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9.2.1.1 Identify the role of enzymes in metabolism, describe their chemical composition and use a simple model to describe their specificity on substrates.
Properties of Enzymes
Chemical composition of enzymes
Enzymes in a metabolic pathway
Enzyme specificity
1. Most organisms are active in a limited temperature range
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Lock and Key Model, vs Induced Fit
Writing an enzyme equation
Co-enzymes/factors
9.2.1.2 Identify the pH as a way of describing the acidity of a substance.
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9.2.1.3 Explain why the maintenance of a constant internal environment is important for optimal metabolic efficiency.
Effect of temperature (or pH) Effect of increasing on enzyme activity enzyme concentration
Effect of increasing substrate concentration (yellow = enzyme, orange = substrate)
Effect of pH change on catalase
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Denaturing of enzymes
9.2.1.4 Describe homeostasis as the process by which organisms maintain a
relatively stable internal environment.
Maintaining a relatively stable internal environment
9.2.1.5 Explain that homeostasis consists of two stages:
detecting changes from the stable state counteracting changes from the stable state
Negative feedback
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9.2.1.6 Outline the role of the nervous system in detecting and responding to environmental changes.
Central Nervous System Brain, showing position of the hypothalamus
Stimulus response pathway
Types of receptors
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Body heat distribution in cold and hot conditions
Methods of heat gain and loss
Mechanisms of heat conservation and loss
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Feedback mechanism for temperature control
9.2.1.7 Identify the broad range of temperatures over which life is found compared with the narrow limits for individual species.
Temperature Ranges for Life
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9.2.1.8 Compare responses of named Australian ectothermic and endothermic organisms to changes in the ambient temperature and explain how these responses assist temperature regulation.
How an Endotherm (Kangaroo) controls its temperature
How an Ectotherm (Blue Tongue Lizard) controls its temperature
9.2.1.9 Identify some responses of plants to temperature change.
Reducing Energy Requirements: Dropping Leaves in Winter Beech
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Avoiding Temperature Extremes: Daffodil
Leaf orientation: Vertically Reflecting suns rays: Shiny hanging leaves Eucalyptus waxy leaves Banksia
9.2.1.10 Identify data sources, plan, choose equipment or resources and perform a firsthand investigation to test the effect of: increased temperature, change in pH, change in substrate concentrations on the activity of named enzyme(s).
9.2.1.11 Gather, process and analyse information from secondary sources and
use available evidence to develop a model of a feedback mechanism. 9.2.1.12 Analyse information from 2o sources to describe adaptations and
responses that have occurred in Aust. organisms to assist temp. reg.
Leaf rolling to prevent water loss Spinifex
Vernalisation All parts of the plant above ground die off
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9.2.2.1 Identify the form(s) in which each of the following is carried in
mammalian blood: carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, salts, lipids, nitrogenous waste other products of digestion
Components of Blood
Carbon dioxide transportation Oxygen transportation
2. Plants and animals transport dissolved nutrients and gases in a fluid medium.
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Lipid transportation
9.2.2.2 Explain the adaptive advantage of haemoglobin.
Haemoglobin Binding Red Blood Cells
9.2.2.3 Compare structure of arteries, capillaries & veins in relation to their
function.
Structure of Arteries, Veins and Capillaries
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9.2.2.4 Describe the main changes in the chemical composition of the blood as it moves around the body and identify tissues in which these changes occur.
Absorption in the small intestine Oxygen exchange in the lungs
Changes in nutrients, water and wastes as the blood circulates
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9.2.2.5 Outline the need for oxygen in living cells and explain why removal of carbon dioxide from cells is essential.
9.2.2.6 Describe current theories about processes responsible for the
movement of materials through plants in xylem and phloem tissue. Xylem (with lignin rings) Cross section of xylem and phloem
Transpirational Pull Cohesion and Adhesion in Xylem
Translocation of nutrients Translocation mechanism in the phloem
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9.2.2.7 Perform a first-hand investigation to demonstrate the effect of dissolved carbon dioxide on the pH of water.
9.2.2.8 Perform a first-hand investigation using the light microscope and
prepared slides to gather information to estimate the size of red and white blood cells and draw scaled diagrams of each.
9.2.2.9 Analyse information from secondary sources to identify current
technologies that allow measurement of oxygen saturation and carbon dioxide concentrations in blood and describe and explain the conditions under which these technologies are used.
