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2.2 Carbohydrates
Why do we need carbohydrates,
What are carbohydrates made up of,
What type of compounds are carboh...
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2.2 Lipids
What are organic solvents,
What atoms are lipids made of,
What are lipids are they soluble ...
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2.2 Water
What to the hydrogen and oxygen s...,
Why does the oxygen pull the elec...,
What is the the charge of the oxygen
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2.1 Eukaryotic cells
Where are eukaryotic cells found,
Where are prokaryotic cells found,
What is the function of the nucleus
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2.2 Proteins
What are globular proteins,
Are globular proteins soluble or ...,
Give an example of a globular pro...
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2.2 Nucleic Acids
What are the two types of nucleic...,
What are nucleotides,
What are nucleic acids made up of
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2.3 DNA Replication
Why does cell division occur,
What is produced due to cell divi...,
What are epithelial tissues
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2.1 Microscopy
What is resolution,
What is the resolution of a micro...,
How does a light microscope work
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2.1 Prokaryotic Vs eukaryotic
Which cell has membrane bound org...,
Which is single called organisms,
Which is simpler
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2.1 Prokaryotic Cells
Do prokaryotic cells contain a nu...,
What other structures are found i...,
What is a plasmid
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2.1 Cytoskeleton
What are protein threads arranged as,
What are microfilments,
What are microtubules
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2.3 The Genetic Code
What is a gene,
What does each gene code for,
What do bases code for
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2.3 Transcription (PS)
What is transcription the process of,
What is transcription the first s...,
Why can t dna leave the nucleus
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2.3 Translation (PS)
What happens during translation,
Where does translation occur,
What happens to the amino acids i...
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2.1 Packaging Proteins
What to ribosomes in the cytoplas...,
What do ribosomes attached to the...,
What is the rough ers role in pro...
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2.2 Food Tests
What are the two types of sugar,
How do you test for reducing sugars,
What colour is benedicts reagent
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2.4 enzymes
What type of protein are enzymes,
Are enzymes soluble why,
What are enzymes necessary for
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2.6 Cell cycle (interphase)
What phase does a cell spend most...,
What are the long periods of grow...,
What happens to the dna during in...
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2.6. Mitotic phase
What 2 stages does the mitotic ph...,
What occurs in mitosis,
What happens in cytokinesis
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2.4 Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity
Name 4 factors affecting enzyme a...,
What happens to the rate of react...,
What does more heat provide the m...
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2.4 enzyme inhibition
How does a competitive inhibitor ...,
How is a competitive inhibitor ab...,
What do the competitive inhibitor...
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2.5 Membranes
What organelles have membranes,
What is the role of membranes,
Why is the role of membranes impo...
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2.5 Protiens In Membranes
How much of a cell membrane do pr...,
What are intergral proteins,
What are other names for intergra...
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2.5 Cell Signalling
Why do cells need to communicate ...,
What do cells communicate using,
What are the steps involved in ce...
25
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2.5 Membrane Permeability
What do membranes control,
What are the three processes subs...,
What is osmosis
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2.5 diffusion
What are all cells surrounded by,
What do partially permeable membr...,
Why do all cells need to import s...
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2.5 Facilitated Diffusion
What is facilitated diffusion,
What are the 2 types of facilitat...,
What is a channel protein
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2.6 Meiosis
What sort of division does meiosi...,
What is a reduction division,
What is the name for a cell with ...
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2.5 Osmosis
What happens to red blood cells w...,
What happens to red blood cells i...,
What happens if the solution has ...
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3.1 Human Respiratory System
Why can small organisms diffuse g...,
Give an example of a small organism,
What do large organisms have
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2.4 Cofactors & Coenzymes
What are cofactors and coenzymes,
What is a cofactor,
What does a cofactor do
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2.4 Catalase Enzyme Experiment
What is the iv in this experiment,
What is the dv in this experiment,
What are other variables that nee...
15
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2.3 Purifying DNA Experiment
1 break up cells using a,
2 make solution what should it co...,
3 what do you add to the detergen...
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5.6 Aerobic Respiration
Where does glycolysis occur,
Glycolysis 1 two atp release two ...,
Glycolysis what is the process by...
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5.3 Liver
What are the 3 main metabolic was...,
What is co2 a waste product of,
What are bile products a waste pr...
