Advanced Higher Biology: Unit 2

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1.a) Health & Safety
Hazards in fieldwork 4 1,
Risk 2,
What does risk assessment involve 3
4  cards
1.b) Sampling of Wild Organisms
In what manner should sampling be...,
What types of species habitats sh...,
What must all be appropriate to t...
10  cards
1.c) Identification & Taxonomy
Using what can identification of ...,
What can organisms be classified ...,
What does taxonomy involve 3
16  cards
1.d) Monitoring Populations
What can give information of envi...,
What can be used to monitor an ec...,
What does absence or reduced popu...
8  cards
1.e) Measuring & Recording Animal Behaviour
Measurements used to quantify ani...,
Latency 2,
Frequency 3
8  cards
2.a) Evolution: Drift & Selection
Evolution 1,
During evolution how do changes i...,
What does natural selection act on 3
31  cards
2.b) Fitness
What is fitness 1,
What is fitness a measure of 2,
What does fitness refer to 3
11  cards
2.c) Co-Evolution
What is co evolution 1,
In co evolution what do the trait...,
What is co evolution frequently s...
9  cards
3.a) Variation & Sexual Reproduction: Costs & Benefits of Sexual & Asexual Reproduction
Costs of sexual reproduction 2 1,
Why do benefits outweigh costs 2,
Role of genetic variation 3
18  cards
3.b) Meiosis
Meiosis 1,
In diploid cells how do chromosom...,
What are homologous chromosomes 3
13  cards
3.c) Sex Determination
What is the sex of birds mammals ...,
In most mammals what gene determi...,
What do heterogametic males lack 3
16  cards
4.a) Sex & Behaviour - Parental Investment
Why are many sperm produced over ...,
Why are a limited number of eggs ...,
How is a higher investment made b...
19  cards
4.b) Reproductive Behaviours & Mating Systems in Animals
What are mating systems based on 1,
Monogamy 2,
Polygamy 3
16  cards
5.a)i) Parisitism - Niche
What is an ecological niche 1,
A species has a __ _ that it occu...,
What can occur as a result of int...
4  cards
5.a)ii) The Parasite Niche
Parisitism 1,
What does a parasite benefit in t...,
The reproductive potential of the...
7  cards
5.b) Parasitic Life Cycles
Do some parasites only require on...,
What is a definitive host 2,
Can immediate hosts be required f...
14  cards
5.c) Transmission & Virulence
What is transmission 1,
What is virulence 2,
How are ectoparasites generally t...
9  cards
5.d)i) Defence Against Parasitic Attack
Non specific defences 5 1,
Non specific defence physical bar...,
Non specific defence chemical sec...
9  cards
5.d)ii) Lymphocytes
What do lymphocytes have on their...,
What does binding of an antigen t...,
What will selected lymphocytes do...
8  cards
5.e) Immune Evasion
What have parasites evolved 1,
How do endoparasites evade detect...,
How do endoparasites reduce their...
6  cards
5.f) Challenges in Treatment & Control
Epidemiology 1,
Herd immunity threshold 2,
What do vaccines contain and what...
12  cards

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