Pearson GCSE Separate Science Biology
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| What is this a definition of: ‘A group of organisms that can reproduce with one another, producing offspring that can also reproduce’? | show 🗑
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| show | (Homo sapiens)
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| From what type of creatures are modern humans thought to have evolved? | show 🗑
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| show | (fossils)
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| show | (uppermost)
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| Which substances did early human-like animals make tools out of? | show 🗑
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| Why do we only find the stone tools now? | show 🗑
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| Which of these three species is most closely related to modern humans, and how can you tell: Homo habilis, Australopithecus afarensis, Ardipithecus ramidus? | show 🗑
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| show | (Africa)
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| What is this a definition of: ‘A gradual change in the characteristics of a species over time’? | show 🗑
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| show | (evolution)
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| Where does the evidence come from that humans evolved? | show 🗑
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| show | (millions, 4–5 million years)
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| Name one trend that has occurred in the bodies of human-like species as they have evolved over millions of years. | show 🗑
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| show | (variation)
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| show | (inherited variation, genetic variation)
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| What type of variation causes some sandpiper birds to have longer beaks than others? | show 🗑
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| show | (sensible suggestion, such as they are white and so can avoid being seen against the snow by their prey)
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| show | (Charles Darwin)
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| show | (common ancestor)
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| show | (Homo sapiens)
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| show | (binomial system)
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| show | (increase in temperature – ensure that students realise that the change did not cause the elephants to want to evolve)
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| show | (decrease in temperature)
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| show | (increase)
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| show | (natural selection)
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| show | (Loxodonta)
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| show | (common ancestor)
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| What is the name of the other person who came up with the idea of evolution by natural selection at the same time as Darwin? | show 🗑
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| show | (They all have five fingers;they all have a pentadactyl structure.)
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| Apart from Darwin, who else developed the theory of evolution by natural selection? | show 🗑
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| show | (Thomas Malthus)
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| What is the name of the type of limb that humans have? | show 🗑
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| show | (fly)
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| show | (five)
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| What do we call an organism that evolves to form many other different organisms? | show 🗑
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| How did Darwin and Wallace work together to tell other scientists about their ideas? | show 🗑
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| One branch of biology that has developed thanks to Darwin and Wallace’s theory is the study of genes. What is this branch of biology called? | show 🗑
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| show | (plants, fungi, protists/protoctists, prokaryotes)
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| State one way in which the cells of bacteria are different to those of animals, plants, fungi and protists. | show 🗑
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| Cattle, wheat and mushrooms are all farmed. What kingdoms do they belong to? | show 🗑
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| show | (Bos)
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| show | e.g. hairy coat, horns, stand on four legs, long tail, long face – any sensible suggestions that show that yaks are similar to cattle)
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| Bos mutus and Bos taurus share a common ancestor about 1 million years ago. What process caused them to evolve in different ways? | show 🗑
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| What domain do Bos mutus and Bos taurus belong to? | show 🗑
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| show | (They have nuclei/mitochondria in their cells.)
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| show | (Bacteria, Archaea)
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| show | (They have genes containing unused sections of DNA.)
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| There are about 800 different types of farm cattle that all belong to the same species. What is the name for different types of the same species of animal? | show 🗑
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| What is the name for different types of the same species of plant? | show 🗑
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| show | (tissue)
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| Does asexual reproduction produce offspring that are genetically different or identical? | show 🗑
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| show | (no need to find a mate/faster reproductive cycle/offspring likely to be adapted to local environment)
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| show | (stem cells)
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| show | (meristems/shoot and root tips)
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| show | (differentiation)
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| Which form of reproduction happens when you take cuttings of a plant to make new plants? | show 🗑
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| show | (selective breeding)
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| Which process inserts a gene for a particular characteristic into another organism so that it produces that characteristic? | show 🗑
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| Which term means to grow new cells or tissues from tiny pieces of plant or animal tissue? | show 🗑
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| Different types of the same species of animal are called breeds. What are different types of the same species of plant called? | show 🗑
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| What term describes humans choosing certain organisms because they have useful characteristics? | show 🗑
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| show | (selective breeding)
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| Give an example of a species of animal that has been produced by selective breeding. | show 🗑
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| What word describes all the DNA in an organism? | show 🗑
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| show | (genetic engineering)
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| What three-letter abbreviation is given to organisms that have been genetically engineered? | show 🗑
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| What word describes the amount of useful product that can be obtained from a farmed plant or animal? | show 🗑
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| Suggest a characteristic that would be useful in a new variety of lettuce. | show 🗑
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| Suggest a characteristic that would be useful in a new breed of sheep. | show 🗑
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| Genes are short pieces of which molecule? | show 🗑
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| What does a gene code for? | show 🗑
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| What name is given to the small circles of genetic material in a bacterium that are separate from the bacterial chromosome? | show 🗑
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| show | (environmental variation)
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| show | ([antibiotic] resistant)
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| show | (to produce a new useful characteristic)
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| show | (Genes work in the same way in all organisms.)
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| show | (selective breeding)
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| Which process produces many new plants from tiny pieces of fully grown plants? | show 🗑
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| Give one reason why crop plants are continually being improved. | show 🗑
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| What do we call a diagram of the feeding relationships of many organisms that live in an area? | show 🗑
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| What do producer organisms do that consumers do not? | show 🗑
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| Which process do plants use to transfer energy from light to sugars in their cells? | show 🗑
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| What name is given to animals that hunt other animals? | show 🗑
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| show | (prey)
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| What are crop plants? | show 🗑
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| Which word means the amount of useful product obtained from a crop? | show 🗑
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| show | (It produces Bt toxin, which kills caterpillars.)
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| show | (agriculture)
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| Why are fertilisers used on crops? | show 🗑
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