BSL Glossary - Biology curriculum terms

adaptation adapted ancestral wild varieties camouflage environmental factor evolution extinct factor fertile offspring generation genetic mutation prey sex determination species survival

animal plankton aphid beetle cygnet earthworm flatworm fox frog invertebrate krill larva mammal mouse sand eel sea lion seal shrimp snail sperm whale spider stoat vertebrate wolf woodlouse

apparatus finger and stopwatch flask heart rate monitor microscope peak flow petri dish pulsometer

abundance atmosphere biodiversity breeds ecosystem food chain food web habitat key living organism native nocturnal population predator seasonal woodland

aerobic respiration bacteria bacterium carbohydrate cell cell - Interactive Diagram cell membrane cell structure cell wall cells Cellulose chlorophyll chloroplast component cytoplasm DNA fungal cell inflammation living cell Mitochondrion (mitochondria) Multicellular nucleus Organelle photosynthesis plant cell plant cell - diagram Plasmid protein Ribosome structure Ultrastructure Unicellular vacuole

Animal cell blood cell bone bone strength liver lung lymphocyte microorganism muscle organ pancreas stomach tissue

electrical impulse insulin menstrual cycle motor neurone/neuron period sensory neurone urine

Active site amino acid amylase antibody biological washing powder catalase chromosome clone degradation Denaturation desired product enzyme gene hormone hybrid identical genetic material macrophage non-biological washing powder Optimum pepsin peptide Receptor protein rennet saliva stain removal untreated blood

body fat exercise fitness hardening of arteries heart attack high blood pressure lung volume obese underweight

herbivore nutrient organic waste roots

bar graph conclusion control decrease diagram hypothesis increase material offset optimum pie chart pulse rate relationship reliable result resting pulse substance trend valid comparison

evaporated milk meat milk - evaporated mustard oatmeal pasteurised wheatmeal

fungus lichen

antibiotic carrier diabetes disease genetic engineering inflammation mutation selective breeding virus

energy for growth exhalation germination inhalation seed mass tidal volume (lung)

capillary in skin hypothermic sweat

eardrum middle ear oval window

atmospheric pollution cereal products commercial and industrial users conservation endangered environmental impact fertiliser fungicide genetic modification inflammation insecticide kill peat pesticide poisoning pollution (atmosphere) sewage transmission of disease

ADP anaerobic bacteria anaerobic respiration ATP brewing beer carpel cellular process destarch dough fermentation fermentation vessel fermenter gasohol germinating pea heat production lactic acid lactose leaf limiting factor malted barley microbe muscle contraction muscle fatigue oxygen pigment rate of production respiration starch ungerminated yeast

air (Chemistry) air sac artery blood cell blood plasma bloodstream blood supply blood vessel bronchi / bronchus bronchiole capillary capillary in skin capillary network carbon dioxide (Chemistry) circulatory system constriction deoxygenated blood diaphragm diffusion (gas) diffusion (liquid) dilation exhalation gas exchange hardening of arteries heart attack heart chamber heart rate monitor heart valve high blood pressure inhalation lung lung volume oxygen oxygenated blood peak flow physiology pulse rate pulsometer red blood cell respiration resting pulse tidal volume (lung) trachea / windpipe transport of oxygen vein

buttercup daisy dandelion lettuce pea plant plant plankton plantain

Aseptic techniques meiosis sterilise

artificial propagation bud bulb cabbage cultivation greenhouse pelleted seed plant propagation plantlet rooting rooting compound runner

amniotic sac anther dispersal external fertilisation fertilisation flower parts - Interactive diagram foetus / fetus gamete internal fertilisation nectar ovary / ovaries ovules (plant) ovum pea pod penis placenta pollen pollination puberty reproduction seed coat sex sperm sperm cell sperm production stamen stigma testes / testicles umbilical cord uterus vagina zygote

light intensity pitfall quadrat sampling technique

finger joint jawbone tendon

bone marrow embryo leukaemia organism skin cell stem cell

Adult/Tissue stem cells Allogenic cell therapy Animal-human hybrid Asymmetric division autologous cell therapy Blastocyst Cell culture Cell division/Cleavage Cell line Cell replacement therapy Differentiation Ectoderm Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) Endoderm Endogenous Exogenous Gastrulation Germ cells Haematopoietic stem cells (HS cells) Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells Inner cell mass Mesoderm Model Multipotent cells Organogenesis Pluripotent cells Receptor protein Regenerative Reprogramming Self-renewal Somatic cell Specialised cell Stem cell Stem cell line Stem cell therapy Tissue-specific cells Totipotent cells Zygote

diffusion (gas) diffusion (liquid) flaccid hypertonic hypotonic isotonic osmosis plasmolysed cell

artery blood plasma blood supply blood vessel bloodstream capillary capillary network circulatory system constriction deoxygenated blood dilation heart chamber heart valve nephron oxygenated blood red blood cell skin capillary valve vein

