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B1.1 The world of the microscope
Convert the units of a microscope 1,
What are the advantages of a ligh...,
What are the disadvantages of a l...
9  cards
B1.2 Animal and plant cells
Nucleus function 1,
Cytoplasm function 2,
Cell membrane function 3
10  cards
B1.3 Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic
What are the differences between ...,
Similarities between eukaryotic a...,
What the function of a flagella 3
4  cards
B1.4 Specialisation in animal cells
How does a cell become specialized 1,
What are nerve cells specialized ...,
What are the adaptations of a ner...
10  cards
B1.5 Specialisation in plant cells
What is the function of root hair...,
What are the adaptations of a roo...,
What is the function of photosynt...
12  cards
B1.6 Diffusion
What is diffusion 1,
How does diffusion increase 2,
What is concentration gradient 3
6  cards
B1.7 Osmosis
What is a partially permeable mem...,
What does a dilute solution of su...,
What does a concentrated solution...
8  cards
B1.8 Osmosis in plants
What is turgor 1,
What is flaccid 2,
What is plasmolysis 3
5  cards
B1.9 Active transport
What is active transport 1,
How is active transport different...,
How do root hair cells use active...
4  cards
B1.10 Exchanging materials
Whats the relationship between an...,
What factors increase the effecti...,
How does the sa v affect the tran...
6  cards
B2.1 Cell division
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B2.2 Growth and Differentiation
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B2.3 Stem cells
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B2.4 Stem cell dilemma
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B3.1 Tissues and organs
What is a tissue 1,
What is a organ 2,
What do tissues do in the stomach 3
10  cards
B3.2 The human digestive system
Why do foods need to be digested 1,
What do enzymes do 2,
How does the small intestine link...
6  cards
B3.3 The chemistry of food
What are simple sugars 1,
What are complex carbohydrates ma...,
What are lipids made up of 3
7  cards
B3.4 Catalysts and enzymes
What does a catalyst do in a chem...,
What is an active site 2,
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B3.5 Factors affecting enzyme action
What happens to the structure of ...,
What is the maximum temp an organ...,
Can all enzymes only work best ar...
5  cards
B3.6 How the digestive system works
Where do the digestive enzymes wo...,
What are digestive enzymes produc...,
Why do different areas of the dig...
11  cards
B3.7 Making digestion efficient
How is the stomach protected from...,
Where is bile produced 2,
What does bile do for food in the...
6  cards
B4.1 The blood
What is plasma 1,
What is waste carbon dioxide prod...,
What is urea produced by and wher...
11  cards
B4.2 The blood vessels
What are the 3 different ways in ...,
Where do arteries carry the blood 2,
Explain the structure of arteries 3
12  cards
B4.3 The heart
What do coronary arteries do 1,
What are the top chambers of the ...,
What is the vena cava responsible...
11  cards
B4.4 Helping the heart
What are the advantages and disad...,
What are the advantages and disad...,
What do artificial pacemakers do 3
6  cards
B4.5 Breathing and gas exchange
What is the job of the ventilatio...,
What is gas exchange responsible ...,
What are alveoli 3
4  cards
B4.6 Tissues and organs in plants
What do epidermal tissues do in p...,
What do palisade mesophyll tissue...,
What do spongy mesophyll tissues ...
9  cards
B4.7 Transport systems in plants
What is translocation 1,
What are aphids 2
2  cards
B4.8 Evaporation and transpiration
What is transpiration 1,
Why is it important that plants c...
2  cards
B4.9 Factors affecting transpiration
What are the 4 factors that affec...,
Why do hot dry wind conditions in...,
In what ways does temperature aff...
5  cards
B5.1 Health and disease
What is a pathogen 1,
What are microorganisms and examp...,
What is the difference between no...
7  cards
B5.2 Pathogens and disease
What is the definition of a virus 1,
What is the difference between ba...,
How does bacteria cause disease i...
