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23 Cards in this Set
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Aerobic respiration |
Process that releases energy from digested food. Needs oxygen from the air. Carbon Dioxide is produced as a waste gas. |
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Glucose |
A type of sugar |
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Product |
New chemical formed in a chemical reaction |
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Reactant |
Chemical that is used up in a chemical reaction |
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Respiration |
Process that uses up oxygen to release energy from food. Carbon dioxide is produced as a waste gas. |
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Word equation |
A way of writing out what happens in a chemical reaction. |
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Absorb |
To take in e.g; When soluble substances pass through the wall of the small intestine and into the blood. |
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Artery |
Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
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Capillaries |
The smallest blood vessels. Substances enter and leave the blood through the thin walls of the capillaries. |
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Chamber |
The heart contains four compartments called chambers. |
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Circulatory system |
System containing the heart and blood vessels. |
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Heart |
Organ that pumps blood around the body. |
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Plasma |
Part of the blood. A liquid that surrounds the blood cells. |
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Pulse |
The feel of your blood being pumped |
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Pulse rate |
The number of times you can feel your blood being pumped in one minute. |
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Red blood cells |
Cells in the blood that carry oxygen. |
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Tissue fluid |
The liquid formed when plasma leaks out of capillaries, carrying oxygen and food to the cells |
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Vein |
Blood vessel that carries blood to the heart. |
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Exhaled air |
Air that is breathed out. |
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Gill |
A series of flaps of tissue with a good blood supply just behind the head of an organism which is used to take oxygen out of the water. Fish have gills.
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Hydrogen Carbonate |
An indicator that can be used to show how much carbon dioxide there is in something. |
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Indicator |
Something |
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Inhaled Air |
Air that is breathed in |
