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3rd Form Definition and Key Concepts
Cell,
Eukaryotic cell,
Animals
113
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4th Form Definitions and Key Concepts
Diffusion,
Osmosis,
Active transport
110
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5th Form Definitions and Key Concepts
Digestion,
Adrenaline,
Memory cell
49
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Designing Experiments
What is the independent variable,
What is the dependent variable,
What are control variables
4
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Making Measurements
How do we increase reliability,
What do we do with anomalous resu...,
How do we measure using a measuri...
3
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Recording Data in Tables
What column of a table should the...,
How many sig fig should be used w...,
Where should units go in a table
4
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Cells
What is a cell,
What three features does a plant ...,
What are the features of an anima...
12
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Presenting Data in Graphs
Where should the dependent variab...,
Do graphs need to start from 0 0,
Where should the independent vari...
6
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Levels of Organisation
What is the level of organisation,
What is a cell,
What are tissues
5
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Specialised Cells
Red blood cell function,
Features of a red blood cell,
Sperm cell function
6
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Biological Molecules
What are the most common compound...,
What are carbohydrates made from,
What are carbohydrates used for
17
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Biological Molecules Food Tests
What is the test for glucose,
Method for benedict s food test,
Method for benedict s food test
12
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Enzymes
What is a catalyst,
What is an enzyme,
How does an enzyme work lock n ke...
8
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Nucleic Acids (DNA)
What is a genome,
What is a chromosone,
What is a gene
11
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Eukaryotic + Prokaryotic Kingdoms
What the five kingdoms,
What are,
What ae eukaryotes
12
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Viruses
What are viruses,
Are viruses cells,
Are viruses alive
8
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Aerobic Respiration
What is aerobic respiration,
Examples of uses of energy,
What is aerobic respiration
6
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Anaerobic Respiration
Is energy included in the respira...,
What is anaerobic respiration,
Why is less atp produced in anaer...
12
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Investigating Respiration
Germinating peas experiment,
Hydrogen carbonate indicator and ...,
Investigating anaerobic respirati...
5
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Diffusion
What is diffusion,
What are the four main factors th...,
How does temperature affect diffu...
7
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Structure of the Gas Exchange System
Where is the gas exchange system ...,
When we breathe in where does air...,
How is the trachea adapted to hel...
13
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Ventilation
What is ventilation,
Process of inhalation,
Process of exhalation
3
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Gas Exchange in the Alveoli
How does gas exchange happen in t...,
How is the alveoli adapted for di...
2
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Investigating the Effects of Exercise on Breathing
What does this investigation inve...,
What colour does limewater go wit...,
What colour does hydrogen carbona...
5
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Effects of Smoking
What is the name of the highly ad...,
What are carcinogens,
What are the bad effects of carbo...
8
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Components of a Balanced Diet
Carbohydrate food sources,
Carbohydrates function,
Protein food sources
27
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The Alimentary Canal
Do all mammals have an alimentary...,
What are the two parts of the sma...,
What are the two parts of the lar...
8
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Mouth and Oesophagus
What is the first structure in th...,
Where does ingestion take place,
What does digestion take place
14
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Stomach, Duodenum and Ileum
Where is the enzyme pepsin created,
Enzyme pepsin,
How does the contractions of the ...
24
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Large Intestine
What are the two sections of the ...,
What is the colon the site of,
Where are the faeces stored
7
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Investigating Enzymes
Effect of temperature on enzymes ...,
Effect of ph on enzymes
2
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Structure of the Circulatory System
What is the function of the circu...,
What are the three things the cir...,
What blood vessels transport deox...
7
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The Heart
How many chambers is the heart di...,
What are features of the two atria,
What are features of the two vent...
8
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Effect of Exercise on Heart Rate
How many times does our heart bea...,
Why does our heart rate increase,
What part of the brain controls c...
5
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Blood and Blood Clotting
What is blood,
Plasma features,
Red blood cell features
10
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Blood Vessels
What is the function of arteries,
What is the function of veins,
What are capillaries
6
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Coronary Heart Disease
What is the job of the coronary a...,
What causes the build up of fatty...,
What do the fatty deposits do to ...
