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1.1 Amino acids and the peptide bond
What monomer makes up a protein 1,
How many naturally occurring amin...,
What determines a protein s shape...
13  cards
1.2 Carbohydrates
Uses of carbohydrates 1,
What are 2 examples of monosaccha...,
What does alpha glucose look like 3
30  cards
1.3 Lipids
Function of lipids 1,
Structure of lipids 2,
Do lipids form polymers 3
17  cards
1.3.3 Protein structure and Function
How many levels of structure are ...,
Features of the primary structure 2,
Features of the secondary structu...
11  cards
1.4. Enzymes
What is the structure of enzymes 1,
What is a catabolic reaction 2,
What is an anabolic reaction 3
12  cards
1.5.1 Dna + Rna
What is the structure of dna 1,
What is one nucleotide made up of 2,
What is the structure of strands 3
11  cards
1.5.2 Semi-conservative replication
What is the point of dna replicat...,
What joins 2 sister chromatids to...,
What is the s phase called 3
9  cards
1.6 ATP
What does atp stand for 1,
What is energy needed for 2,
What is atp made up of 3
14  cards
1.7 Water
How is water cohesive 1,
How is water adhesive 2,
Why are water used for metabolic ...
8  cards
1.8 Inorganic ions
Where is na sodium found 1,
Function of na 2,
Where is fe2 iron found 3
8  cards
2.1 Features of Eukaryotic Cells
Features of the nucleus 1,
Features of the ribosome 2,
Features of the mitochondria 3
14  cards
2.1.2 Prokaryotes and viruses
What are the key differences betw...,
What do all prokaryotic cells have 2,
What do some prokaryotic cells ha...
11  cards
2.1.3 Methods of Studying Cells*
What is the magnification triangle 1,
What are the units and prefixes 2,
Process of measuring a cell under...
15  cards
2.2 Mitosis (all cells arise from other cells)
What is the eukaryotic cell cycle 1,
What occurs in the g1 stage 2,
When occurs in the s phase 3
21  cards
2.3 Transport across cell membranes
What is the phospholipid bilayer ...,
What is the cell membrane structu...,
Why are heads on outside of phosp...
19  cards
2.3.1 Osmosis
What is the solvent 1,
What is a solute 2,
What is the solution 3
10  cards
2.4 Immunity
How are cells identifies 1,
What is an antigen 2,
Why must immune response and vacc...
51  cards
3.1 SA:V
What happens to the size of an or...,
Why do smaller organisms have a h...,
What increases more rapidly with ...
3  cards
3.2 Gas Exchange
What do efficient exchange surfac...,
Efficient exchange surfaces in si...,
Efficient exchange surfaces in ma...
25  cards
3.3 Digestion and absorption
What is digestion 1,
Enzymes of carbohydrates 2,
Function of amylase 3
20  cards
3.4.1 Circulation
What causes atrial systole 1,
What causes ventricular systole 2,
Characteristics of arteries 3
9  cards
3.4.1 Haemoglobin
What is haemoglobin 1,
Where is the haem group associated 2,
Why is haemoglobin required 3
12  cards
3.4.2 Mass Transport in plants
What is transpiration 1,
What increases the rate of transp...,
Why does transpiration occur 3
35  cards
4.2 Protein synthesis
Where does transcription occur 1,
What is the process of transcript...,
Where does the mrna leave the nuc...
30  cards
4.3 Meiosis & Mutations
What is a mutation that occurs in...,
Characteristics of meiosis 2,
Process of meiosis 3
17  cards
4.4 Genetic diversity and selection
What is genetic diversity 1,
What is natural selection and how...,
What are adaptations that can occ...
11  cards
4.5/7 Classification and variation
What is a species 1,
What are the roles of courtship b...,
What is phylogenetic classificati...
14  cards
4.6 Biodiversity
What is biodiversity 1,
What is genetic diversity 2,
What is species diversity 3
10  cards
5.1 Photosynthesis
What are the 2 stages of photosyn...,
Where does the dependent stage oc...,
What is the process of the light ...
22  cards
5.2 Respiration
What is the purpose of respiration 1,
What are the 4 stages of aerobic ...,
Where does glycolysis occur 3
29  cards
5.3 energy transfers in ecosystems
What is biomass 1,
What are producers 2,
What are consumers 3
14  cards
5.4 Mineral cycles
What do saprobionts do 1,
What is recycling of mineral ions...,
How to increase the absorption of...
24  cards
6.1.1 Survival and response
Why do organisms need to be able ...,
What are simple animal responses 2,
What is a taxes 3
12  cards
6.1.2 Receptors
What do receptors respond to 1,
What is the pacinian corpuscle 2,
How does the pacinian corpuscle r...
10  cards
6.1.3 Control of heart rate
How does the cardiac conduction s...,
What is involved in the ans 2,
What does the sympathetic nervous...
14  cards
6.2.1 Nerve impulses
What are the characteristics of a...,
What are nodes of ranvier 2,
What is myelination 3
13  cards
6.2.2 Synaptic transmission
What is present at a synapse 1,
What is at the presynaptic termin...,
What is at the post synaptic memb...
16  cards
6.3 Muscles
Characteristics of skeletal muscl...,
What to muscle cells have lots of 2,
Characteristics of slow muscle fi...
23  cards
6.4.1 Principles of homeostasis and negative feedback
What is homeostasis 1,
What are key internal environment...,
Why does core temperatures need t...
13  cards
6.4.2 Control of blood glucose
What is rise in blood glucose con...,
What is a rise in blood glucose d...,
How does insulin work 3
29  cards
6.4.3 Osmoregulation
What is osmoregulation 1,
What happens when there is a fall...,
What occurs when there is a rise ...
23  cards
7.1 Inheritance
What are 3 principles we can deri...,
What does a gene do 2,
How do you find out if an individ...
23  cards
7.2 Populations
How can species exist 1,
What is a gene pool 2,
What is allele frequency 3
8  cards
7.3 Evolution may lead to speciation
What are phenotypes 1,
What are causes of genetic variat...,
What is evolution 3
18  cards
7.4 Sampling and ecosystems
What is an ecosystem 1,
What is a population 2,
What is a community 3
26  cards
8.1 Mutations
What is a mutation 1,
What is rate of mutation increase...,
What is a substitution 3
9  cards
8.2.1 Most DNA is not translated
What are stem cells 1,
How do stem cells become speciali...,
What are the different types of s...
14  cards
8.2.2 Regulation of transcription and translation
What are 3 ways that translation ...,
How do transcription factors regu...,
Where is the promoter region 3
9  cards
8.2.3 Gene expression and cancer
What are the 2 types of tumour 1,
Characteristics of benign tumours 2,
Characteristics of malignant tumo...
11  cards
8.3 Using gnome projects
Why are prokaryotes genome sequen...,
What are the key principles of dn...,
What are dideoxynucleotides 3
3  cards
8.4.1 Recombinant DNA technology
How is it possible to transfer a ...,
What are methods of producing dna...,
How do restriction enzymes produc...
13  cards
8.4.2 Using DNA variation to diagnose heritable conditions
What is dna hybridisation 1,
What are dna probes 2,
How do you use dna probes 3
6  cards
8.4.3 Genetic fingerprinting
What does dna fingerprinting invo...,
What are fingerprints used for 2,
How does gel electrophoresis 3
5  cards
ESSAY PARAGRAPHS
Main points of dna paragraph 1,
Link to dna paragraph 2,
Main points of anaphase link 3
19  cards
REQUIRED PRACTICALS (just done for mocks)
What is the objective of rp1 1,
What is the method used in rp1 2,
What is the objective of rp2 3
9  cards

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