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1.2: Carbohydrates - Monosaccharides
What is the unusual property of c...,
What is a monomer,
What is a polymer
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15.2: The nerve Impulse
What s is a nerve impulse,
What is a nerve impulse a reversa...,
What two states is the temporary ...
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1.3: Carbohydrates - disaccharides
How to make maltose,
How to make lactose,
How to make sucrose
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5.1: Defence Mechanisms
Main defence mechanisms,
How do lymphocytes distinguish th...,
What type of things do protein mo...
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5.2: Phagocytosis
What are the two different types ...,
Process of phagocytosis,
First line of defence
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5.3: T-Lymphocytes and Cell-Mediated immunity
What is an antigen,
What are the two types of lymphoc...,
How can t lymphocytes distinguish...
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5.4: B Lymphocytes and humoural immunity
What lymphocytes are involved in ...,
What happens when a pathogen ente...,
What is the humoral response
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5.5: Antibodies
What is an antibody,
When are antibodies produced,
What happens when antibodies are ...
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5.6: Vaccination
What is immunity,
What are the two forms of immunity,
What is passive immunity
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6.1: Exchange with the environment
Examples of things that need to b...,
Processes by which exchange occur,
Surface area to volume ratio
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6.2: Gas exchange in singe-celled organisms and insects
Gas exchange in single celled org...,
Methods of gas exchange in insects,
Exchange along a diffusion gradient
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6.3: Gas exchange in fish
Structure of the gills,
The countercurrent exchange princ...,
Efficiency of the countercurrent ...
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6.4: Gas exchange in the leaf of a plant
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7.1: Haemoglobin
What is the protein structure of ...,
What is the loading of oxygen and...,
What is the un loading of oxygen ...
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7.4: The structure of the Heart
Overall structure,
Characteristics of the pumps,
Reason behind having two pumps
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7.5: The Cardiac Cycle
How many times does the cardiac c...,
Three phases of the cardiac cycle,
Meanings of diastole and systole
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8.4: Protein Synthesis - Transcription
What is the process of transcription,
What is splicing,
In what organism does splicing on...
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8.5: Protein Synthesis - Translation
What is the process of translation
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10.1: Species and Taxonomy
What is meant by a species,
How are species named,
What is the generic name
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Recombinant DNA Technology
Stages of genetic fingerprinting,
Extraction during genetic fingerp...,
Digestion during genetic fingerpr...
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Homeostasis - blood glucose
What is homeostasis,
Importance of homeostasis,
5 features of a feedback mechanism
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Transport across Membranes
Role of cell membranes,
Structural features of cell membr...,
Roles of phospholipids
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12.1: Glycolysis
Process of glycolysis,
Energy yields from glycolysis,
Site of glycolysis
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12.2: Link Reaction & Krebs Cycle
Process of the link reaction,
Where does the link reaction occur,
Process of the krebs cycle
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12.3: Oxidative Phosphorylation
Where does oxidative phosphorylat...,
Where would there be more mitocho...,
Process of oxidative phosphorylation
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12.4: Anaerobic Respiration
What two types of anaerobic respi...,
Anaerobic respiration in plants,
Anaerobic respiration in animals
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15.1: Neurones and nervous coordination
What are the two forms of coordin...,
Features of the nervous systerm,
Features of the hormonal system
12
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20.1: Gene mutations
What is a mutation,
What is a gene mutation,
Consequences from a gene mutation
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20.2: Stem cells and totipotency
What is cell differentiation,
What is totipotency,
What occurs during cell specialis...
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20.3: Regulation of transcription and translation
How is transcription controlled,
Role of oestrogen in the regulati...,
What is the role of oestrogen
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20.4: Epigenetic control of gene expression
What is epigenetics,
What is the epigenome,
What does the epigenome mean
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20.5: Gene Expression and Cancer
What is cancer,
What is a tumour,
Two types of tumours
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20.6: Genome Projects
What is the genome,
What is the proteome,
How is dna sequenced
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13.1: Food chains and Energy Transfer
What do organisms rely on,
What is the ultimate source of en...,
What are the 3 groups within an e...
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13.2: Energy transfer and Productivity
What is the sun the main source of,
How much energy can be captured b...,
Reason for the majority of sunlig...
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18.1: Population Genetics
What is a population,
What is meant by the term gene pool,
What is meant by allelic frequency
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18.2: Variation in Phenotype
What do individuals in a populati...,
What is this variation in their p...,
What is the primary source of var...
