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4.1.1.1 Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
State characteristics of eukaryot...,
State characteristics of prokaryo...,
Which type of cell has genetic ma...
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4.1.1.2 animal and plant cells
Most animal cells have what,
Most plant cells have,
Plant and algal cells also have a...
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4.1.1.3 cell specialisation
What is cell specialisation,
Explain how sperm cells are speci...,
Explain how nerve cells are speci...
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4.1.1.4 cell differentiation
When does differentiation occur i...,
When does cell differentiation oc...,
In mature animals cell division i...
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4.1.1.5 microscopy
What is a stereo microscope,
State characteristics of light mi...,
State characteristics of electron...
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4.1.2.1 chromosomes
The nucleus of a cell contains what,
What are each chromosome made of,
In the human body chromosomes are...
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4.1.2.2 mitosis and the cell cycle
What is the cell cycle,
What is mitosis,
Where does mitosis take place
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4.1.2.3 stem cells
What are embryonic stem cells,
What is a stem cell,
What are the three type of stem c...
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4.1.3.1 diffusion
What is diffusion,
State facts about diffusion,
What is cellular diffusion
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4.1.3.2 osmosis
Osmosis involves the movement of,
Osmosis is the diffusion of water...,
Describe the net movement of osmosis
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4.1.3.3 active transport
Active transport moves substances...,
Describe the net movement for act...,
Which of the types of cell moveme...
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4.2.1 principles of organisation
What is a tissue,
What are organs,
What are organ systems
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4.2.2.1 the human digestive system
What is the digestive system,
State the order of the digestive ...,
What is metabolism
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4.2.2.2 the heart and blood vessels
What is the heart,
What are the three different type...,
What do capillaries transport
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4.2.2.3 blood
What type of cells control the he...,
Blood is a tissue consisting of,
What are platelets
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4.2.2.4 coronary heart disease: a non-communicable disease
What is atherosclerosis,
State risks or chd,
How is coronary heart disease tre...
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4.2.2.5 health issues
Define pathogen,
State 6 characteristics of bacter...,
State 6 examples of a bacteria
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4.2.2.6 the effect of lifestyle on some non-communicable diseases
What do risk factors do,
State examples of risk factors,
What are causal mechanisms in ris...
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4.2.2.7 cancer
How are tumours formed,
What are benign tumours,
What are malignant tumours
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4.2.3.1 plant tissues
What does the xylem do,
What does the phloem do,
State what is in the middle of th...
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4.3.1.1 communicable (infectious) diseases
What are pathogens,
What are common pathogens,
State characteristics of bacteria
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4.3.1.2 viral diseases
What are viruses,
What do viruses do to body x2 things,
What type of illness does antibio...
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4.3.1.3 bacterial diseases
What are the 5 characteristics of...,
What are 5 examples of bacterial ...
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4.3.1.4 fungal diseases
What is the type of fungal diseas...,
How is rose black spot visible on...,
How is rose black spot spread
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4.3.1.5 protist diseases
What are protists,
What are the 4 things a protist c...,
What is the type of protist you m...
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4.3.1.6 human defence systems
What are path,
How does skin prevent disease,
How do our eyes prevent disease f...
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4.3.1.7 vaccination
What is vaccination,
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4.3.1.8 antibiotics and painkillers
What are antibiotics,
How was penicillin formed,
Why were certain antibiotics no l...
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4.3.1.9 discovery and development of drugs
How are medicines initially sourced,
Where are drugs now designed,
What are the three things new dru...
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4.4.1 photosynthesis reaction
What is the word equation for pho...,
What is the number equation for p...
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4.4.1.3 use of glucose from photosynthesis
What is the main use of glucose i...,
Where does respiration take place...,
What is the difference between pl...
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4.4.2 aerobic and anaerobic respiration
State the equation for aerobic re...,
What is the equation for anaerobi...,
What is the equation for photosyn...
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4.4.2.2 response to exercise
What are the main ways our body r...,
Why does heart rate increase duri...,
What is the main problem with the...
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4.4.2.3 metabolism
Define metabolism,
What is metabolic rate,
What are exothermic reactions
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4.5.1 homeostasis
Define the term homeostasis,
Name the four conditions which ar...,
How does water get in and out of ...
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4.5.2 the human nervous system
What is the human nervous system,
Name the 4 sense organs their fea...,
What is an effector
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4.5.3.1 human endocrine system
What is the endocrine system,
State 7 glands,
What hormone does the pituitary g...
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4.5.3.2 control of blood glucose concentration
How is glucose transported around...,
What controls bloody glucose leve...,
What happens if blood glucose lev...
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4.5.3.3 hormones in human reproduction
What are the secondary sexual cha...,
State female secondary sexual cha...,
State male secondary sexual chara...
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4.5.3.4 contraception
State the 7 methods to contraception,
How does the pill work,
State an advantage to the pill
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4.5.3.5 the use of hormones to treat infertility (ht only)
What is the job of fsh,
How can,
How can fertility hormones be use...
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4.5.3.6 feedback systems (ht only)
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4.6.1.1 sexual and asexual reproduction
How many pairs of chromosomes do ...,
What is asexual reproduction,
State examples of asexual reprodu...
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4.6.1.2 meiosis
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4.6.1.3 DNA and the genome
What does dna stand for,
What is the role of dna,
What are chromosomes
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4.6.1.4 genetic inheritance / sex determination
What is the representation of mal...,
What is the female representation...,
How many sex cells do humans have...
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4.6.1.5 inherited disorders
State two non communicable diseases,
Define communicable,
Define non communicable
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4.6.2.1 variation
What is genetic variation,
What is environmental variation,
State 4 environmental examples of...
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4.6.2.2 evolution/ natural selection
What was the name of the scientis...,
State 5 of charles darwin s obser...,
What is natural selection
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4.6.2.3 selective breeding / genetic engineering
What is selective breeding,
What is genetic engineering,
What are three things cows with g...
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4.6.3.1 evidence for evolution
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4.6.3.2 fossils
What are fossils,
What do fossils allow scientists ...,
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4.6.3.3 extinction
What is extinction,
What is a main cause of extinction,
State 5 causes of extinction
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4.6.3.4 resistant bacteria
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4.6.4 classification of living organisms
What is the order of classification,
What is the abbreviation for the ...,
Define domain
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4.7.1.1 communities
All the organisms of one species ...,
How an organism fits into the env...,
The environment where the organis...
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4.7.1.2 abiotic factors
State 6 abiotic factors,
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4.7.1.3 biotic factors
State 4 biotic factors,
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4.7.1.4 adaptations
Define adaptation,
State five examples as to how cam...,
What are behavioural adaptations ...
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4.7.2.1 levels of organisation
What are the levels to organisati...,
What are producers,
What are primary consumers
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4.7.2.2 how materials are cycled
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4.7.3.1 biodiversity
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4.7.3.2 waste management
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4.7.3.3 land use
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4.7.3.4 deforestation
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4.7.3.5 global warming
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4.7.3.6 maintaining biodiversity
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Microscope components
What does the eyepiece ocular len...,
What is the coarse adjustment screw,
What is the fine adjustment screw
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Reaction times — practical
What is an independant variable a...,
What is a dependant variable and ...,
What are control variables
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Quadrats— practical
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