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Smoking - Part 1 (T2)
How much carbon dioxide does the ...,
How much carbon dioxide is in the...,
How much oxygen does the air that...
12
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The Nature And Variety Of Iiving Organisms (T1)
Bio means,
Ology means,
Generally what two categories can...
63
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The Kidneys And The Excretory System - Part 1 (T2)
What are the primary sites for ex...,
Describe excretion,
Briefly describe homeostasis
9
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Human Reproduction - Part 1 (T3)
Generally speaking what are the t...,
What are the four main components...,
Briefly describe the testes
11
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Structure And Function In Living Organisms - Part 1 (T2)
How does a root hair cell in a pl...,
Explain how leaf cells in plants ...,
How are sperm cells specialised t...
25
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Ecosystems And Tropic Levels - Part 1 (T4)
What is an ecosystem,
No matter its size what four comp...,
In each ecosystem a a range of ha...
13
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Osmosis (T1)
Define osmosis,
Water moves across all membranes ...,
The level of water on the more co...
7
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The Heart (T2)
What is the average size and weig...,
What are the three main component...,
What is the average adult human h...
32
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The Blood And Blood Vessels - Part 1 (T2)
Around how much blood is in the h...,
What is human blood made of,
Where are blood cells produced
19
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Human Nutrition (T2)
What are carbohydrates made of,
What are the five main groups of ...,
Carbohydrates are the body s main...
79
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Plant Nutrition - Part 1 (T2)
Briefly outline the process of ph...,
What three main factors can limit...,
As well as light and water what i...
12
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The Digestive System - Organs And Enzymes (T2)
What are enzymes also known as,
What are enzymes in one sentence,
What is respiration
17
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The Leaves And Transpiration (T2)
In a sentence what is transpiration,
Where is the main site of water a...,
How does transpiration work
34
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Respiration (T2)
Explain the difference between ae...,
How else can respiration be descr...,
What are the waste products of ae...
14
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Various Experiments To Learn
Describe an experiment to demonst...,
High,
Describe an experiment to demonst...
8
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Enzymes (T2)
What are enzymes,
What are enzymes sometime known as,
The nucleus contains the genes wh...
16
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The Endocrine System (T2)
What does the endocrine system do,
What are hormones briefly describ...,
What are the endocrine glands
12
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The Human Nervous System - Part 1 (T2)
The cns consists of,
The human nervous system consists...,
The pns consists of
19
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The Plant Nervous System (T2)
What is tropism give an example,
Give an example of a plant that r...,
Give two examples of directional ...
10
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The Human Eye (T2)
What is refraction and why is it ...,
Briefly explain how we see things,
List the components of the human eye
15
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Cells, Diffusion And Active Transport (T1)
What is the name of the living ma...,
What are organelles,
Describe the function of a cell s...
30
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Mitosis, Meiosis And Protein Synthesis (T3)
How does a gene leave the nucleus...,
What two main stages does protein...,
What is messenger rna
17
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DNA (T3)
What are chromosomes,
What are genes and the genetic code,
Describe dna
15
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Gregor Mendel And The Laws Of Inheritance (T3)
How was gregor mendel able to est...,
From his experiments with plants ...,
Who is gregor mendel and what is ...
3
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DNA EXAM PT. 1
Describe the structure of dna,
If there is a health problem cont...,
Dna is found in
13
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DNA EXAM PT. 2
What is a gene,
Who discovered dna and when,
The specific base pairing of dna ...
11
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DNA EXAM PT. 3
Rna does not bind to the nucleoti...,
What are the three types of rna,
Describe mrna
10
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Plant Reproduction (T3)
In plants what are petals for,
What are the anther in a plant,
What is the filament in a plant
15
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DNA EXAM PT. 4
What are histones,
Why are histones so important for...,
What are telomeres
18
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Alleles (T3)
What are alleles,
Explain with examples the functio...,
What are homozygous alleles
6
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Human Inheritance (T3)
Female gametes eggs contain chrom...,
Male gametes sperm contain what c...,
In human reproduction what chance...
9
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Mutations And Variations (T3)
Define mutation in a plant,
Sometimes mutations in a plant ca...,
Why are variations of a species i...
7
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Natural Selection (T4)
What are six key points of charle...,
In a sentence describe the theory...,
How is the peppered moth a classi...
4
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The Water Cycle (T4)
What is the water cycle and what ...,
Briefly describe the water hydrol...,
Why is the water cycle important
3
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Nitrogen And The Nitrogen Cycle (T4)
Why is nitrogen important,
Like carbon nitrogen is also a vi...,
What is nitrification
8
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Land Pollution (T4)
Define pollution,
List three key examples of land p...,
How can farming damage the enviro...
