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Biology

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Decks in this class (47)

1.1 Monomers and polymers
What is a monomer,
What is a polymer,
What is a condensation reaction
4  cards
1.2 Carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides,
What are disaccharides,
Glucose glucose
18  cards
1.3 Lipids
How are triglycerides formed,
What does a condensation reaction...,
Properties related to triglycerid...
8  cards
1.4 Proteins
What are proteins made up of,
What is the structure of amino acid,
What does a condensation reaction...
19  cards
1.5 Nucleic acids are important information-carrying molecules
What is the function of dna and rna,
What is the structure of dna,
What is the structure of rna
9  cards
1.6 ATP
What does the structure of atp lo...,
Describe atp hydrolysis and what ...,
Describe atp condensation and wha...
4  cards
1.7 Water
How does hydrogen bonding occurs ...,
List the properties of water that...,
Why does water have high specific...
6  cards
1.8 Inorganic ions
What is the role of phosphate ions,
What is the role of hydrogen ions,
What is the role of iron ions
3  cards
2.1 Cell structure
What is the structure and functio...,
What is the structure and functio...,
What is the structure and functio...
30  cards
2.2 All cells arise from other cells
What is mitosis,
What is interphase,
G1
17  cards
2.3 Transport across cell membranes
What is the fluid mosaic model of...,
Describe the structure of a cell ...,
Explain how the phospholipid bila...
17  cards
2.4 Cell recognition and the immune system
Define antigen,
Antigens are specific so allow th...,
Why are transplant organs often t...
45  cards
3.1 Surface area to volume ratio
What is the relationship between ...,
What is the relationship between ...,
What are the adaptations to facil...
5  cards
3.2 Gas exchange
What are the adaptations of gas e...,
What are the adaptations of gas e...,
What are the adaptations of gas e...
22  cards
3.3 Digestion and absorption
What happens during digestion,
Describe the process of starch po...,
Describe the process of the diges...
11  cards
3.4.1 Mass transport in animals
Why do large multicellular organi...,
How does the closed double circul...,
Why is the double circulatory sys...
37  cards
3.4.2 Mass transport in plants
What is the cohesion tension theo...,
What are the adaptations of the x...,
What is translocation
13  cards
4.1 DNA, genes and chromosomes
How is dna stored differently in ...,
What organelles have their own dna,
Define gene
11  cards
4.2 DNA and protein synthesis
What is mrna,
What is trna,
What is trna
9  cards
4.3 Genetic diversity can arise as a result of mutation or during meiosis
What is a gene mutation,
How can a mutation lead to the pr...,
What happens during base deletion
24  cards
4.4 Genetic diversity and adaptation
What is genetic diversity,
Define population,
What are the principles of natura...
5  cards
4.5 Species and taxonomy
Define species,
What is the role of courtship in ...,
What is the phylogenetic classifi...
8  cards
4.6 Biodiversity within a community
Define biodiversity,
What are the 3 components of biod...,
Define habitat
12  cards
4.7 Investigating diversity
What could variation within a spe...,
What is discontinuous variation,
What is continuous variation
9  cards
5.1 Photosynthesis
What does light depend on,
Where does the light dependent re...,
Where does the light independent ...
22  cards
5.2 Respiration
What is respiration,
What are the three ways in which ...,
What is nad
18  cards
5.3 Energy and ecosystems
What are the different types of p...,
What do plants synthesise through...,
What are most sugars synthesised by
16  cards
5.4 Nutrient cycles
What is the role of saprobionts i...,
What is the role of mycorrhizae,
What are the main stages of the n...
15  cards
6.1.1 Survival and response
Define stimulus,
Define response,
Give three important directional ...
29  cards
6.1.2 Receptors
What are all receptors,
What do receptors act as,
Give two examples of receptors an...
13  cards
6.1.3 Control of heart rate
What does the heart muscle being ...,
What does the heart muscle being ...,
What is the parasympathetic nervo...
9  cards
6.2.1 Nerve impulses
What are the body s two main co o...,
What is the nervous system,
What is the endocrine hormone system
31  cards
6.2.2 Synaptic transmission
What is a synapse,
What happens when an impulse arri...,
What are the functions of synapses
10  cards
6.3 Skeletal muscles are stimulated to contract by nerves and act as effectors
What are the three different musc...,
Describe the breakdown of muscles...,
What is a sacromere
34  cards
6.4.1 Principles of homeostasis and negative feedback
What is homeostasis,
Outline the 5 steps the process o...,
What is homeostasis responsible f...
24  cards
6.4.2 Control of blood glucose concentration
What are hormones,
Describe what happens when adrena...,
Why does blood glucose need to be...
15  cards
6.4.3 Control of blood water potential
How do we ensure fairly constant ...,
What is osmoregulation,
Why is the kidney needed
35  cards
7.1 Inheritance
Define homologous pair of chromos...,
Define homozygous,
Define heterozygous
28  cards
7.2 Populations
Define species,
Define population,
Define gene pool
12  cards
7.3 Evolution may lead to speciation
How and why do organisms vary,
What is discontinuous variation,
What is continuous variation
15  cards
7.4 Populations in ecosystems
Define ecosystem,
Define population,
Define population
29  cards
8.1 Alteration of the sequence of bases in DNA can alter the structure of proteins
What are gene mutations,
What is a substitution mutation,
What is a deletion mutation
13  cards
8.2 Gene expression is controlled by a number of features
What are stem cells,
What are stem cells,
Define pluripotent
28  cards
8.3 Using genome projects
Define genome,
What does the human genome consis...,
What technique does determining t...
11  cards
8.4 Gene technologies
What does recombinant dna technol...,
Describe the process of recombina...,
What are the 3 different methods ...
48  cards
Required practicals
Rp1 what are the factors that aff...,
Rp1 how is a control set up in a ...,
Rp1 how can the results of the pr...
74  cards
Core practicals
Cp1 how can you measure the volum...,
Cp1 what is the weighing by diffe...,
Cp1 why is it more accurate to fi...
99  cards

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