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Statistical Tests for Biology
When is the chi squared test used 1,
When is the spearman s rank corre...,
When are t tests used 3
19
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Nervous Communication - Neurones
Define neurones 1,
Define sensory neurone 2,
What is the position of the cell ...
23
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Nervous Communication - The Nerve Impulse
Define the nerve impulse 1,
Define the resting membrane poten...,
Describe the permeability of the ...
34
cards
Nervous Communication - Receptors and Synapses
Define sensory receptors 1,
What does it mean that sensory re...,
Give a key example of a sensory r...
42
cards
Hormonal Communication - Endocrine System and Hormones
Define hormones 1,
What can cause the secretion of a...,
Define endocrine glands giving ex...
32
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Hormonal Communication - Control of Blood Glucose
How is blood glucose concentratio...,
What is the normal blood glucose ...,
Which cells detect high blood glu...
32
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Communication and Homeostasis - Intro and Stimuli
What are the requirements of a go...,
Describe cell signalling 2,
Give examples of cell signalling ...
16
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Communication and Homeostasis - Homeostasis
Define homeostasis 1,
Which conditions need to be kept ...,
Why do these conditions need to b...
35
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Ecosystems - Intro to Ecosystems
Define population 1,
Define community 2,
Define habitat 3
16
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Ecosystems - Energy and Biomass Transfer Through Ecosystems
Describe the general pattern of b...,
What happens at each trophic level 2,
What is biomass lost as 3
41
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Ecosystems - Recycling Within Ecosystems
Give examples of decomposers 1,
Describe the method by which deco...,
Describe saprotrophic nutrition 3
34
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Ecosystems - Sampling Methods
Define abundance 1,
Define distribution 2,
What are the different types of d...
38
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Ecosystems - Simpson's Diversity Index, Abiotic Factors and Succession
Define species richness 1,
Define species evenness 2,
Define species diversity 3
29
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Ecosystems - Populations And Management Of Ecosystems
Define carrying capacity 1,
What are the three phases of popu...,
Describe the lag phase 3
31
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Animal Responses - Organisation of the Nervous System
What can the nervous system be sp...,
What can the central nervous syst...,
What can the peripheral nervous s...
40
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Animal Responses - The Brain
What are the functions of the cer...,
What is the function of of the tw...,
What are the functions of the cer...
7
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Animal Responses - Reflex Actions
Define a reflex 1,
Give examples of reflexes 2,
Give the reflex arc pathway 3
11
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Animal Responses - The Fight Or Flight Response and Control Of The Heart Rate
What initiates the fight or fligh...,
What is the first stage of the fi...,
What are the two effects of the h...
19
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Animal Responses - Muscle
What are the three types of muscle 1,
Describe the cellular structure o...,
Where is voluntary muscle found 3
50
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Plant Responses - Types of Responses and Intro to Hormones
What do plants need to do 1,
Why do roots need to grow downwar...,
What are the two types of response 3
25
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Plant Responses - Auxins
What did darwin s investigations ...,
What did boysen and jensens inves...,
What did wents investigations int...
21
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Plant Responses - Other Hormones
Where are gibberellins produced 1,
What do gibberellins cause 2,
What kind of plant lacks gibberel...
27
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Excretion - Intro and Carbon Dioxide
Define excretion 1,
Give two examples of excretory su...,
Define metabolism 3
17
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Excretion - The Liver
How much blood flows through the ...,
What are the primary functions of...,
What does the liver control 3
41
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Excretion - The Kidneys
What is the role of the kidneys 1,
Describe the capsule 2,
Describe the cortex 3
60
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Excretion - Osmoregulation
Define osmoregulation 1,
Give the water gains 2,
Give the water losses 3
13
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Excretion - Monoclonal Antibodies and Steroids
What are monoclonal antibodies 1,
Describe briefly the process of h...,
Why are tumour cells used 3
9
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Photosynthesis - Overview of Photosynthesis
Define photosynthesis 1,
What are the two main types of nu...,
Define autotrophs 3
23
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Photosynthesis - The Site of Photosynthesis and Photosynthetic Pigments
How is the leaf adapted to photos...,
What are chloroplasts 2,
What is the function of the chlor...
25
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Photosynthesis - Absorption and Action Spectra, Photosystems
What does an absorption spectrum ...,
What does an action spectrum show 2,
Which wavelengths of light are mo...
11
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Photosynthesis - The Light Dependent Stage of Photosynthesis
Where does the light dependent st...,
Describe briefly what happens in ...,
What are the reactants in the lig...
24
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Photosynthesis - Light Independent Stage (Calvin Cycle)
Where does the light independent ...,
What are the reactants in the lig...,
What are the products in the ligh...