6
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Fresh Water Pollution (T4)
What are the three main pollutant...,
What is eutrophication and what c...,
Describe seven ways in which eutr...
3
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Pollution Statistics (T4)
As of 2001 around of waste from h...,
Since 2006 7 the average residual...,
Of commercial and industrial wast...
8
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Air Pollution And Greenhouse Gases (T4)
What is ozone and the ozone layer,
Why is ozone and the ozone layer ...,
What are cfc s and how have they ...
18
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Improving Crop Yields And Fertilisers (T5)
Explain how greenhouses provide t...,
What are the two main types of fe...,
What are most organic fertilisers...
5
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Fish Farming (T5)
What are the most common fish farmed,
What does 1 4 of all fish farmed ...,
In some fish farms what three var...
9
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Selective Breeding (T5)
Other than food what three things...,
Define selective breeding,
What else can selective breeding ...
13
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Mutations (T5)
Both genetic engineering and sele...,
How can a mutation be passed onto...,
Most mutations are either harmful...
5
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Genetic Engineering (T5)
Describe the stages involved in t...,
What is the genetic engineering o...,
What are restriction endonuclease...
4
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The Human Nervous System - Part 2 (T2)
What is a reflex and what is its ...,
Give two examples of nervous comm...,
In four steps break down what hap...
20
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The Digestive System - The Small Intestine (T2)
What is the function of bile in t...,
What is the pancreatic juice,
What is thw ph of the small intes...
8
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The Digestive System - The Large Intestine (T2)
Describe in detail the large inte...
1
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The Digestive System - The Stomach (T2)
Describe in detail the stomach an...
1
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The Digestive System - The Mouth (T2)
Describe in detail the mouth and ...
1
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The Blood And Blood Vessels - Part 2 (T2)
What are the three types of blood...,
What is the function of the arteries,
What three main characteristics d...
19
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The Kidneys And The Excretory System - Part 2 (T2)
They are bean shaped around 115cm...,
Why are kidneys so important and ...,
Name the two main forms of treatm...
10
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The Kidneys And The Excretory System - Part 3 (T2)
Name the six main areas of the ne...,
Summarise the process of the neph...,
What is osmoregulation
10
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The Kidneys And The Excretory System - Part 4 (T2)
What is the name of the area that...,
Describe the medulla on a human k...,
What is the pelvis on the human k...
10
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The Kidneys And The Excretory System - Part 5 (T2)
The kidneys produce around of glo...,
How much urine is lost from the b...,
What happens to the glomerular fi...
10
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Cloning (T5)
What is cloning,
Describe two ways in which plants...,
Describe how you can artificially...
8
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Cloning Plants By Tissue Culture (T5)
Describe the processes of cloning...
1
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Cloning Cows Using Embryonic Transplants (T5)
Describe the process of cloning c...,
Why are cows cloned using embryon...,
When cloning cows using embryonic...
3
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Producing Genetically Modified Pigs (T5)
Why would we genetically modify pigs,
What would first need to be done ...
2
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Micro Propagation (T5)
What is micro propagation,
Describe the process of micro pro...,
What are the advantages of micro ...
3
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The Respiratory System (T2)
What are the two types of breathi...,
Briefly describe the process of i...,
Briefly explain the process of ex...
18
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Testing For CO2 With Hydrogencarbonate Indicator (T2)
What substance is used to show th...,
What colour does hydrogen carbona...,
What colour does hydrogen carbona...
6
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Random Extras
What does it mean when a plant le...
1
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Exersise (T2)
Describe an experiment to show th...,
Why does the heart beat faster du...,
Why does the body require more ox...
4
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Smoking - Part 2 (T2)
Describe the dangers of carbon mo...,
What are oxidant gases and what m...,
What are the dangers of benzene i...
11
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Human Reproduction - Part 2 (T3)
Briefly describe the menstrual cycle,
Describe how the body controls hu...,
Between what years in general is ...
12
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Human Reproduction - Part 3 (T3)
Describe how an egg is specially ...,
Describe how sperms cells are spe...,
What are acrosomes
13
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Plant Nutrition - Part 2 (T2)
Describe photosynthesis in three ...,
From where do plants absorb the w...,
What happened to the glucose and ...
12
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Ecosystems And Tropic Levels - Part 2 (T4)
Describe a food chain where the p...,
In a food chain what is the name ...,
Describe a typical woodland food ...
13
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The Carbon Cycle (T4)
Break down the stages of the carb...,
Describe the carbon cycle that ta...
2
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