Not exact matches
While it may not quite make it into the Gremlins strata
of holiday horror classics, its liberal use
of real performers in special make - up and costumes, as well as
practical effects did
warm my cold heart and gave me a bit
of a nostalgic glow for those films with which I grew up.
Specification points covered are: Paper 2 Topic 1 (4.5 - homeostasis and response) 4.5.1 - Homeostasis (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.3.2 - Control
of blood glucose concentration (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.2.1 - Structure and function (B5.2 lesson) Required
practical 7 - plan and carry out an investigation into the
effect of a factor on human reaction time (B5.2 lesson) 4.5.3.1 - Human endocrine system (B5.6 lesson) 4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The use
of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 lesson) Paper 2 topic 2 (4.6 - Inheritance, variation and evolution) 4.6.1.1 - sexual and asexual reproduction (B6.1 lesson) 4.6.1.2 - Meiosis (B6.1 lesson) 4.6.1.4 - DNA and the genome (B6.3 lesson) 4.6.1.6 - Genetic inheritance (B6.5 lesson) 4.6.1.7 - Inherited disorders (B6.6 lesson) 4.6.1.8 - Sex determination (B6.5 lesson) 4.6.2.1 - Variation (B6.9 lesson) 4.6.2.2 - Evolution (B6.10 lesson) 4.6.2.3 - Selective breeding (B6.11 lesson) 4.6.2.4 - Genetic engineering (B6.11 lesson) 4.6.3.4 - Evidence for evolution (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.5 - Fossils (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.6 - Extinction (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.7 - Resistant bacteria (B6.17 lesson) 4.6.4.1 - classification
of living organisms (B6.18 lesson) Paper 2 topic 3 (4.7 - Ecology 4.7.1.1 - Communities (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.2 - Abiotic factors (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.3 - Biotic factors (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.4 — Adaptations (B7.2 lesson) 4.7.2.1 - Levels
of organisation (feeding relationships + predator - prey cycles)(B7.3 lesson) 4.7.2.1 - Levels
of organisation (required
practical 9 - population sizes)(B7.4 lesson) 4.7.2.2 - How materials are cycled (B7.5 lesson) 4.7.3.1 - Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson) 4.7.3.6 - Maintaining Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson) 4.7.3.2 - Waste management (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.3 - Land use (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.4 - Deforestation (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.5 - Global
warming (B7.9 lesson)
It slows down the rate
of cooling
of the water beneath it but the
practical effect is that the air is
warmer than it would have been otherwise so it's kind
of splitting hairs to say it doesn't directly
warm the air.
For hurricanes, for example, it's useful to know that for the foreseeable future the incremental change in damages caused by global
warming is relatively small compared to the impact
of hurricanes in the first place, so that for most
practical purposes it's better to be afraid
of hurricanes than to be afraid
of global
warming's
effect on hurricanes.