absorption air sac alimentary canal bronchi / bronchus bronchiole diaphragm digestion digestive enzyme digestive system fat fat molecule fibre food breakdown gas exchange gullet intestine - large intestine - small invertase kidney nephron rate of absorption trachea / windpipe transport of oxygen windpipe

loam phloem root cell division transport system (plants) xylem

allele broad bean co-dominant continuous variation crossed discontinuous variation dominant genotype heterozygous homozygous inherited phenotype polydactyl Punnett square recessive variation

absorption abundance Active site adaptation adapted ADP Adult/Tissue stem cells aerobic respiration air sac alimentary canal allele Allogenic cell therapy amino acid amniotic sac amylase anaerobic bacteria anaerobic respiration ancestral wild varieties Animal cell Animal-human hybrid animal plankton anther antibiotic antibody aphid apparatus artery artificial propagation Aseptic techniques Asymmetric division atmosphere atmospheric pollution ATP autologous cell therapy

bacteria bacterium bar graph beetle biodiversity biological washing powder Blastocyst blood cell blood plasma bloodstream blood supply blood vessel body fat bone bone marrow bone strength breeds brewing beer broad bean bronchi / bronchus bronchiole bud bulb buttercup

cabbage camouflage capillary capillary in skin capillary network carbohydrate carpel carrier catalase cell cell - Interactive Diagram cells Cell culture Cell division/Cleavage Cell line cell membrane Cell replacement therapy cell structure cellular process Cellulose cell wall cereal products chlorophyll chloroplast chromosome circulatory system clone co-dominant commercial and industrial users component conclusion conservation constriction continuous variation control crossed cultivation cygnet cytoplasm

daisy dandelion decrease degradation Denaturation deoxygenated blood desired product destarch diabetes diagram diaphragm Differentiation diffusion (gas) diffusion (liquid) digestion digestive enzyme digestive system dilation discontinuous variation disease dispersal DNA dominant dough

eardrum earthworm ecosystem Ectoderm electrical impulse embryo Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) endangered Endoderm Endogenous energy for growth environmental factor environmental impact enzyme evaporated milk evolution exercise exhalation Exogenous external fertilisation extinct

factor fat fat molecule fermentation fermentation vessel fermenter fertile offspring fertilisation fertiliser fibre finger joint finger and stopwatch fitness flaccid flask flatworm foetus / fetus food breakdown food chain food web fox frog fungal cell fungicide fungus

gamete gas exchange Gastrulation gasohol gene generation genetic engineering genetic modification genetic mutation genotype Germ cells germinating pea germination greenhouse gullet

habitat Haematopoietic stem cells (HS cells) hardening of arteries heart attack heart chamber heart rate monitor heart valve heat production herbivore heterozygous high blood pressure homozygous hormone hybrid hypertonic hypothermic hypothesis hypotonic

identical genetic material increase Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells inflammation inhalation inherited Inner cell mass insecticide insulin internal fertilisation intestine - large intestine - small invertase invertebrate isotonic

J jawbone

key kidney nephron kill krill

lactic acid lactose larva leaf lettuce leukaemia level of atmospheric pollution lichen light intensity limiting factor liver living cell living organism loam lung lung volume lymphocyte

macrophage malted barley mammal material meat meiosis menstrual cycle Mesoderm microorganism microscope middle ear milk - evaporated Mitochondrion (mitochondria) Model motor neurone/neuron mouse Multicellular Multipotent cells muscle muscle contraction muscle fatigue mustard mutation

native nectar nephron nocturnal non-biological washing powder nucleus nutrient

oatmeal obese offset optimum organ Organelle organic waste organism Organogenesis osmosis oval window ovary / ovaries ovules (plant) ovum oxygen oxygenated blood

pancreas pasteurised pea plant pea pod peak flow peat pelleted seed penis pepsin peptide period pesticide petri dish phenotype phloem photosynthesis physiology pie chart pigment pitfall placenta plant cell plant cell - diagram plant plankton plant propagation plantain plantlet Plasmid plasmolysed cell Pluripotent cells poisoning pollen pollination pollution (atmosphere) polydactyl population predator prey protein puberty pulse rate pulsometer Punnett square

quadrat

rate of absorption rate of production recessive Receptor protein red blood cell Regenerative relationship reliable result rennet reproduction Reprogramming respiration resting pulse Ribosome roots root cell division rooting rooting compound runner

saliva sampling technique sand eel sea lion seal seasonal seed coat seed mass selective breeding Self-renewal sensory neurone sewage sex sex determination shrimp skin capillary skin cell snail Somatic cell Specialised cell species sperm sperm cell sperm production sperm whale spider stain removal stamen starch Stem cell Stem cell line sterilise stigma stoat stomach structure substance survival sweat

tendon testes / testicles tidal volume (lung) tissue Tissue-specific cells Totipotent cells trachea / windpipe transmission of disease transport of oxygen transport system (plants) trend

Ultrastructure umbilical cord underweight ungerminated Unicellular untreated blood urine uterus

vacuole vagina valid comparison valve variation vein vertebrate virus

wheatmeal windpipe wolf woodland woodlouse

xylem

yeast

zygote