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unit 1, Food Tests
Steps for benedicts test,
What test is used for starch,
What test is used for lipids
11
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unit 1,monomers and polymers
What are the 4 main groups of car...,
Elements commen to all life,
What is a polymor
19
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unit 1, carbohydrates
What is on top h or oh for alpha ...,
What is a disaccharide,
What is an isomer
24
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unit 1, lipids
What makes up glycerol,
What s the difference between hyd...,
What makes up triglycerides
17
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unit 1, proteins
What are the monomers that make u...,
What makes up an amino acid,
What is the bond in proteins
10
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unit 1,enzymes
What are enzymes,
What are enzymes made of,
What does an enzyme have a specif...
16
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unit 1, water and it's functions
Why is water described as an dipo...,
How does the hydrogen bond form,
What is specific heat capacity
14
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Unit 1, DNA
What are nucleotides made up of,
What is the bond between sugar an...,
What is the bond between sugar an...
18
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unit 1, RNA
What bases form rna,
What is the differences between r...,
What are the two kinds of rna
4
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unit 1, ATP
What is the structure of atp,
Where is energy stored,
3
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unit 2, microscopes
Process of scanning electron micr...,
Process of transmission electron ...,
Why are electron microscopes insi...
9
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unit 2, cell
What endoplasmic rectilium has ri...,
What is the internal structure of,
Why is there a double membrane in...
11
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unit 2,organelles
Smooth er,
Ribsomes,
Golgi apparatus
22
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organelles jack
Nucleus main functions,
Nuclear envolope,
Nucleolus
11
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unit 2, prokaryotic
Characteristics of prokaryotic ce...,
Capsule characteristics,
Cell surface membrane characteris...
12
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unit 2, mitosis
Interphase,
Prophase,
Metaphase
9
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unit 2,preparing root tip squash
Why should you use toluidine blue,
Why are the root tips suspended i...,
Why should you use acid
6
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unit 2,ultracentrifugation
What is cell fractionation,
What is the three stage process c...,
Why is the tissue placed in cold ...
13
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unit 2, Tissues
What is a group of cells working ...,
What is a group of tissue for fun...,
Group of organs
9
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Structure of cell membrane jack
Phospholipuds,
Proteins,
Cholesterol
6
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unit 2, membranes
What are cell surface membranes m...,
What does amphipathic mean,
How does the micelle form
20
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unit 2, viruses
What s common with all viruses,
How do viruses replicate,
How do viruses invade specific cells
6
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unit 2, osmosis
What is osmosis,
When the solution is darker what ...,
What has a higher water potential...
4
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unit 2, diffusion
What is diffusion,
What is simple diffusion,
What is facilitated diffusion
13
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unit 2,Active Transport
What is active transport,
What s an example of a cell that ...,
What adaptations do root hair cel...
7
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unit 2, antigens and lymphocytes
What are antigens,
What is antigen variability,
What do antigens enable the immun...
11
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unit2, phagocytosis
What is a phagocyte,
Where is a phagocyte found,
What is the phagocytosis process
3
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unit 2, cell mediated immune response
Is phagocytosis specific or non s...,
Where are t cells made,
What do t cells respond to
9
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unit 2, humoral response and antibodies
Where are b lymphosytes found,
Why can b lymphocytes attack only...,
Can b lymphocytes attack more tha...
17
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unit 2, antibodies and monoclonal anitbodies
What are antibodies made up of,
What are the chains connected by,
What is the constant region
24
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unit 3, surface area to volume ratio
How do single cells have quicker ...,
What is diffusion like in large o...,
Specialised cells for diffusion
3
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unit 3, gas exchange in insects
What do insects have instead of l...,
Why can insects not be big,
What happens in ventilation
14
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Unit 3, gas exchange in fish
How do fish have a large surface ...,
How do fish have a short diffusio...,
How do fish maintain concentratio...
9
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Unit 3, gas exchange in plants
What does the stomata do and what...,
What does the spongy mesophyll do...,
What does the palisade mesophyll ...
13
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unit 3, Human Gas Exchange
What is the definition of gas exc...,
What is the trachea and what stru...,
What does the antagonistic intera...
10
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unit 3, analysing data and lung disease
What does a spirometer do,
What is tidal volume,
What is vital capacity
17
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unit 3, the digestive system and absorbtion
What is digestion,
What enzymes hydrolyse carbohydrates,
Where does the process start and ...
30
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Unit 3, blood vessels
What is the order that the blood ...,
In arteries what is the propertie...,
In the arteries what is the prope...
19
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unit 3, haemoglobin and dissociation curve
What is the structure of haemoglobin,
What is the function of haemoglob...,
What is affintiy of haemoglobin w...
22
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Unit 3, structure of the heart,circulatory system and cardiac cycle
What does myogenic mean,
What are the properties of the ca...,
What are the properties of the co...
60
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unit 3, heart disease
What is cardiovascular disease,
What is antheroma formation,
What is an aneurysm and what does...
6
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Unit 3, tissue fluid formation and absorbtion
How is tissue fluid formed,
What is tissue fluid,
What is ultrafiltration
11
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unit 3, transpiration, cohesion and tension
What is transpiration and where d...,
What are the 4 conditions that ef...,
How does light intenstiy effect t...
22
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Unit 3, phloem and translocation
What is translocation,
What is the function of the leaves,
What does the phloem tissue include
15
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unit 3, potometer practical
What is a potometer used for and ...,
Why should the plant be cut under...,
Why is protroleum jelly and rubbe...
6
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unit 4, DNA in euk/pro/mitochondria/chloroplast
What are the similarities of dna ...,
What are the differences of dna i...,
What do mitcohondria and chloropl...
4
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unit 4, genetic code
What is a gene,
What does locus mean,
What is a triplet code
12
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Unit 4,protein synthesis
Characteristics of mrna,
Characteristics of trna,
What is the 1st stage of the tran...
21
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unit 4, gene/chromosome mutation
What is a gene mutation when does...,
How does gene mutation occur,
What is the result of gene mutation
8
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Unit 4, Meiosis
How many nuclear divisions are in...,
What is independent segregation,
What is the formula for calculati...
6
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unit 4, genetic diversity and natural selection
What is genetic diversity,
What is natural selection,
What is evolution
18
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Unit 4, classification/binomial system
What is binomial system,
Why do different pieces look similar,
What is hierarchy in the classifi...
9
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unit 4, courtship
What is courtship,
What is an example of courtship,
Who is courship normally done by ...
5
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unit 4, biodiversity
What is species diversity,
What is genetic diversity,
What is ecosytsem diversity
8
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Unit 5, phosphorus cycle
How is phosphate found,
What is phosphorus used for,
What is mycorrhizae
5
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Unit 5, nitrogen cycle
What is the importance of the nit...,
Why is nitrogen essential
2
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Unit 5, fertilisers and eutrophication
What are fertilisers,
What is natural fertiliser made of,
What is artificial fertilisers ma...
7
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Unit 5, photosynthesis light dependent reaction
Where does ldr take place,
What are light energy and water u...,
What are the 4 key stages in ldr
11
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Unit 5, photosynthesis light independent (Calvin cycle)
Where does the lir reaction take ...,
What enzyme does the fluid in the...,
What are the key molecules in the...
11
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unit 5, Aerobic respiration and glycolysis
Where does glycolysis occur,
What are the stages of glycolysis,
Why is it a net gain of atp
16
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unit 7, populations
Populatoion,
Habitat,
Coomunity
14
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unit 7, succession
What is succession,
What is lichen and what does it do,
What are the stages of primary su...
8
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unit 7, inheritance
Phenotype,
Genotype,
Homozygous
12
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