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Unit 1 Specification
1 biological molecules 1,
11 monomers and polymers 2,
12 carbohydrates 3
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1. Monomers and Polymers
Individual biological molecules t...,
Which type of reaction take place...,
Which polymer do many mononucleot...
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1. Carbohydrates
An individual sugar molecule is c...,
Name a structural polysaccharide 2,
What happens during hydrolysis 3
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1. Proteins - Many proteins are enzymes
Define an enzyme 1,
How did scientists discover the i...,
What is a substrate 3
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1. Lipids
Which 3 elements do lipids contain 1,
Which part of a phospholipid is h...,
Identify the molecule 3
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1. Structure of DNA and RNA
Dna is made from which monomer 1,
Name the 3 components of a nucleo...,
In dna which base complements gua...
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1. DNA Replication
Name the scientists who confirmed...,
Identify the method of dna replic...,
Define nuclear division 3
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1. ATP
Why is glucose not a good immedia...,
If an inorganic phosphate molecul...,
What is the equation for respirat...
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1. Water
Give a property of water 1,
Why is water important 6 things 2,
Polarity of water 3
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1. Inorganic Ions
What does the ion do 1,
What does the ion do 2,
What does the ion do 3
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1. Structures of all biological molecules
Alpha glucose 1,
Beta glucose 2,
Fructose 3
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1. Food tests
Starch 1,
Benedicts test for reducing sugar 2,
Non reducing sugar test 3
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Unit 2 Specification
211 structure of eukaryotic cells 1,
212 structure of prokaryotic cell...,
213 methods of studying cells 3
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2. Eukaryotic Cell Structure
Is this a eukaryotic or prokaryot...,
Identify the organelle of the ani...,
Identify the organelle of the ani...
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2. Organelle Structure and Function
What is the nuclear membrane 1,
What are nuclear pores 2,
What is the nucleoplasm 3
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2. Structure of Prokaryotic Cells
Identify the missing label 1,
The nucleic acid in a virus is en...,
Do prokaryotes have a nucelus 3
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2. Viruses and Viral replication
What are viruses 1,
How do they reproduce 2,
Do they have membrane cytoplasm o...
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2. Light and Electron Microscopes
What you see when looking through...,
What are the disadvantages of a l...,
What are the advantages of a ligh...
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2. Cell Calculations and AIM Triangle
Identify what is missing from the...,
How do we calculate the miagnific...,
1 m in m 3
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2. Mitosis and Cell Cycle
What are the 4 stages of mitosis 1,
What does the diagram show 2,
Cancer is caused by uncontrolled ...
38
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2. Cell Fractionation
Media 1,
Give two ways homogenisation is d...,
What is the order organelles come...
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2. Transport across cell membranes
Media 1,
Movement across membrands occurs ...
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2. Cell Membrane Structure and Function
All membranes around and within c...,
What do we call the plasma membra...,
What is the function of a cell su...
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2. Osmosis
The passive movement of water fro...,
Osmosis involves the movement of 2,
By adding more solute the a solut...
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2. Active Transport
The movement of molecules or ions...,
Difference between active transpo...,
Differences between active transp...
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2. Simple and Facilitated Diffusion
Diffusion is an example of 1,
In diffusion the motion of the pa...,
In diffusion the direction of par...
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2. HIV
Hiv host cells 1,
Initial infection 2,
When does a person have aids 3
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2. Immune System - phagocytes, B cells and T cells
Antigen presentation 1,
Macrophage to death 2,
Explain the increase in specific ...
23
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Unit 3 Specification
31 surface area to volume ratio 1,
32 gas exchange 2,
33 digestion and absorption 3
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3. Surface Area to Volume ratios
Ficks law 1,
Heat and sa v 2,
Metabolic rates and sa v 3
5
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3. Plants and Xerophytes
How are palisade cells adapted to...,
Adaptations of the leaf 2,
Xerophytes adaptations 3
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3. Fish and insect gas exchange
To reduce water loss 3pts 1,
Tracheae and tracheoles 2,
Spiracles 3
12
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3. Lung Ventilation
Media 1,
Media 2,
Why do trachea and bronchi have c...
