A Level Biology OCR

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Decks in this class (77)

Magnification
What do you need to do to see org...,
How does a light microscope work 2,
In order for light to pass throug...
34  cards
Biological Molecules (water)
What is special about water 1,
What is the structure of water 2,
What does oxygen have a higher af...
26  cards
Staining
What is the stain used for starch 1,
What colour does the iodine solut...,
What stain is used for gram stain...
12  cards
Cells And Organelles
What are organelles 1,
What is the nucleus surrounded by 2,
What is the largest organelle 3
59  cards
Mono And Disaccharides
What do all carbohydrates contain 1,
What are the chemical elements th...,
What chemical elements do protein...
28  cards
Polysaccharides
What are the features of energy s...,
Where is starch found 2,
Where is glycogen found 3
26  cards
Prokaryotic Cells
What is the structure of dna in p...,
What are the ribosomes inside a p...,
What type of ribosome is found in...
13  cards
Stem Cells
What is a stem cell 1,
What does each new cell produced ...,
What is the definition of potency 3
34  cards
Testing For Sugars
What is a reducing sugar 1,
What is benedict s reagent 2,
What are the steps for a benedict...
17  cards
Enzymes
What is the definition of an enzy...,
What do catalysts do 2,
How do enzymes increase the rate ...
64  cards
Lipids
What is the molecular structure o...,
What is the molecular structure o...,
What is a feature of saturated fa...
32  cards
Proteins
What are proteins 1,
What is the general formula of an...,
What elements are found in protei...
67  cards
Inorganic Ions
What are the different inorganic ...,
What is the importance of ca2 2,
Importance of na ions 3
10  cards
Chromatography
What is chromatography used for 1,
What is the stationary phase in c...,
What is the mobile phase 3
12  cards
ATP
What are the two main long term e...,
How is the energy that glucose st...,
What is a problem with glucose an...
21  cards
Nucleic Acids And Nucleotides
What are the three parts of a nuc...,
What are the elements that are fo...,
Draw a nucleotide in its simple f...
35  cards
DNA Replication
Why is dna replication needed 1,
What is dna replication 2,
What happens when parent cells pr...
28  cards
Protein Synthesis
Why does protein synthesis occur 1,
What are the two main stages in p...,
What is the first stage of transc...
33  cards
Cell Division (Mitosis And The Cell Cycle)
How long does the cell cycle take...,
What does the cell cycle consist ...,
What are the two different phases 3
36  cards
Biological Membranes
What do phospholipids consist of 1,
What are the hydrophilic and hydr...,
What happens when phospholipids a...
41  cards
Transport Across Membranes
What is diffusion 1,
What is equilibrium 2,
At equilibrium what occurs 3
69  cards
Cell Divison By Meiosis
Where does cell division by meios...,
What is the cell at the beginning...,
What do the cells at the end of m...
34  cards
Specialised Cells And Tissues
What happens in complex multicell...,
What do specialised cells have 2,
What can structural adaptations i...
55  cards
Surface Area To Volume Ratio
What are organisms doing in relat...,
What can microscopic single celle...,
Why can these single celled organ...
12  cards
Gas Exchange In Mammals/Humans
Why do mammals need an increased ...,
What is a result of a high rate o...,
How do mammals get oxygen 3
56  cards
Circulatory Systems
What do the cells of all living o...,
Where are the nutrients gained fr...,
How do single celled organisms ga...
23  cards
Blood Vessels
What do arteries do 1,
What is blood in the arteries und...,
What happens when the heart beats...
41  cards
Gaseous Exchange In Bony Fish And Insects
What are bony fish 1,
What are the features of bony fish 2,
What is a feature of the scales o...
49  cards
Plant Transport
Why do plants require specialised...,
Because of these 3 reasons what c...,
What can the green parts of plant...
56  cards
The Heart
What type of circulatory system d...,
Where is blood pumped in the doub...,
What type of muscle is the heart ...
33  cards
Transpiration And Movement Of Water Throuhg The Roots
Where do root hair cells grow from 1,
How does water move into root hai...,
Adaptations of roots hair cells f...
59  cards
Blood And Tissue Fluid
What does blood consist of 1 1,
What does blood consist of 2 2,
What is in blood plasma 3
23  cards
Transport Of Carbon Dioxide And Oxygen
What is one of the key roles of t...,
What is another name for red bloo...,
What are the adaptations of eryth...
50  cards
Potometers
How can you measure the rate of w...,
What does a bubble potometer cons...,
What happens as water evaporates ...
13  cards
Adaptations Of Xerophytes And Hydrophytes
What are xerophytes 1,
Where are cacti found 2,
What are the adaptations of cacti...
23  cards
Biodiversity And Sampling
What is biodiversity 1,
Why is it important that humans d...,
What are the 3 levels that biodiv...
57  cards
ECGs
What is an ecg divided into 1,
Draw an ecg and annotate it 2,
What do the different waves show 3
18  cards
Translocation
Where do plants produce glucose a...,
What are the glucose molecules co...,
What are assimilates 3
21  cards
Factors Affecting Biodiversity, Reasons To Conserve It And Conservation Methods
