BTEC PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED
SCIENCE - BIOLOGY - LEARNING AIMS
A+B
Sensory neurone - ANSWER what type of neuron always connects to a receptor?
To carry oxygen around the body to your cells - ANSWER what is the function of a red
blood cell?
Attaches to a muscle and causes a response - ANSWER What does a motor neurone
do?
At fertilisation each donates half to make a body cell with the full information - ANSWER
Why does a sperm and egg cell only have half the genetic information of a person?
To collect water from the ground for a plant - ANSWER What is the function of a root
hair cell?
Transports sugar (glucose) around a plant - ANSWER what does a phloem cell do?
Water & mineral salts - ANSWER What do xylem vessels transport up a plant?
A cell around the stoma of a leave that can open or close to let gases in or out -
ANSWER What is a guard cell?
Contains genetic information and controls the cell - ANSWER What is the job of a
nucleus?
Chemical reactions take place - ANSWER What happens in the cytoplasm?
Controls the entry and exit of substances in and out of cells - ANSWER what does a cell
membrane do?
Absorb sunlight for photosynthesis - ANSWER What do chloroplasts do?
Provide support - ANSWER Cells walls are only found in plants,what do they do?
Cell sap - ANSWER what does a vacuole contain?
It is the site of respiration and provides energy for the cell - ANSWER What is the
function of a mitochondria?
A collection of similar cells working together - ANSWER What is a tissue?
SCIENCE - BIOLOGY - LEARNING AIMS
A+B
Sensory neurone - ANSWER what type of neuron always connects to a receptor?
To carry oxygen around the body to your cells - ANSWER what is the function of a red
blood cell?
Attaches to a muscle and causes a response - ANSWER What does a motor neurone
do?
At fertilisation each donates half to make a body cell with the full information - ANSWER
Why does a sperm and egg cell only have half the genetic information of a person?
To collect water from the ground for a plant - ANSWER What is the function of a root
hair cell?
Transports sugar (glucose) around a plant - ANSWER what does a phloem cell do?
Water & mineral salts - ANSWER What do xylem vessels transport up a plant?
A cell around the stoma of a leave that can open or close to let gases in or out -
ANSWER What is a guard cell?
Contains genetic information and controls the cell - ANSWER What is the job of a
nucleus?
Chemical reactions take place - ANSWER What happens in the cytoplasm?
Controls the entry and exit of substances in and out of cells - ANSWER what does a cell
membrane do?
Absorb sunlight for photosynthesis - ANSWER What do chloroplasts do?
Provide support - ANSWER Cells walls are only found in plants,what do they do?
Cell sap - ANSWER what does a vacuole contain?
It is the site of respiration and provides energy for the cell - ANSWER What is the
function of a mitochondria?
A collection of similar cells working together - ANSWER What is a tissue?