5
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Photosynthesis
What is photosynthesis,
Photosynthesis word equation,
Photosynthesis symbol equation
10
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Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis
What are the factors that can cha...,
What is the limiting factor,
What happens when we add more car...
5
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Structure of a Leaf
How does the leaf being thin and ...,
How does the upper epidermis,
How are the palisade cells specia...
6
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Photosynthesis Experiments
Destarched leaf iodine solution e...,
As this experiment shows the cond...,
As this experiment shows the cond...
6
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Ecology
What is ecology,
What is an ecosystem,
Producer definition
14
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Feeding Relationships
How is a community formed,
How do species in a community int...,
What do the arrows show in a food...
9
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Food Webs and Pyramids
What are food webs useful for,
What are ecological pyramids used...,
What are pyramids of number
4
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Transfer of Energy + Energy Efficiency
What are the units for energy in ...,
Unit for energy available at a tr...,
What are pyramids of energy
6
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Carbon Cycle
What happens when plants photosyn...,
What happens to the carbon in glu...,
3
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Nitrogen Cycle
Why are bacteria and fungi in soi...,
Nitrogen cycle process,
Decomposition description
12
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The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
What is the enhanced greenhouse e...,
Which gases cause the enhanced gr...,
What would happen without the gre...
9
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The Potential Effects of Global Warming
The effects of melting of polar i...,
The effects of destruction of hab...,
The effects of drought and desert...
7
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Cell Division
What are the two types of cell di...,
What must happen before a cell di...,
What does mitosis do
17
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Fertilisation and Genetics
What does the flagellum help the ...,
How often are eggs produced and f...,
Are women born with eggs
13
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Female and Male Reproductive System
What is the ovary,
What is the oviduct,
What is the uterus womb
10
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Sperm's Journey + Random Fertilisation
What is the sperm s journey,
How does random fertilisation occur,
How does random fertilisation pro...
3
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Roles of the Placenta and Amniotic Fluid
What hormone does the placenta se...,
What is the membrane that enclose...,
What is the fluid called that the...
12
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Roles of Oestrogen and Progesterone
What is the time where boys and g...,
What is the male hormone in puberty,
What is the female hormone in pub...
6
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The Menstrual Cycle and Hormones
What happens at the start of the ...,
What happens during the menstrual...,
What is the first sign of preganancy
17
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Sexual Reproduction vs Asexual Reproduction
What is reproduction,
What are the two types of reprodu...,
What produce s
13
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Flower Structure and Pollination
What are the three main functions...,
What is the role of pollen,
What is the role of ova
4
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Insect vs Wind Pollinate Flowers
What are the features of insect p...,
What are insect pollinated stigma...,
What are insect pollinated petals
8
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Pollination and Fertilisation + Seed Development
What happens during sexual reprod...,
What happens during pollination,
What happens once fertilisation o...
4
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Germination + Investigating Conditions Needed
How do germinating seeds get a gr...,
In order to germinate what do pla...,
The investigation of conditions n...
9
cards
Diffusion
What is the definition of diffusion,
Why do particles move randomly,
What does diffusion describe
9
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Osmosis
What is the definition of osmosis,
What is the explanation of free w...,
What is a partially permeable mem...
4
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Water Potential in Cells
What is water potential,
What is the water potential of pu...,
What happens to water potential w...
9
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Active Transport
What is active transport used by ...,
How does active transport work,
What happens to glucose in active...
4
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Experiments: Investigating Factors Affecting Rate of Diffusion and Osmosis
1
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Transport in Plants
What does the transport system in...,
What is the xylem made up of,
What does the cell wall of xylem ...
11
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Transport of Water
How do plants take in water from ...,
What are adaptions of root hair c...,
What is the role of root hair cells
5
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Transpiration + Effect of Environmental Conditions
How does water move through the l...,
Why is the epidermis covered in a...,
What does most water pass out of ...
19
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Experiment: Measuring the Rate of Transpiration
What is a potometer,
How can a potometer be used to wo...,
What is a potometer used for
4
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Excretion + Urea Formation
Why do waste products damage the ...,
What is excretion,
What is egestion
12
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Kidney + Nephron
What is the role of the kidney,
What are the three main sections ...,
What are the nephrons
13
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Gas Exchange in Plants + Experiment
Why are plants constantly respiring,
When is photosynthesis faster,
When is respiration faster than p...