What is biodiversity at threat du...,
What are the 3 reasons why biodiv...,
What does an increasing human pop...
58  cards
Plant Diseases
What are communicable diseases 1,
What are communicable diseases sp...,
What are pathogens 3
48  cards
Statical Tests
When is the chi squared test used 1,
When is the spearman s rank corre...,
When is the student s t test unpa...
8  cards
The Human Immune System
What can white blood cells be div...,
What do phagocytes include and wh...,
What do lymphocytes include and w...
73  cards
Classification And Evolution
Who produced the classification s...,
What are the categories in the li...,
What are the different groups cal...
31  cards
Phylogeny
What were organisms classified as...,
How are evolutionary relationship...,
What is phylogeny 3
15  cards
The Human Immune System Part 2
What is active immunity 1,
How many ways can active immunity...,
What is being infected with a pat...
55  cards
Evolution
What was the common view at the t...,
What happened in the 1830s to dar...,
What is a feature of the specimen...
51  cards
Ecosystems
What is an ecosystem 1,
What are biotic and abiotic facto...,
What is a community 3
61  cards
Succession
How many types of succession are ...,
How does primary succession occur 2,
How does secondary succession occ...
27  cards
Populations
What is the start of a population...,
What occurs in the lag phase to d...,
What is the second phase of a pop...
39  cards
Ecosystem Management - Masai Mara Case Study
What is the ecosystems int eh mas...,
What was the masai mara ecosystem...,
What was the masai mara tradition...
15  cards
Mutations
What is the central dogma 1,
What do the different stages in t...,
What do genes code for 3
36  cards
Gene Regulation
What is present in both prokaryot...,
Because of the entire genome bein...,
What is gene regulation 3
64  cards
Patterns Of Inheritance
What are the steps for doing a ge...,
What are the steps for doing a ge...,
What is an f1 generation 3
69  cards
Biotechnology
What does biotechnology involve 1,
What are the advantages of using ...,
What are the advantages of using ...
70  cards
Cloning And Enzymes Used In Biotechnology
What are the advantages of using ...,
What are the advantages of using ...,
What is a feature of most isolate...
68  cards
Manipulating Genomes
How much of dna does exons make up 1,
What are satellites 2,
What is a mini satellite 3
43  cards
Sequencing
By who and how was dna sequencing...,
What did the original sequencing ...,
What was a problem with the first...
16  cards
Computational Biology And Bioinformatics
What is bioinformatics 1,
What does computational biology u...,
What is computational biology 3
27  cards
Genetic Engineering
What is genetic engineering 1,
What is a transgenic organism 2,
What is another name for a transg...
64  cards
Thermoregulation
What detect changes in internal a...,
What happens to information from ...,
What are effectors 3
40  cards
The Endocrine System (1)
What in an endocrine gland 1,
What are the different endocrine ...,
What are the different endocrine ...
49  cards
Non Specific Animal Defenses And Animal Diseases
What does the skin do in terms of...,
What does the skin do in terms of...,
What does the skin do in terms of...
27  cards
Cloning And Biotech
How can we produce natural clones...,
How should cuttings be taken for ...,
How can we produce artificial clo...
33  cards
Neuronal Communication (1)
What does the nervous system do 1,
What does cell coordination rely ...,
What are the two types for cell c...
63  cards
The Endocrine System (2)
What happens when blood glucose c...,
What is a feature of all body cel...,
How does insulin lower blood gluc...
42  cards
Neuronal Communication (2)
What is a synapse 1,
How are impulses transmitted acro...,
What are the different parts of t...
66  cards
Respiration
What is glucose 1,
What occurs during respiration 2,
What is a feature of atp 3
80  cards
Energy For Biological Processes
What are metabolic activities tha...,
What are metabolic activities tha...,
What are metabolic activities tha...
30  cards
Photosynthesis
What occurs in photosynthesis 1,
What are autotrophs and examples 2,
What are heterotrophs 3
56  cards
Neuronal Communication (3)
Why do reflex actions occur and w...,
What is a reflex action 2,
What is a reflex arc 3
71  cards
The Endocrine System (3)
What is the flight or fight respo...,
What is the point of the fight or...,
What happens once a threat is det...
33  cards
The Kidney
Where are kidneys found and what ...,
What are the kidneys surrounded by 2,
What do the kidneys do 3
82  cards
Urine Diganosis And Dialysis
What does urine contain 1,
What occurs if you are infected w...,
What are two examples of differen...
46  cards
Excretion, Homeostasis And The Liver
What is excretion 1,
What are the metabolic waste prod...,
What are the metabolic waste prod...
38  cards
The Endocrine System (3)
What is the flight or fight respo...,
What happens once a threat is det...,
What is the flow chart of what ha...
31  cards
Plant Responses (1)
What are tropisms 1,
What are a feature of plant hormo...,
What are examples of plant hormon...
58  cards
Plant Responses (2)
What are physical defences to her...,
What are alkaloids 2,
What are examples of alkaloids 3
58  cards

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