1-Enters root hair by osmosis 2-travels in stem by
xylem. 3-leaves the mesophyll cell by evaporation. 4exit the plant by transpiration through stoma
MO6/7/8- Transport in animals
Blood
1-In mammals, what is transported in the
blood?
2- What is the function of red blood
cells?
3-How are red blood cells adapted to
their function?
4-Explain the function of haemoglobin in
the transport of oxygen
The lungs
Explain the function of mucus, cilia and
cartilage in the trachea and bronchi
Describe the internal structure of the
lungs. (name and role in breathing)
Larynx
1
2
3
3
4
Nutrients, oxygen and carbon dioxide
To transport oxygen around the body
- biconcave in shape: increase surface area for
diffusion of oxygen
- no nucleus: more space for oxygen
- contain haemoglobin: a pigment which allows
them to transport oxygen efficiently in the
form of oxyhaemoglobin
To transport oxygen
In lungs:
Haemoglobin binds oxygen to become
oxyhaemoglobin
In tissues:
Oxyhaemoglobin separates into haemoglobin
and oxygen
for cells to use.
Mucus: traps dirt and micro-organisms.
Cilia in the trachea: push mucus upwards and
away from the lungs towards the throat and
the oesophagus. Once in the stomach, germs
are destroyed by stomach acids.
Cartilage in the trachea and bronchi: keep main
airways open.
1- Trachea: the air passes through the larynx
and through the trachea (1).
2- Bronchus (plu. bronchi): after the trachea,
the air flow is divided within the 2 bronchi
which connect to each lung.
3- Bronchioles: bronchi which have divided
many times and are smaller in size.
4- Alveoli: air sacs.
5- Blood capillaries surrounding the alveoli
5
Where does gas exchange take place?
In the alveoli
What features of the alveoli are
important for its function?
For a more efficient diffusion of gases: alveoli
have a large surface area, thin walls and a good
blood supply.
Describe the path of oxygen in the alveoli
From cell of the alveoli wall to cells of the
capillary wall to plasma to blood cells.
Explain why the oxygen moves along that
pathway?
The heart
8- Identify the four chambers of the
heart
It diffuses from an area of high concentration
to an area of low concentration.
1
1- Right atrium (Plural atria)
2- Right ventricle
3- Left atrium (Plural atria)
4- Left ventricle
3
2
2
4
9- Describe the path of blood flow
through the heart and blood vessels
connected to it.
6
8
4
5
3
1
7
3
2
4
Describe the positions and functions of
the heart valves.
V2
2
V1
Function of Coronary artery
Blood return from organs via the vena cava (5)
and enters the right atrium (1). When the right
atrium is full, the blood is squeezed into the
right ventricle (2). The muscular wall of the
right ventricle contracts and pushes the blood
through to the pulmonary artery (6) towards
the lungs.
Blood return from the lungs via the pulmonary
vein (7) and enters the left atrium (3). When
the left atrium is full, the blood is squeezed
into the left ventricle (4). The muscular wall of
the left ventricle contracts and pushes the
blood through to the aorta (8).
When the atria are full, the blood is squeezed
into the ventricle and valves (V1) prevent its
return to the atria.
When the ventricles are full, the blood is
squeezed towards the arteries (pulmonary
artery and aorta) and valves (V) prevent its
return to the ventricles.
To bring blood to the heart muscle.
Blood vessels
Describe the structure of the arteries
Describe the function of the arteries
Describe the structure of the veins
Describe the function of the veins
Describe the structure of the capillaries
Describe the function of the capillaries
Arteries have thick, muscular walls, a narrow
central channel
Arteries carry blood under high pressure away
from the heart.
They have thinner walls and a wide channel.
Veins contain valves to prevent backflow of
blood and carry blood towards the heart.
Veins carry blood under low
pressure
Capillaries form networks at organs and
tissues, are thin walled and have a large
surface area.
They allow exchange of materials between the
blood and cells.
Intestines
How is food moved in the digestive
system.
By peristalsis: a wave of muscular contraction in
the wall of the digestive tract: muscles behind the
food contract and the muscles in front relax.
Explain how the structure of the small
intestine is related to its function.
- it is very long
- covered in finger-like villi
area
- has folds
- very thin lining of cells
of
- rich blood supply
Explain how the structure of a villus is
related to the absorption and transport
of food.
increases surface
Fast transport
nutrient to blood
- structure of villus: allows efficient absorption
of digestion products
- (1) one cell thick layer allows fast transport
of nutrient
- (2) blood capillaries: carry away glucose and
amino-acids
- (3) lymphatic vessels (lacteal): absorb
fatty acids and glycerol (the products of fat
digestion).