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Higher Biology (based on the course specification)

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Decks in this class (23)

Unit 1 Key area 1
What is the name given to the bas...,
Explain how a nucleotide is struc...,
Explain the different types of ba...
11  cards
Unit 1 Key area 2
State what is meant by a primer,
What is the role of dna polymeras...,
Give an account of dna replication
11  cards
Unit 1 Key area 3
What are the two stages in the pr...,
Is it true that all of the genes ...,
What are the types of rna that ar...
15  cards
Unit 1 Key area 4
Explain what is meant by the term...,
What is meant by a meristem,
What is a stem cell
9  cards
Unit 1 Key area 5
Explain what is meant by the geno...,
Explain the structure of a genome,
State what type of genetic inform...
6  cards
Unit 1 Key area 6
Define the term mutation,
What are the different types of s...,
Give an account of the different ...
11  cards
Unit 1 Key area 7
Define the term evolution,
Define the term natural selection,
Name the three different types of...
14  cards
Unit 1 Key area 8
Describe what is meant by genomic...,
What methods can we use to compar...,
What is the process of using comp...
12  cards
Unit 2 key area 1
Describe what is meant by the ter...,
What types of things can metaboli...,
What are the different types of r...
12  cards
Unit 2 Key area 2
Define the term glycolysis,
Write notes on the process of gly...,
Write notes on the citric acid cycle
8  cards
Unit 2 Key area 3
State three ways that we can meas...,
Give examples of apparatus that c...,
What can be said about organisms ...
8  cards
Unit 2 Key area 4
State three examples of external ...,
Explain what the term conformer r...,
Explain what the term regulator m...
8  cards
Unit 2 Key area 5
Explain the features of an organi...,
Define the term dormancy,
State the two types of dormancy
12  cards
Unit 2 Key area 6
State the three branches of life,
State three reasons why microorga...,
What is used as an energy source ...
7  cards
Unit 2 Key area 7
State two methods of improving wi...,
State what is meant by mutagenic ...,
What can be used as a vector in r...
13  cards
Unit 3 Key area 1
Define the term food security,
Explain the effects that an incre...,
Give some examples of factors tha...
12  cards
Unit 3 Key area 2
State two reasons why a field tri...,
State the three factors that must...,
Explain why selection of treatmen...
13  cards
Unit 3 key area 3
State two examples of things that...,
State the two types of weeds,
Describe the properties of annual...
16  cards
Unit 3 Key area 4
Write notes on free range farming...,
State the indicators of poor anim...
2  cards
Unit 3 Key area 5
Define the term symbiosis,
State the two types of symbiotic ...,
Describe a parasitic relationship
6  cards
Unit 3 key area 6
Define the term social hierarchy,
In a social hierarchy what behavi...,
In a social hierarchy what behavi...
17  cards
Unit 3 Key area 7
State the three components of bio...,
Describe what is meant by genetic...,
What can a reduction in species d...
6  cards
Unit 3 Key area 8
Explain the results of overexploi...,
Why is genetic diversity so impor...,
State what has been the effect of...
10  cards

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