IGCSE Biology Notes Refined by KmQ Unit 1 : Characteristics of living things Biology is the study of living organisms. For something to be alive it needs to perform all seven functions of living things.MRS GREN Movement‚ Respiration‚ Sensitivity‚ Growth‚ Reproduction‚ Excretion‚ Nutrition. 1. Movement Most organisms are able to move their whole body even plants can shift their stem towards the sunlight and their roots move towards healthy soil. 2. Respiration IT is the breakdown of food
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FRQ #4 The endomembrane system is made up of different membranes that are suspended in the cytoplasm within a cell. These membranes divide the cell into functional and structural compartments‚ or organelles. The endomembrane system has three major components; the plasma membrane‚ Golgi apparatus‚ and vesicles. The plasma membrane surrounds the outside of the cell. It is made up of a double layer of phospholipids and controls the movement of various substances into and out of the cell‚ both passively
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Digestive and Respiratory System Worksheet Name: Before answering the questions below‚ log in to ADAM and view the clinical animations for Peristalsis and Gas Exchange. Remember‚ you may use our text‚ our discussions‚ and the internet to write your answers‚ but be sure to write your answers in your own words and to use correct citations where appropriate! Cutting and Pasting your responses will result in a Zero for this assignment! 1. Trace the path of an oxygen molecule from the
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Early life Born in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in Hammersmith‚ and raised in a Jewish family in Clapham‚ Ware is a South London girl.[10][11] She is the daughter of Helena‚ a social worker‚ and John Ware‚ a BBC Panorama reporter‚ who divorced when she was 10‚ and the younger sister of actress Hannah Ware.[12][13] Her mother‚ Helena‚ has been a big support in starting her musical career and Jessie considers her as "her hero"‚[14] saying "She brought up my sister‚ brother and me with so much love
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El latino famoso de la semana es Cameron Diaz. Ella tiene cuarto y unos anos. Diaz es de San Diego‚ California‚ pero sus familia no son. Cameron’s padre es un segundo generacion cubano americano‚ y sus madre es italiano‚ aleman‚ y el americano native. Diaz es famoso porque es una actriz. Ahora‚ Cameron Diaz vive en Los Angeles‚ California. Cameron Diaz was born on August 30‚ 1972. When she was only sixteen‚ Diaz began professionally modeling for major companies such as Coca-Cola and Calvin Klein
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Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev is hailed as one of the greatest world leaders of all time. From a young age Gorbachev has continued to change the world socially‚ economically‚ and politically. The events leading up to Gorbachev’s resignation as president of the USSR show his leadership skills. Mikhail Gorbachev started from the bottom of the food chain but‚ with determination and phenomenal leadership skills he become president of the Soviet Union and a well-known world leader and peace advocate
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LAST 1101 Professor Gordillo April 2‚ 2013 Jessica Johnston Frida Kahlo: A Biography Frida Kahlo was born in 1907‚ just south of Mexico City‚ in a town called Coyoacán. Her father‚ Guillermo Kahlo‚ was Jewish and born in Germany. When he immigrated to Mexico he married Frida’s mother‚ Matilde Calderón‚ a catholic mestizo. Frida identified herself with both her European ancestry and her indigenous heritage. Unlike many mestizo or mixed persons‚ who tried to hide their indigenous background
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History of DNA WebQuest 1. Friedrich (Fritz) Miescher http://www.dnai.org/timeline/index.html Find Miescher on the timeline and click on the bucket with the Red Cross to watch the animation. In 1869‚ he extracted a substance from white blood cells that he called nuclein. What do you think he was actually extracting? 2. Frederick Griffith http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/Bio104/dna.htm Frederick Griffith’s famous experiment was conducted in 1928. In his experiment‚
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Foundations of the theory: a proposed explanation of a pattern in nature to rise that explanation is usually in the sciences‚ is called a hypothesis. has to be tested over and over 1665- Hooke cut cork in half‚ began looking at “cells” began looking at little packaged parts. 1673- Leuwenhoek 1838- Schleiden‚ botanist all things are composed of cells 1839- Schwann‚ physiologist 1858- Virchow‚ physician next big thing‚ came to the conclusion that cells didn’t appear but they came from previously
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George Washington February 22‚ 1732 – December 14‚ 1799 Which president is the only U.S. President to have a state named after him and is the only President ever unanimously elected? George Washington. General George Washington was known for leading the Continental Army to freedom from Great Britain. He became the first president of the United States of America and served from 1789 until 1797. President Washington is also famous for having false teeth made of wood. What most people don’t
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