14
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3. Alveoli and Gas Exchange
What should you do to make it as ...,
How is the diffusion gradient mai...,
What other feature of the alveoli...
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3. Lung Disease
Asthma 1,
Emphysema 2,
Pulmonary fibrosis 3
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3. Mid UNIT
The adult damselfly uses a trache...,
The damselfly larva is a carnivor...,
A scientist measured the size of ...
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3. Digestion
What is the difference between ab...,
Physical digestion 2,
Chemical digestion 3
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3. Enzymes - Digestion
Carbohydrate digestion 1,
Membrane bound disaccharidases 2,
Sucrose digestion 3
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3. Mass Transport
The circulatory system is a mass ...,
The human circulatory system 2,
What would happen if the blood su...
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3. Haemoglobin
Haemoglobin 1,
The partial pressure of oxygen po2 2,
Why is the graph is s shaped 3
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3. Tissue Fluid
What is tissue fluid 1,
Formation of tissue fluid 2,
Hydrostatic pressure is opposed b...
13
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3. Cardiac Cycle
The cardiac cycle avn san 1,
Pulmonary vein and the vena cava ...,
Cardiac output 3
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3. Heart Disease
Atheroma formation 1,
Exam tip atheromas 2,
Can you think what problems an at...
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3. Some lovely exam Qs
Describe and explain four ways in...,
Describe the cohesion tension the...,
A capillary has a thin wall this ...
12
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3. Human Respiratory System
Why do trachea and bronchi have c...,
Inspiration 2,
Expiration 3
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3. Water in Plants - Xylem
How does a potometer work 1,
Xylem vessels 2,
Xylem tissue and xylem vessels 3
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3. Phloem in Plants
Structure and function of phloem 1,
Translocation 2,
How are the solutes moved in the ...
6
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Unit 4 Specification
41 dna genes and chromosomes 1,
42 dna and protein synthesis 2,
43 genetic diversity can arise as...
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4. DNA in Euk and Prok cells
Media 1,
What is a chromosome 2,
What is a gene 3
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4. The Genetic Code
Recall facts about dna from unit ...,
A polynucleotide forms when 2,
2 dna polynucleotide dna strands ...
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4. RNA and protein synthesis
3 types of rna 1,
Mrna 2,
Trna 3
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4. Genetic mutations cause genetic diversity
Gene mutations 1,
Substitution 2,
The effect of substitution mutati...
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4. Meiosis causes genetic diversity
Mitosis vs meiosis 1,
Pictures showing meiosis 2,
Diploid vs haploid 3
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4. Random fertilisation and unusual life cycles
Meiosis produces genetically uniq...,
Fertilisation restores the diploi...,
Lifecycles 3
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4. Genetic Diversity
Other factors affecting genetic d...,
Genetic diversity key points 2,
Migration increases genetic diver...
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4. Natural selection
Genetic diversity 1,
Natural selection 2,
Allele frequency 3
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4. Directional & stabilising selection
There are 3 types of natural sele...,
Directional selectiondrives evolu...,
Directional selection examples 3
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4. The concept of species and courtship
A species is 1,
Courtship behaviour 5pts 2,
But there are problems with using...
12
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4. Classification
Why classify living organisms 1,
The concept of species 2,
They are different species and he...
12
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4. Genome Sequencing and Immunology
Species can be classified based o...,
What colours are the dna strands ...,
Dna hybrisation 3
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4. Biodiversity
Biodiversity 1,
One way you can measure biodivers...,
The higher the species diversity ...
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4. Biodiversity farming and deforestation
Deforestation 1,
Agriculture 2,
Risks and benefits of agriculture...
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4. Investigating Diversity
Outline a method the ecologists c...,
Describe how you would use quadra...,
Measuring abundance 3
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Definitions
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Describe how a phagocyte destroys...,
Mucus produced by epithelial cell...,
Describe the role of dna polymera...
6
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