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14.5: Control of Heart rate
Where does the sensory informatio...,
Importance of our internal system...,
What is the autonomic nervous system
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18.3: Natural Selection
What are selection pressures,
What are examples of selection pr...,
What do selection pressures deter...
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19.1: Populations and Ecosystems
What is ecology,
What does the environment include,
What are abiotic non living factors
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19.2 Variation in Population Size
What is meant by population size,
What is meant by populations bein...,
When is it possible to plot a gra...
12
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19.3. Competition
How does competition come about,
Types of competition,
What is intraspecific competition
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19.4: Predation
When does predation occur,
Why is it unlikely that in a pred...,
Effect of predator prey relations...
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14.1: Response to Stimuli
What is a stimuli,
What is the importance of respond...,
What is a response
20
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10.2: Diversity within a Community
What is biodiversity,
What is species diversity,
What is genetic diversity
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14.2: Plant Growth Factors
What external factors do plants r...,
What do plant responses involve,
Why is the term growth factors used
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1.4: Starch, Glycogen and Cellulose
What are the 3 polymers of glucose,
What is starch made of,
What is the role of starch
15
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1.5: Lipids
What characteristics do all lipid...,
What are the two main groups of l...,
Roles of lipids 5
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1.6. Proteins
What is the structure of an amino...,
How is a peptide bond formed,
What are the 4 structures of a pr...
6
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1.7: Enzyme Action
What are enzymes,
What do catalysts do,
Why are catalysts effective molec...
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1.8: Factors affecting enzyme action
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1.9: Enzyme Inhibition
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2.1: Structure of RNA and DNA
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2.2: DNA replication
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2.3: Energy and ATP
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2.4: Water and its functions
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3.1: Methods of studying cells
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3.2: The electron microscope
Why do light microscopes have poo...,
Why are electron microscopes more...,
Advantages of using beams of elec...
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3.3: Microscopic measurements and Calculations
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3.4: Eukaryotic Cell Structure
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3.5: Cell Specialisation
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3.6: Prokaryotic cells and Viruses
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3.7: Mitosis
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3.8: The cell cycle
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4.1: Structure of the cell surface membrane
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4.2: Diffusion
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4.3: Osmosis
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4.4: Active Transport
What is the definition of active ...,
How is atp used during active tra...
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4.5: Co-Transport and absorption of glucose in the Ileum
How is the rate of movement acros...,
How do microvilli increase the ra...,
What are constantly digested
11
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5.7: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
What does hiv cause,
What is the basic structure of hiv,
What group of viruses does hiv be...
5
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6.5: Limiting Water Loss
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6.6: Structure of the human gas-exchange system
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6.7: The Mechanism of Breathing
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6.8: Exchange of gases in the Lungs
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6.9: Enzymes and Digestion
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6.10: Absorption of the products of digestion
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7.2: Transport of oxygen by Haemoglobin
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7.3: Circulatory system of a mammal
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7.6: Blood vessels and their functions
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7.7: Transport of water in the xylem
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7.8: Transport of organic molecules in the phloem
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7.9: Investigating transport in plants
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8.1: Genes and the triplet code
What is a gene,
What is a locus,
What does a gene code for
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8.2: DNA and Chromosomes
What is the dna like in prokaryot...,
What is the dna like in eukaryoti...,
What are the exceptions in eukaro...
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8.3: The structure of ribonucleic acid
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9.1: Mutations
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9.2: Meiosis and genetic variation
What does mitosis produce,
What does meiosis produce,
Where does mitosis occur
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11.3: Photosynthesis: The Light-independent reaction
Process of the lidr,
Acronym for the reaction
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7.6: Tissue fluid formation
What is tissue fluid,
What does tissue fluid supply,
What is tissue fluid formed from
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13.4: Uses of Natural and Artificial fertilisers
What is a farming practice that c...,
What is food production like in t...,
Why does food production cause ma...
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13.5: Environmental issues concerning nitrogen containing fertilisers
Why is nitrogen an essential comp...,
Pros of nitrogen containing ferti...,
Cons of nitrogen containing ferti...
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10.3. Species diversity and human activities
What has the effort to provide en...,
What is the index of diversity of...,
Why are agricultural ecosystems d...
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10.4: Investigating Diversity
What causes features of a species...,
What does comparisons of genetic ...,
What are the 4 ways in which comp...
11
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