Pulse Oximetry
Blood Gas Analysis
9.2.2.10 Analyse information from secondary sources to identify the products
extracted from donated blood and discuss the uses of these products.
Blood products
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Use of different blood products
9.2.2.11 Analyse and present information from secondary sources to report on progress in the production of artificial blood and use available evidence to propose reasons why such research is needed.
Donated Blood vs Artificial Blood
Supply exceeds demand Can be mass produced cheaply
Needs to be typed Universal
Needs to be refrigerated Ease of storage
Limited shelf life Long shelf life
Risk of disease Sterile
Supply Typing Storage Risk of Infection
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Comparison of RBCs, HBOCs and PFCs
HBOCs (Haemoglobin based oxygen carriers
PFCs (Perfluorocarbons)
Oxygen carrier only Oxygen carrier only increases O2 carrying ability of plasma
Normally in red blood cells Man-made - can carry 5 x more O2 than haemoglobin
Human and cow Hb modified to prevent toxicity
Abt 70 x smaller than RBCs can carry O2 to areas where normal blood flow blocked
Closest method to approval, eg: Polyheme, Hemospan
Insoluble in blood combined with lipids to form an emulsion
Limited manufacturing ability Mass producible, long shelf life (approx. 12 months), universal, sterile Oxygent, Oxycyte
Still requires refrigeration Only works for 48 hours in body before removed (not suitable for large blood loss)
9.2.2.12 Choose equipment or resources to perform a firsthand investigation to
gather first-hand data to draw transverse and longitudinal sections of phloem and xylem tissue.
9.2.3.1 Explain why the concentration of water in cells should be maintained
within a narrow range for optimal function.
Water balance in cells
9.2.3.2 Explain why the removal of wastes is essential for continued metabolic
activity.
3. Plants and animals regulate the concentration of gases, water and
waste products of metabolism in cells and interstitial fluid.
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9.2.3.3 Identify the role of the kidney in the excretory system of fish and mammals.
Comparison of mammal, marine and freshwater fish glomeruli
9.2.3.4 Explain why the processes of diffusion and osmosis are inadequate in removing dissolved nitrogenous wastes in some organisms.
9.2.3.5 Distinguish between active and passive transport and relate these to
processes occurring in the mammalian kidney.
Structure of the nephron Structure of the kidney
Filtration and Reabsorption in the Nephron
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9.2.3.6 Explain how the processes of filtration and reabsorption in the mammalian nephron regulate body fluid composition.
9.2.3.7 Outline the role of the hormones, aldosterone and ADH (anti-diuretic
hormone) in the regulation of water and salt levels in blood.
Role of ADH
Role of Aldosterone
9.2.3.8 Define enantiostasis as the maintenance of metabolic and physiological functions in response to variations in the environment and discuss its importance to estuarine organisms in maintaining appropriate salt concentrations.
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9.2.3.9 Describe adaptations of a range of terrestrial Australian plants that assist in minimising water loss.
Hairy Leaves/Flowers Narrow Leaves Waxy Leaves
9.2.3.10 Identify the regions involved in the excretion of waste products of a
mammalian kidney. 9.2.3.11 Gather, process and analyse information from secondary sources to
compare the process of renal dialysis with the function of the kidney.
9.2.3.12 Present information to outline the general use of hormone replacement therapy in people who cannot secrete aldosterone.
9.2.3.13 Analyse information from secondary sources to compare and explain
the differences in urine concentration of terrestrial mammals, marine fish and freshwater fish.
Nitrogenous waste excretion in salt and freshwater fish
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Comparison of freshwater, marine and human nephrons
9.2.3.14 Use available evidence to explain the relationship between the
conservation of water and the production and excretion of concentrated nitrogenous wastes in a range of Australian insects and terrestrial mammals.
Comparison of the nephron of a non-desert and a desert mammal
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How grasshoppers conserve water
9.2.3.15 Process and analyse information from secondary sources and use
available evidence to discuss processes used by different plants for salt regulation in saline environments.
Exclusion of Salt (Grey Mangrove) Secretion of Salt (Grey Mangrove)
Accumulation of Salt (Milky Mangrove)
9.2.3.16 Perform a first-hand investigation to gather information about structures
in plants that assist in the conservation of water.