6
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Structure of a Leaf
How is the leaf specialised for g...
1
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Responding to Change
What does coordinated mean,
What are the two organ systems wh...,
What is phototropism
8
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Stimuli and Receptors + Nervous System
What do receptors do,
What does the receptor detect in ...,
What does the receptor detect in ...
9
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Neurones, Reflexes and Synapses
What are nerve cells called,
What are the three types of neurones,
What happens once a receptor dete...
14
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Eye Structure and Function
What is the eye,
What is the cornea,
What is the pupil
11
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Iris Reflex + Accommodation
What happens to the iris in dim l...,
What happens to the iris in brigh...,
What is the reflex arc of the eye...
6
cards
Hormones + Function
What happens in the endocrine system,
Speed of endocrine system,
Type of message sent with endocri...
29
cards
Homeostatis, Thermoregulation + Osmoregulation
What is homeostasis,
What does the hypothalamus do,
Which ways does the body maintain...
12
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Plant Responses
How do plants respond to a light ...,
What is tropism,
What are phototropisms
8
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Selective Breeding
What are the steps taken to selec...,
How to be successful in selective...
2
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Crop Production
How do farmers make a large profi...,
What conditions to farmers have i...,
Why do greenhouses and polythene ...
4
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Fertilisers and Pesticides
What is an organic fertiliser,
What is an inorganic fertiliser,
Advantages of organic fertilisers
16
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Biological Control + Agents
How can whiteflies in a greenhous...,
Does biological control fully era...,
What is the aim of biological con...
13
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Bread Production and the Role of Yeast
What is anaerobic respiration use...,
What is the anaerobic equation in...,
Is ethanol found in alcoholic dri...
11
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Industrial Fermenters
What fungus produces the antibiot...,
How is human insulin produced,
In an industrial fermenter what i...
7
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Yoghurt Production
Which bacteria is yoghurt made with,
Why is milk pasteurised heated wh...,
Method of making yoghurt
6
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Fish Farming
Why is fish farming now meeting a...,
What are the most commonly farmed...,
What do farmers feed fish to prom...
9
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Biodiversity, Deforestation + Effects
Biodiversity definition,
How do you measure biodiversity u...,
How do you find out the effect of...
14
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Air Pollution by Sulphur Dioxide + Carbon Monoxide
What is acid rain,
How is acid rain created,
How does acid
6
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Eutrophication + Pollution of Water
Why do farmers use fertilisers,
What do fertilisers usually contain,
What is leaching
7
cards
DNA + RNA
What does dna do,
What form is dna in eukaryotes,
What form is dna in prokaryotes
22
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Chromosomes in Humans
Do different organisms contain di...,
What is a diploid cell,
What is a haploid cell
4
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Variation
What is variation,
What are the two types of variation,
What is genetic variation
29
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Protein Synthesis
What contains the information to ...,
How does protein synthesise,
What are the two stages of protei...
5
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Mutations
What is a mutation,
What causes mutations,
What is a chromosomal mutation
10
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Stem Cells
What is a stem cell,
What is the journey of a stem cell,
What is differentiation controlle...
9
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Immune System: Phagocytes and Lymphocytes
What is a disease,
What causes diseases,
What are the main organisms that ...
8
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Vaccination
How do lymphocytes prevent the bo...,
What does it mean to say we have ...,
How does vaccination work
3
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Natural Selection + Modern Interpretation
What is natural selection,
What was darwin s theory based on,
From darwin s observations what w...
4
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Antibiotic Resistance
What are antibiotics,
Why,
How did humans develop antibiotic...
3
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Transgenic Organism + Genetic Engineering
What does genetic engineering inv...,
What are transgenic organisms,
What are vectors used for
7
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GM Products + Cloning
How is insulin manufactured in a ...,
What steps need to be taken in or...,
What are the two main stages of g...
15
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Life Process
Movement definition,
Reproduction definition,
Sensitivity definition
8
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