i GCSE revision powerpoint 4 There are 79














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i. GCSE revision powerpoint 4 There are 79 questions
Reproduction 1 – 2 Give two differences between sexual and asexual reproduction. 3. What is a gamete? 4. What is produced when gametes join at fertilisation?
Male reproductive system 5 -12 – Start top left 13 Where are the sperm made? 14 -15 which two parts produce fluid to nourish sperm?
Female reproductive system 16 -20 top to bottom 21 – proper name for an egg? 22 – where are eggs produced? 23 – where could they be fertilised?
Menstrual cycle 24 – how many days is the average cycle? 25 – on which day is an egg released? 26 – 27 which two hormones are released from the ovaries? 28 – 29 give one function of each of these hormones.
Reproduction in plants 30 -37 on diagram 38 what is pollination? 39 how does the pollen reach the ovum? 40 – how can plants reproduce asexually?
Inheritance 41 – what is the thing on the left? 42 – how many of these in a human? 43 – what’s on the right? 44 – what do the square brackets show?
Inheritance 2 45 – what is an allele? 46 – what word describes an allele where only one copy is needed for the feature to show? 47 – the opposite of number 46. 48 – what does homozygous mean? 49 – what does heterozygous mean? 50 – what does genotype mean? 51 – what does phenotype mean?
Genetic cross 52 – which characteristic is dominant? 53 – what colour will the offspring be? 54 – if the offspring had babies, what ratio would their colours be? 55 – which sex chromosomes are female?
Mitosis If a cell has chromosomes in pairs we describe it as d. . . 56. . . , if they are single it is h. . . . 57. . . During mitosis, the cell divides o. . . 58. . . . , producing t. . . . 59. . . . daughter cells which are genetically i. . . . 60. . to the original cell. Mitosis occurs during g. . . 61. . . . , r. . . 62. . . . , c. . . 63. . . . and a. . . 64. . . reproduction.
Meiosis During meiosis, the cell divides. . 64. . . , producing. . . 65. . . daughter cells, each with. . . 66. . . of the original number of chromosomes. This produces genetically. . . 67. . cells.
Glasshouses 68 – 70 Give three ways in which you could increase the yield of crops in glasshouses. 71 Give a definition of biological control (of pests)
Fish 72 – 74 Describe three things that are done to farmed fish to increase their numbers.
Genetic engineering 75 – What do we call enzymes that cut DNA at specific sites? 76 – What do we call enzymes that are used to join pieces of DNA together? 77 – What is a plasmid? 78 – What is a vector? 79 – How do you grow large numbers of GM bacteria?














