Biology: AQA A-Level

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Decks in this class (48)

Carbohydrates
What is a monomer 1,
What is a polymer 2,
What is a condensation reaction 3
40  cards
Lipids
What molecules make up a triglyce...,
What type of reaction forms a tri...,
What bonds are formed in a trigly...
29  cards
Proteins
How do monomers form the primary ...,
What reaction joins amino acids t...,
What groups form the peptide bond...
24  cards
Enzymes
What do enzyme substrate complexe...,
Why does an enzyme substrate comp...,
What energy do few substrates hav...
44  cards
Required Practical 1
What must be constant in enzyme e...,
Why equilibrate before a reaction 2,
What should you measure at the st...
38  cards
DNA
What is dna a polymer of 1,
What are the components of a dna ...,
What bond joins nucleotides in dna 3
39  cards
ATP
What are the three components tha...,
What reaction forms atp from its ...,
What enzyme forms atp in condensa...
14  cards
Water
What is water a metabolite in 1,
What is water used as in condensa...,
Why is water being a solvent impo...
15  cards
Inorganic Ions
What does haemoglobin bind with 1,
What do iron ions in haemoglobin ...,
What does haemoglobin associate w...
21  cards
Eukaryotes
What is the cell surface membrane...,
What is made of a phospholipid bi...,
What does the cell surface membra...
46  cards
Prokaryotes
What does the bacterial cell wall...,
What does the bacterial cell wall...,
What does the bacterial cell wall...
42  cards
Studying Cells
What can be seen using a tem 1,
What is the resolution of a tem 2,
Why does tem have high resolution 3
25  cards
Cell Division
What is a homologous pair of chro...,
What do two chromosomes that carr...,
What begins to breakdown in proph...
54  cards
Required Practical 2
What is the first step to prepare...,
What do you do with the thin slic...,
What should you place on top of t...
50  cards
Transport Across Membranes
What reaction forms an ester bond...,
What is lost during ester bond fo...,
What two molecules form the ester...
42  cards
Immunology
What is the process called when a...,
What happens after a pathogen is ...,
What fuses with the vesicle conta...
63  cards
Gas Exchange
Why do larger animals need a spec...,
What does a specialised system in...,
What does a specialised system in...
47  cards
Digestion
What enzyme starts starch digesti...,
What does amylase break starch in...,
What enzyme breaks maltose into g...
32  cards
Mass Transport In Humans
What happens when muscle contract...,
Why is pressure higher in the atr...,
What does higher pressure in the ...
40  cards
Haemoglobin
What carries oxygen in red blood ...,
What is the role of iron ions in ...,
Why can iron ions bind to oxygen 3
27  cards
Mass Transport In Plants
What blocks the apoplast pathway ...,
Which pathway does water take to ...,
How are ions moved into the xylem...
31  cards
Protein Synthesis
What is an exon a sequence of 1,
What does mrna not have that trna...,
What is the shape of mrna compare...
45  cards
Biodiveristy & Classification
What defines a species 1,
What features do organisms in a s...,
What reproductive ability defines...
56  cards
Required Practical 3
What should cells or tissues have...,
What should cells and tissues be ...,
Is potato skin permeable to water 3
25  cards
Required Practical 4
Why wash beetroot discs before th...,
Why prove pigment release is due ...,
What s in the control group 3
47  cards
Required Practical 5
How do you set up the apparatus f...,
How to ensure airtight watertight...,
How to cut the shoot for the expe...
29  cards
Required Practical 6
What does the action of the disin...,
What happens if the clear zone is...,
What must be the same for a fair ...
19  cards
Math Skills
In the uk in 2017 there were 805 ...,
Information travels at 120 metres...,
A ruler has an error of 1 mm 3
20  cards
How Science Works
Why is a large sample size import...,
Why is a long study important 2,
Why is using a control important 3
21  cards
Speciation, Investigating Populations & Succession
What is the first step in allopat...,
What happens to gene pools during...,
What causes variation in allopatr...
70  cards
Photosynthesis
What happens when chlorophyll abs...,
What happens to electrons in chlo...,
Where do the electrons lost from ...
46  cards
Respiration
What is the first step in glycoly...,
What happens to triose phosphate ...,
What is the net atp gain from gly...
44  cards
Energy Transfers
What does biomass specifically re...,
How else is biomass measured in p...,
What is the first step to remove ...
47  cards
Nutrient Cycles
What is meant by a carbon sink 1,
Give an example of a carbon sink 2,
What is global warming 3
42  cards
Inheritance
What is a genome 1,
What else can genome mean 2,
Another way to define a genome 3
45  cards
Stem Cells & Control Of Gene Expression
How can cells from the same stem ...,
What controls which genes are swi...,
What are totipotent cells 3
38  cards
Gene Technology & Applications
What breaks the hydrogen bonds in...,
What acts as the template in repl...,
How do new nucleotides pair up 3
37  cards
Survival, Response To Stimuli & Neurons
What is a taxis 1,
What is a positive taxis 2,
What is a negative taxis 3
80  cards
Receptors, Eye, Pacinian Corpuscle & Chemo/Baro Receptors
What happens to the pacinian corp...,
What does deformation of the lame...,
What happens when sodium ion chan...
36  cards
Muscles
What is the lightest band in stri...,
What is the darkest band and what...,
What is the medium shaded band an...
46  cards
Homeostasis
How does sweating or panting help...,
What happens to heat during sweat...,
Why is evaporation effective for ...
37  cards
Required Practical 7
What statistical test should the ...,
What does the t test compare in t...,
What is a suitable null hypothesi...
41  cards
Required Practical 8
Why does osmosis not occur in thi...,
What happens to the chloroplast i...,
What would happen to the chloropl...
23  cards
Required Practical 9
What is the aim of required pract...,
What organism is used in this exp...,
How does yeast respire 3
27  cards
Required Practical 10
What is the aim of required pract...,
What type of response is being in...,
What do woodlice do in an unfavou...
27  cards
Required Practical 11
What is the main aim of required ...,
What is the key test used in this...,
Why does glucose react in the ben...
34  cards
Required Practical 12
What is the aim of required pract...,
What types of factors determine s...,
What are examples of abiotic fact...
37  cards
Essay
What topics fit into almost every...,
What absorbs light energy in the ...,
What happens to chlorophyll when ...
101  cards

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