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5.3 Kidney Structure, Ultrafiltration & Reabsorbtion
The kidneys are supplied with blo...,
Blood is removed from the kidneys...,
How much blood passes through the...
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6.2 Patterns Of Inheritance & Variation
Why does variation arise,
Random mutations are essential fo...,
Variation within a species can ar...
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2.6 Tissues, Organs & Organ Systems
What is a tissue,
What is squamous epithelium,
Animal tissue where is squamous e...
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6.1 Gene Mutation
What is a mutation,
What are the 2 types of mutation,
When can a mutation be inherited
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6.1 Transcriptional & Translational Control
Rna processing what type of molec...,
Rna processing what is added to p...,
Rna processing what is a cap and ...
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6.1 Body Plans & apoptosis
What is morphogenesis,
What controls development of all ...,
The genes were discovered by scie...
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6.2 Phenotypic Ratios, linkage & epistasis
Linkage ratios observed in a dihy...,
Linkage what is linkage,
Linkage linked genes are inherite...
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2.5 Active Transport
What is active transport,
How does active transport differ ...,
What are the 2 ways active transp...
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3.1 Specialised Exchange Surfaces
All organisms need to do what,
All cells need to take in what,
Cells also need to excrete what
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3.2 Circulatory Systems
Single called organisms are able ...,
Single celled organisms have what...,
Multicellular organisms have what
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3.2 The Heart & Cardiac Cycle
What is myocardium and what does ...,
Heart what is the pericardium and...,
Heart the pericardial fluid is se...
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3.2 Haemoglobin & CO2 transport
What type of molecule is haemoglobin,
Haemoglobin is found where,
Haemoglobin bings to what
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4.1 Bacterial Diseases
What is an infectious disease,
A small proportion of bacteria ar...,
How can bacteria be classified
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4.1 Fungal Diseases
Where can fungal diseases cause d...,
Are fungi prokaryotic or eukaryotic,
Most are multicellular but some s...
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4.1 Protoctist Disease
What are protoctists,
They are single celled and group ...,
How are they transferred to hosts
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4.1 Viral Diseases
Viruses are what,
What mode of action do viruses take,
Viruses are made of one protein a...
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4.1 Disease & Plant Defences
What is a disease,
In what ways can disease be class...,
Timescale what is acute and what ...
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5.4 Plant Responses To Abiotic Stress
Trees loose their leaves in winte...,
Trees loose their leaves at the p...,
Antifreeze if cells freeze what h...
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5.4 Defences To Herbivory
What are some physical defences p...,
Chemical defences tannins are com...,
Chemical defences how are phenols...
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5.4 Plant Hormones
Ripening which hormone is involve...,
Ripening ripening is linked to a ...,
Ripening what type of fruits are ...
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5.4 Plant Responses
Plants respond to what changes in...,
What are some limitations of plants,
Hormones what role do auxins play...
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5.4 Tropisms
A tropism is growth in response t...,
What is the difference between a ...,
A phototropism is growth in respo...
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1.1 Equations
How is allele frequency calculated,
How is genotype frequency calculated,
How is population size estimated
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6.6 Ecosystems
What is ecology,
What is an ecosystem,
The boundaries of an ecosystem ar...
21
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5.1 Neuronal communication & sensory receptors
What must all organisms do,
How do animals respond to their e...,
How do plants respond to their en...
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5.1 Nervous transmission & potentials
What is potential difference what...,
What is the normal resting state ...,
In resting state what is the memb...
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5.1 Synapses
What is a synapse,
How does information pass across ...,
What is the presynaptic neurone
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5.1 the nervous system
What does cns mean,
What does pns mean,
What is the peripheral nervous sy...
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5.1 Reflexes
What is a reflex,
State the steps in a reflex arc,
What is a withdrawal reflex
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5.1 types of muscle
What percentage of body mass does...,
What is muscle tissue made up of,
What are the three types of muscle
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5.1 Skeletal muscle
What is each muscle composed of,
What is the connective tissue cal...,
What are the smaller fibres in mu...
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5.1 Neuromuscular junctions
When does the muscle contract,
1 where is a nerve impulse conducted,
2 when a nerve impulse reaches th...
27
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5.2 hormonal communication & glands
What is an endocrine gland,
Give examples of some endocrine g...,
What does the pituitary gland do
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5.1 Hormonal vs. Neuronal
Hormonal communication is by chem...,
Neuronal communication is by what,
Hormonal transmission is by the
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5.2 Adrenal glands
Where are adrenal glands located,
What are the two parts of the adr...,
What are the adrenal medulla and ...
