Transport in cells:
• Suggest how the human respiratory system
is adapted to increase the rate of oxygen
transport.
• An amoeba is a single celled organism.
Explain why it is easier for an amoeba to
gain its oxygen and glucose for respiration,
than it is for the cells of a human.
• When a patient is dehydrated they are put
on a saline drip containing ions and water.
Suggest why they aren’t given water.
• Compare alveoli to fish gills.
Response to exercise:
• What differences might we see in heart
rate, breath volume, lactic acid production
and breathing rate between an athlete
and an unfit person before, during and
after vigorous exercise?
• A scientist claimed that they could identify
cell type by counting the number of
mitochondria present. Why might
mitochondria number in cells vary?
• Decide if you think ‘aerobics’ is a good or
bad name for a popular type of exercise .
Blood vessels and blood:
• Describe the route through the body of an
oxygen molecule in the air to a muscle cell
in the hand
• First aid books note that a cut to an artery
is more severe than a cut to a vein.
Suggest why and describe what difference
you may see
• Anaemia is a decrease in the total amount
of red blood cells in the blood. Describe
and explain the symptoms of anaemia
The heart:
• Explain why the left ventricle has a more
muscular wall than any of the other
chambers.
• Cardiac muscle contains up to 35%
mitochondria whereas other muscles
contain around 2%. Suggest why this is
needed for normal heart functioning.
• Explain the effects on the heart of
regular exercise.
• Where in the heart is the pace maker?
Explain its function.
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Aerobic respiration:
• Experiments which involve the oxidation
of glucose are often explosive. Explain
how aerobic respiration is controlled
inside a cell to prevent an explosion.
• Suggest why aerobic respiration occurs in
the mitochondria yet anaerobic respiration
occurs in the cytoplasm of a cell.
Coronary heart disease:
• Compare and contrast the use of stents
and statins to treat coronary heart
disease.
• Evaluate the use of mechanical and
biological heart valves as a way of
treating heart disease.
• For severe heart failure, a heart
transplant or artificial heart are two
options available. Suggest the
advantages and disadvantages of both.
Respiration:
• Discuss this statement – ‘All living things
respire’.
• Can respiration be artificial?
• Tissues and organs which bring about
breathing are part of the ‘respiratory
system’. Why is this confusing?
• How can mammals respire underwater? Can
a root hair cell respire underground?
Explain.
• Compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration
in a Venn diagram.
Anaerobic respiration:
• Explain why a plant may die if it is
overwatered.
• What would life be like if yeast had never
existed?
• Explain why anaerobic respiration is less
efficient than aerobic respiration.
• When a loaf of bread is cut there is
evidence that bubbles were once
present. What caused these bubbles?