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AQA A-Level Biology Practicals

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By: James Herbert
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Decks in this class (11)

Required Practical 1
Investigation into the effect of a named variable on the rate of an enzyme-controlled reaction.
11  cards
Required Practical 2
Preparation of stained squashes of cells from plant root tips; set-up and use of an opitcal microscope to identify the stages of mitosis in these stained squashes and calculation of a mitotic index.
16  cards
Required Practical 3
Production of a dilution series of a solute to produce a calibration curve with which to identify the water potential of plant tissue.
6  cards
Required Practical 4
Investigation into the effect of a named variable on the permeability of cell-surface membranes.
11  cards
Required Practical 5
Dissection of animal or plant gas exchange system or mass transport system or of organ within such a system.
4  cards
Required Practical 6
Use of aseptic technique to investigate the effect of antimicrobial substances on microbial growth.
11  cards
Required Practical 7
Use of chromatography to investigate the pigments isolated from leaves of different plants, eg, leaves from shade-tolerant and shade-intolerant plants or leaves of different colours.
9  cards
Required Practical 8
Investigation into the effect of a named factor on the rate of dehydrogenase activity in extracts of chloroplasts.
8  cards
Required Practical 9
Investigation into the effect of a named variable on the rate of respiration of cultures of single-celled organisms.
16  cards
Required Practical 10
Investigation into the effect of an environmental variable on the movement of an animal using either a choice chamber or a maze.
8  cards
Required Practical 11
Production of a dilution series of a glucose solution and use of colourimetric techniques to produce a calibration curve with which to identify the concentration of glucose in an unknown ‘urine’ sample.
4  cards

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