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GCSE Biology Paper 2
Negative Feedback H
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What are hormones described as?
Chemicals
released directly into the
bloodstream
by glands
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Where do hormones cause an effect?
Specific
target organs
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Where are the adrenal glands located?
Top of the
kidneys
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Where is adrenaline released?
Into the
blood
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During which times do the adrenal glands produce adrenaline?
Times of
fear
or
stress
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What is one of the main effects of adrenaline?
Increase the
heart rate
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When the heart beats faster, what is delivered more in the blood?
Oxygen and glucose
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What are oxygen and glucose needed for?
Aerobic respiration
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What does aerobic respiration prepare the body to do?
Either
fight
or run away
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What do scientists call the preparation of the body to either fight or run away?
Fight or flight
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Where is the thyroid gland found?
Base of the
neck
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How many main effects does thyroxine have?
Two
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What hormone does the thyroid gland release?
Thyroxine
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What does thyroxine stimulate in the body?
Body's
basal metabolic rate
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What is metabolism the sum of?
All the reactions in a
cell
or body
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What does thyroxine make chemical reactions do?
Take
place
at a
faster rate
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Besides metabolism, what other important role does thyroxine play?
Growth and development
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How is the level of thyroxine in the blood controlled?
By
negative feedback
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What is not required to be learned regarding the negative feedback system?
The specific negative feedback system for
thyroxine
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What is monitored by the brain regarding thyroxine?
Level of thyroxine in the
blood
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When the thyroxine level falls, what does the pituitary gland release?
The hormone
TSH
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Where is TSH released?
Into the
bloodstream
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What does TSH trigger the thyroid gland to do?
Release more
thyroxine
into the blood
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What detects the increased level of thyroxine?
The
brain
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What does the brain prevent the pituitary gland from doing?
Releasing
TSH
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As the TSH level falls, what happens to the thyroxine?
The
thyroid gland
releases less thyroxine
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What happens if the level of thyroxine falls?
Events are
triggered
to cause it to increase
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What happens if the level of thyroxine becomes too high?
Events are triggered to
bring it back down
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What do scientists call the events where if the level of something falls, events are triggered which cause the level to increase and if the level becomes too high events are triggered to bring it back down?
A
negative feedback
cycle
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Where can students find plenty of questions on the adrenal glands, the thyroid gland, and on negative feedback?
In
my
vision
workbook
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