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5.2 pancreas & glucose regulation
What type of gland is the pancreas,
How is the pancreas an exocrine g...,
How is the pancreas an endocrine ...
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5.2 insulin & glucagon
Where is insulin produced,
When is insulin produced,
At what point are blood glucose l...
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5.2 Diabetes
In type 1 diabetes what are you u...,
Why dont you produce insulin type 1,
Is the cause of type 1 diabetes k...
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3.3 Plant transport systems
What can small plants do,
What are the 3 main reasons plant...,
What are plants that have special...
21
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3.3 Xylem, Phloem & transport
What does xylem transport,
Which way does xylem transport wa...,
Is xylem made of dead or alive ti...
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3.3 Passage of water through plant
What percentage of water passing ...,
The 99 of water not used in photo...,
What is the highest water potential
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3.3 Transpiration
1 is humidity in the air more or ...,
2 so what do the water molecules ...,
3 water lost from the airspaces i...
18
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3.3 Translocation
What is translocation,
In which direction can translocat...,
Is translocation an active or pas...
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3.3 Factors affecting transpiration
Increased light,
Light is needed for what process,
During photosynthesis o2 and co2 ...
20
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3,3 Plant adaptations to water availability
What are the three types of plants,
What are hydrophytes,
What are xerophytes
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4.2 kingdoms & classifications
Traditionally what 2 groups were ...,
What became apparent regarding th...,
What are the 5 kingdoms
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4.2 3 domains and phylogeny
What happens to classification sy...,
What changes as organisms evolve,
Scientists can discover evolution...
35
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5.2 Fight or Flight
When a potentially dangerous stim...,
What is the fight or flight respo...,
What nervous system detects a threat
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5.2 Heart Rate
What is normal heart rate,
Is heart rate voluntary or involu...,
What nervous system controls hear...
27
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5.3 Homeostasis and thermoregulation
What is homeostasis,
Why is homeostasis important,
What conditions must be maintained
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5.6 Anaerobic respiration
Lactate in lactate fermentation p...,
Lactate no o2 means that the elec...,
Lactate if the electron chain bac...
26
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5.6 organisms & respiratory substrates
What are obligate anaerobes,
What are obligate aerobes,
What are facultative anaerobes
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5.5 Photosynthesis - plant cells
Define photosynthesis,
In photosynthesis light energy is...,
What are autotrophs
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5.5 Photosynthesis - light dependant & independent
Light dependant 1 what does photo...,
Light dependant 2 excited electro...,
Light dependant 3 atp is made in ...
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5.5 Factors affecting photosynthesis
When does a something become a li...,
Why is light needed in photosynth...,
Increasing light intensity increa...
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5.3 Kidneys & Osmoregulation
What is osmoregulation,
What sorts of things can put the ...,
What could happen is kpa was not ...
35
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5.3 Kidneys & Testing
What does urine contain,
What is present in urine if you h...,
What is present in your urine if ...
35
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5.3 Kidney Failure
What are 3 reasons for kidney fai...,
How can kidney infections cause k...,
How can raised blood pressure cau...
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6.2 Monogenic Inheritance
Variation is the phenotypic diffe...,
What 4 things can variation be th...,
Monogenic inheritance explains what
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2.6 Cell Specialisation
What is differentiation,
What are the 3 types of variation,
Give an example of a cell with ch...
41
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2.6 Stem Cells
What are stem cells,
Give examples of where stem cells...,
What is potency
52
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6.1 Gene Expression
What are genes that code for enzy...,
What are genes that code for prot...,
How is expression of genes regulated
33
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3.2 Blood Vessels
What is the sequence of blood ves...,
Arteries what layers does an arte...,
Arteries the tough outer layer co...
26
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3.2 blood, tissue fluid & lymph
Blood blood consists of what yell...,
Blood what does plasma contain,
Plasma proteins what 3 large prot...
30
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4.2 Evolution - studying & evidence
What sources can scientists use t...,
Palaeontology what is palaeontology,
Palaeontology what are fossils wh...
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4.2 Variation & modern examples of Evolution
Variation what is variation,
Variation what is interspecific v...,
Variation what is intraspecific v...
35
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4.2 adaptations & changing populations
Organisms adapt to exploit their ...,
What is a niche,
What is adaptation
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