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Unit 1 Specification
11 biological molecules,
11 monomers and polymers,
12 carbohydrates
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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,
What happens during hydrolysis
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1. Proteins - Many proteins are enzymes
Define an enzyme,
How did scientists discover the i...,
What is a substrate
52
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1. Lipids
Which 3 elements do lipids contain,
Which part of a phospholipid is h...,
Identify the molecule
42
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1. Structure of DNA and RNA
Dna is made from which monomer,
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
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1. ATP
Why is glucose not a good immedia...,
If an inorganic phosphate molecul...,
What is the equation for respiration
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1. Water
Give a property of water,
Why is water important 4 things,
Polarity of water
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1. Inorganic Ions
What does the ion do co3 2,
What does the ion do ca 2,
What does the ion do co3 2
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1. Structures of all biological molecules
Alpha glucose,
Beta glucose,
Fructose
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1. Food tests
Starch,
Benedicts test for reducing sugar,
Non reducing sugar test
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Unit 2 Specification
21 cell structure,
212 structure of prokaryotic cell...,
213 methods of studying cells
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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,
What are nuclear pores,
What is the nucleoplasm
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2. Structure of Prokaryotic Cells
Identify the missing label,
The,
Do prokaryotes have a nucelus
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2. Viruses and Viral replication
What are viruses,
How do they reproduce,
Do they have membrane cytoplasm o...
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2. Light and Electron Microscopes
The thing that you see when lpook...,
What are the disadvantages of a l...,
Evaluate the light microscope
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2. Cell Calculations and AIM Triangle
Identify what is missing from the...,
How do we calculate magnification,
1 m in m
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2. Mitosis and Cell Cycle
What are the 4 stages of mitosis,
What does the diagram show,
Cancer is caused by uncontrolled ...
38
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2. Cell Fractionation
Give two ways homogenisation is done,
What is the order organelles come...
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2. Transport across cell membranes
Methods
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2. Cell Membrane Structure and Function
All membranes,
What do we call the plasma membra...,
What is the funciton of a cell su...
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2. Osmosis
The passive movement of water fro...,
Osmosis involves the movement of,
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,
In diffusion the motion of the pa...,
In diffusion the direction of par...
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2. HIV
Hiv host cells,
Initial infection,
When does a person have aids
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2. Immune System - phagocytes, B cells and T cells
Antigen presentation,
Macrophage to death,
Explain the increase in specific ...
23
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Unit 3 Specification
31 surface area to volume ratio,
32 gas exchange,
33 digestion and absorption
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3. Surface Area to Volume ratios
Sa and v of cylinder sphere and cube,
Heat and sa v,
Metabolic rates and sa v
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3. Plants and Xerophytes
How are palisade cells adapted to...,
Adaptations of the leaf,
Xerophytes adaptations
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3. Fish and insect gas exchange
Gas exchange in insects,
Tracheae and tracheoles,
Spiracles
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3. Lung Ventilation
Why do trachea and bronchi have c...
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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,
Emphysema,
Pulmonary fibrosis
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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,
Chemical digestion
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3. Enzymes - Digestion
Carbohydrate digestion,
Membrane bound disaccharidases,
Sucrose digestion
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3. Mass Transport
The circulatory system is a mass ...,
The human circulatory system,
What would happen if the blood su...
12
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3. Haemoglobin
Haemoglobin,
The partial pressure of oxygen po2,
Why is the graph is s shaped
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3. Tissue Fluid
What is tissue fluid,
Formation of tissue fluid,
Hydrostatic pressure is opposed b...
13
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3. Cardiac Cycle
The cardiac cycle avn san,
Pulmonary vein and the vena cava ...,
Cardiac output
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3. Heart Disease
Atheroma formation,
Exam tipatheromas,
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,
Expiration
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3. Water in Plants - Xylem
How does a potometer work,
Xylem vessels,
Xylem tissue and xylem vessels
13
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3. Phloem in Plants
Structure and function of phloem,
Translocation,
How are the solutes moved in the ...
6
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Unit 4 Specification
41 dna genes and chromosomes,
42 dna and protein synthesis,
43 genetic diversity can arise as...
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4. DNA in Euk and Prok cells
What is a chromosome,
What is a gene
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4. The Genetic Code
Recall facts about dna from unit ...,
A polynucleotide forms when,
2 dna polynucleotide dna strands ...
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4. RNA and protein synthesis
3 types of rna,
Mrna,
Trna
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4. Genetic mutations cause genetic diversity
Gene mutations,
Substitution,
The effect of substitution mutations
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4. Meiosis causes genetic diversity
Mitosis vs meiosis,
Pictures showing meiosis,
Diploid vs haploid
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4. Random fertilisation and unusual life cycles
Meiosis produces genetically uniq...,
Fertilisation restores the diploi...,
Lifecycles
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4. Genetic Diversity
Other factors affecting genetic d...,
Genetic diversity key points,
Migration increases genetic diver...
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4. Natural selection
Genetic diversity,
Natural selection,
Allele frequency
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4. Directional & stabilising selection
There are 3 types of natural sele...,
Directional selectiondrives evolu...,
Directional selection examples
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4. The concept of species and courtship
A species is,
Courtship behaviour 5pts,
But there are problems with using...
12
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4. Classification
Why classify living organisms,
The concept of species,
They are different species and he...
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4. Genome Sequencing and Immunology
Species can be classified based o...,
What colours are the dna strands ...,
Dna hybrisation
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4. Biodiversity
Biodiversity,
One way you can measure biodivers...,
The higher the species diversity ...
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4. Biodiversity farming and deforestation
Deforestation,
Agriculture,
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
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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...
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