7  cards
B5.3 Preventing infections
Why was semmelweis important 1,
What are some hygiene methods for...,
How does being isolated prevent t...
6  cards
B5.4 Viral diseases
What are some examples of viruses 1,
What are the symptoms of measles 2,
How is measles spread 3
13  cards
B5.5 Bacterial diseases
What are the symptoms of salmonel...,
What are some examples of bacteri...,
What can you do to prevent the sp...
14  cards
B5.6 Diseases caused by fungi and protists
What are examples of diseases cau...,
What does rose black spot cause t...,
Why does rbs weaken the plant 3
9  cards
B5.7 Human defence responses
How does your skin help defend ag...,
What happens if you damage or cut...,
What are the 3 things in the body...
11  cards
B6.1 Vaccination
How are antigens used to inactiva...,
What are vaccines made of 2,
What does injecting dead pathogen...
4  cards
B6.2 Antibiotics and painkillers
What does medicine do 1,
How does antibiotics work 2,
What does putting antibiotics str...
7  cards
B6.3 Discovering drugs
What were traditional drugs extra...,
How was penicillin discovered 2
2  cards
B6.4 Developing drugs
What does a medical treatment hav...,
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B7.1 Non-communicable diseases
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B7.2 Cancer
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B7.3 Smoking and the risk of disease
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B7.5 Alcohol and other carcinogens
0  cards
B8.1 Photosynthesis
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B8.2 The rate of photosynthesis
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B8.3 How plants use glucose
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B8.4 Making the most of photosynthesis
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B9.1 Aerobic respiration
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B9.2 The response to exercise
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B9.3 Anerobic respiration
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B9.4 Metabolism and the liver
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B10.1 Principles of homeostasis
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B10.2 The structure and function of the nervous system
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B10.3 Reflex actions
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B11.1 Principles of hormonal control
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B11.2 The control of blood glucose levels
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B11.3 Treating diabetes
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B11.4 The role of negative feedback
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B11.5 Human reproduction
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B11.6 Hormones and the menstrual cycle
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B11.7 The artificial control of fertility
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B11.8 Infertility treatments
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B12.1 Types of reproduction
0  cards
B12.2 Cell division in sexual reproduction
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B12.3 DNA and the genome
0  cards
B12.4 Inheritance in action
0  cards
B12.5 More about genetics
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B12.6 Inherited disorders
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B12.7 Screening for genetic disorders
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B13.1 Variation
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B13.2 Evolution by natural selection
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B13.3 Selective breeding
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B13.4 Genetic engineering
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B13.5 Ethics of genetic technologies
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B14.1 Evidence for evolution
What are fossils 1,
What conditions cause an animal o...,
What can scientists do with a non...
13  cards
B14.2 Fossils and extinction
What is extinction 1,
What happens to a species as cond...,
What happens to older species as ...
4  cards
B14.3 More about extinction
What is some evidence that dinosa...,
What does a asteroid impact have ...,
What is the accepted theory 3
5  cards
B14.4 Antibiotic resistant bacteria
How is that antibiotics can t kil...,
Why does the new strain of bacter...,
What do doctors do to reduce the ...
9  cards
B14.5 Classification
What is classification 1,
What groups did linnaeus classify...,
What is the smallest group in the...
5  cards
B14.6 New systems of classification
What is the largest group in the ...,
What was the new higher level of ...,
What are the 3 domains and their ...
8  cards
B15.1 The importance of communities
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B15.2 Organisms in their environment
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B15.3 Distribution and abundance
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B15.4 Competition in animals
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B15.5 Competition in plants
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B15.6 Adapt and survive
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B15.7 Adaptation in animals
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B15.8 Adaptations in plants
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B16.1 Feeding relationships
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B16.2 Materials cycling
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B16.3 The carbon cycle
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B17.1 The human population explosion
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B17.2 Land and water pollution
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B17.3 Air pollution
0  cards
B17.4 Deforestation and peat destruction
0  cards
B17.5 Global warming
0  cards
B17.6 Maintaining biodiversity
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