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Biology PAPER 2

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Decks in this class (45)

Lesson 1: Homeostasis
Give the definition of homeostasis,
Why is it important that the cond...,
What does homeostasis include the...
11  cards
Lesson 2: The Nervous system
What are the 2 main parts of the ...,
What is the cns,
What does the cns do
11  cards
Lesson 3: Reaction Time RP
What is the method of testing for...,
What do we use to convert the rul...,
What is a big control variable fo...
8  cards
Lesson 4: The Brain
What is the function of the cereb...,
What is the function of the cereb...,
What is the function of the medulla
9  cards
Lesson 5: The Eye
What type of organ is the eye,
What is the function of the cornea,
What is the function of the lens
25  cards
Lesson 6: Thermoregulation
What is body temperature monitore...,
What does the thermoregulatory ce...,
What two parts of the body contai...
9  cards
Lesson 7: Endocrine System
What is the endocrine system comp...,
What happens after a hormone is s...,
What is the difference between an...
7  cards
Lesson 8: Blood glucose concentration
What is the role of the pancreas,
What happens when the blood gluco...,
What is type 1 diabetes
9  cards
Lesson 9: Maintaining water/ nitrogen balance
Why is it important in terms of c...,
What are the 3 ways we can lose w...,
Can the body control how much wat...
14  cards
Lesson 10: The Menstrual Cycle
What do reproductive hormones cau...,
Where is oestrogen produced,
What happens at puberty for women
10  cards
Lesson 11: Contraception/ Hormones for infertility
Give examples of hormonal methods...,
What do injection implants and sk...,
Give examples of barrier methods ...
14  cards
Lesson 12: Negative Feedback
When is adreneline produced what ...,
What effect does adreneline have ...,
Where is thyroxine produced what ...
4  cards
Plant Hormones
Why do plants produce hormones,
What is the response to light by ...,
What is the response to gravity b...
12  cards
RP: Plant hormones
How can we investigate the effct ...,
What would you expect the seedlin...,
How can we investigate the effect...
4  cards
Lesson 1: Sexual/ Assexual reproduction
What is the main difference betwe...,
What does sexual reproduction inv...,
What is being fused in animal sex...
8  cards
Lesson 2: Meiosis/ fertilisation
What are the stages of a reproduc...,
What happens at fertilisation,
What happens once the normal numb...
4  cards
Lesson 3: Advantages/ disadvantages assexual and sexual reproduction
What are the 3 advantages of sexu...,
What are the 4 advantages of asex...,
True or falsean organism can eith...
4  cards
Lesson 4: DNA/ Genome
Where is dna found,
What is dna,
What is a gene
6  cards
Lesson 5: DNA Structure
What is dna made from,
What is a nucleotide,
How do the bases on each dna stra...
10  cards
Lesson 6: Mutations
What is a mutation,
True or falsemutations barely hap...,
What is the issue with mutations
7  cards
Lesson 7: Inherited dissorders/ sex determination
What are inherited dissorders cau...,
What is polydaylyl what type of a...,
What is cystic fibrosis what type...
8  cards
Lesson 8: Variation/ Evolution
What are the 3 reasons as to why ...,
What is variation,
What causes genetic variation
8  cards
Lesson 9: Selective Bredding
What is selective breeding artifi...,
For how many years have humans be...,
What are the 4 steps of selective...
6  cards
Lesson 10: Genetic Engineering
What is genetic engineering,
For what 2 purposes have plant cr...,
For what purpose have bacterial c...
9  cards
Lesson 11: Cloning
What is tissue culture,
What is tissue culture important,
What is cutting to clone plants
5  cards
Lesson 12: Theory of Evolution
What was included in charles darw...,
What is the theory of evolution b...,
Where did charles publish his ide...
6  cards
Lesson 13: Speciation
What 3 different ideas did the sc...,
How did darwin and alfred russel ...,
True or falsewallace stayed in hi...
6  cards
Lesson 14: Genetics
What sort of experiments did greg...,
What was one of the observations ...,
What was observed in the late 19t...
7  cards
Lesson 15: Fossils/ Extinction
Give 3 sources of evidence for th...,
What are fossils,
What are the 3 different ways tha...
7  cards
Lesson 16: Resistant bacteria
Why can bacteria evolve rapidly,
What do mutations of bacterial pa...,
What happens after a bacterial pa...
7  cards
Lesson 17: Classification of Living Organisms
Traditionally how have living thi...,
Who was the classification system...,
How are organisms named
13  cards
Lesson 1: Communities
What is an ecosystem,
In order for organisms to survive...,
What different things resources w...
10  cards
Lesson 3 : Adaptations
What are adaptations,
What are the three different type...,
What are bacteria living in deep ...
4  cards
Lesson 2: Abiotic/ Biotic factors
What are abiotic factors,
Give 7 abiotic factors which can ...,
What are biotic factors
4  cards
Lesson 4: Levels of Organisation
How can feeding relationships wit...,
What do producers do in a food chain,
What do all food chains start with
9  cards
Lesson 5: RP Transects and Quadrats
What are the steps for estimating...,
What are the steps
2  cards
Lesson 6: Recycling materials/ Decomposition/ DECAY RP
What two parts of an ecosystem do...,
Why are all materials in the livi...,
What happens in the carbon cycle
24  cards
Lesson 7: Environmental Change/Biodiversity
What different environmntal chang...,
What are the 3 different types of...,
What is biodiversity
12  cards
Lesson 8: Waste Management/ Land Use
Over time why has more waste been...,
True or falsewaste and chemical m...,
In what three places can pollutio...
12  cards
Lesson 9: Deforestation/ Global Warming
Why has large scale deforestation...,
What gases are increasing in leve...,
What are the consequences of glob...
4  cards
Lesson 11: Farming techniques/ sustainable fisheries
How can the efficiency of food pr...,
How can we reduce the amount of e...,
Give 2 disadvantages of rearing f...
7  cards
Lesson 11: Role of Biotechnology
Why is the fungus fusarium useful...,
What is mycroprotein,
What is the role of genetically m...
4  cards
Lesson 12: Pyramids of Biomass/ Trophic Levels
What do pyramids of biomass actua...,
True or falsetrophic level 4 is a...,
How much of incident light on alg...
15  cards
Lesson 13: Factors affecting Food Security
What is food security,
Give 6 biological,
Why has changing diets in develop...
5  cards
Genetic inheritence
Dominant allele,
Resessive allele,
Chromosomes
9  cards

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