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Name 3 ways that the body gains water? |
Food Drinking Chemical reaction |
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Name 4 ways that the body’s loses water |
Passing urine In faeces Breathing out Sweating |
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What are the kidneys 2 main functions ? |
Maintaining water balance and cleaning blood by filtration Getting rid of poisonous waste suck as urea. Also reabsorb substances which as glucose and stats |
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Which substance is urea made from in the body? |
Protein |
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Where is anti diuretic hormone made? |
Pituitary gland |
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What does ADH cause the kidney to reabsorb? |
Water |
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What happens when you drink a lot of water ? |
Water concentration of the blood increases |
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What happens when not a lot of water has been drunk ? |
Water concentration of the blood decreases and level of ADH released to the brain is decreased |
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What does the bladder do ? |
Stores urine |
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Which poisonous substance is removed from the blood in the kidney ? |
Urea |
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Which too substances does urine contain ? |
Water Urea |
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When water concentration rises in the blood, state 3 things that happen. |
Pituitary gland releases lees ADH, less water absorption from the kidney tubes and blood concentration falls |
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When water concentration falls in the blood, state 3 things that happen. |
Pituitary gland releases more ADH More water reabsorbed Small volume of concentrated urine |
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Which organ monitors glucose levels in the body? |
Pancreas |
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What does insulin do when glucose levels become too high ? |
It changes glucose into glycogen |
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What does glucagon do when glucose levels become too low? |
Insulin turns back into glucose |
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Where are insulin and glucagon made in the body ? |
Pancreas |
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Where do insulin and glucagon have their effect in the body? |
Liver |
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What name is given to the disease where sugar levels in the body can not be controlled? |
Diabetes |
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How is type 1 diabetes controlled? |
Insulin injections |
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How is type 2 diabetes controlled? |
Tablets Diet |
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Name 3 responses to an increase in body temp |
Sweat Metabolism slows Hair flattens |
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Name 3 responses to a decrease in body temp |
Shivering Hair raises Metabolism slows |
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Name two stimuli to which woodlice respond |
Dry Light |
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Explain why woodlice behave this way |
The woodlice prefer the damp dark side |
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2 reasons why birds migrate |
Decrease in daylight hours More food |
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What is the trigger stimulus for this migration to begin ? |
Less daylight hours |