14
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Photosynthesis - Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis
How does light intensity affect t...,
What is light required for 2,
What is the usual carbon dioxide ...
19
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Cellular Control - Mutations
Define mutation 1,
When do dna mutations happen 2,
What can increase the rate of mut...
23
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Cellular Control - Gene Expression
Why is gene expression necessary 1,
What is gene expression 2,
What are the different levels at ...
32
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Cellular Control - Genes and Body Plans
What is the function of homeobox ...,
How do homeobox genes work 2,
What do homeobox genes contain an...
17
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Patterns of Inheritance - Genetic Terms and Mendel
Define a gene 1,
Define allele 2,
Define locus 3
18
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Patterns of Inheritance - Test Cross, Codominance and Multiple Alleles
What are test crosses and why are...,
What can be concluded from the te...,
What can be concluded from the te...
7
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Patterns of Inheritance - Sex Linked Inheritance
What chromosomes do females in ma...,
What chromosomes do males in mamm...,
How is the x chromosome different...
7
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Patterns of Inheritance - Hardy Weinberg and Dihybrid Crosses
Define population 1,
Define gene pool 2,
Define gene frequency equation 3
14
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Patterns of Inheritance - Autosomal Linkage
What happens if two genes are bot...,
Are linked genes always inherited...,
What is the chi squared test used...
7
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Patterns of Inheritance - Epistasis
Define epistasis 1,
What is the epistatic gene 2,
What is the hypostatic gene 3
6
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Respiration - Intro and ATP
What is respiration 1,
Give the three facts about energy 2,
What store of energy is the contr...
17
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Respiration - Glycolysis
Where does glycolysis occur 1,
What is glycolysis 2,
What are the four steps of glycol...
10
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Respiration - Mitochondria
What is the function of the matri...,
What is the function of the outer...,
What is the function of the inner...
7
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Respiration - Link Reaction
Where does the link reaction take...,
Give the brief overview of the li...,
What are the stages of the link r...
8
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Respiration - Krebs Cycle and the Importance of Coenzymes
Where does the krebs cycle occur 1,
Give a brief overview of the kreb...,
Give step one of the krebs cycle 3
14
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Respiration - Oxidative Phosphorylation
Where does oxidative phosphorylat...,
Give a brief overview of oxidativ...,
What is the first stage of oxidat...
8
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Respiration - Summary and ATP yields
In theory how much atp can each r...,
In theory how much atp can each r...,
In practice how much atp can each...
12
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Respiration - Anaerobic Respiration
What happens if oxygen is absent ...,
When is anaerobic respiration used 2,
What process does take place duri...
19
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Respiration - Oxygen Debt and Respiratory Substrates
Why do we need to breathe deeply ...,
What happens to lactate 2,
Why can lactate fermentation not ...
17
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Respiration - Respiratory Quotient and Respirometers
What is the formula for respirato...,
What is the rq value for carbohyd...,
What is the usual rq value for fa...
15
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Manipulating Genomes - Techniques in Genetics
Where are restriction enzymes ext...,
What are restriction enzymes used...,
What are the features of the rest...
29
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Manipulating Genomes - Gene Probes and DNA profiling
Define dna probes 1,
The dna probe has a label attache...,
What are the uses of gene probes 3
10
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Manipulating Genomes - Human Genome Project and DNA Sequencing
What is the human genome project 1,
What is pharmacogenomics 2,
What are the benefits for health ...
13
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Manipulating Genomes - Genetic Engineering
Define genetic engineering 1,
What are the two broad reasons fo...,
Give examples of improving featur...
33
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Manipulating Genomes - Gene Therapy
Define gene therapy 1,
What are the two kinds of gene th...,
What are the two kinds of somatic...
15
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Cloning and Biotechnology - Natural Clones
What are clones 1,
Give examples of natural clones 2,
What are the advantages of asexua...
19
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Cloning and Biotechnology - Micropropagation
What are some problems with takin...,
What is tissue culture 2,
What are the advantages of tissue...
11
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Cloning and Biotechnology - Techniques Used in Microbiology
What are the aseptic techniques 1,
Why should bunsen burner be nearby 2,
Why do we pass neck of vessel thr...
9
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Cloning and Biotechnology - Cloning of Animals
Define non reproductive cloning 1,
Describe cloning for scientific r...,
Describe therapeutic cloning 3
12
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Cloning and Biotechnology - Biotechnology
Define biotechnology 1,
Why are microbes used in biotechn...,
What are the main applications of...
11
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Cloning and Biotechnology - Cultures, Metabolites and Fermenters
Define cultures 1,
Define closed culture 2,
What are the three ways of measur...
45
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Cloning and Biotechnology - Bioremediation and Immobilised Enzymes
What is bioremediation 1,
Where can bioremediation occur 2,
What do the microbes need in bior...
27
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