as-level biology

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Biological Molecules - 3.1.2.1 Introduction
What are the units of the mole,
Individual biological molecules t...,
Which type of reaction take place...
39  cards
Biological Molecules - 3.1.2.2 Carbohydrates - Monosaccharides to Polysaccharides
Name a structural polysaccharide,
What happens during hydrolysis,
When many monosaccharides join to...
39  cards
Biological Molecules - 3.1.2.3 Reducing and Non-Reducing Sugar Tests
How would you carry out a benedic...,
What do the followign instruction...,
What do we mean when we say that ...
20  cards
Biological Molecules - 3.1.2.4 Polysaccharides structure and function and the starch test
How is the structure of cellulose...,
Which type of bond forms between ...,
Unbranched starch amylose coils i...
31  cards
Biological Molecules - 3.1.3 Lipids - Triglycerides, Phospholipids and the Emulsion Test
Which 3 elements do lipids contain,
Which part of a phospholipid is h...,
What does hydrophobic mean
33  cards
Biological Molecules Proteins 3.1.4.1 - structure, function and biuret test
What decides the amino acid seque...,
Describe the ionic bonds that hol...,
What does biuret reagent contain
47  cards
Biological Molecules Proteins 3.1.4.2 - Enzyme Action
How did scientists discover the i...,
What is a substrate,
Why are enzymes essential to orga...
25  cards
Biological Molecules Proteins 3.1.4.3 - Factors Affecting Enzyme Action
For an enzyme to work it must,
How can the progress of an enzyme...,
Explain the initial rate of react...
19  cards
Biological Molecules Nucleic Acids - 3.1.5.1 Structure of DNA and RNA
Dna is made from which monomer,
Name the 3 components of a nucleo...,
In dna which base complements gua...
37  cards
Biological Molecules Nucleic Acid 3.1.5.2 DNA Replication
Name the scientists who confirmed...,
Identify the method of dna replic...,
Define nuclear division
18  cards
Biological Molecules ATP - 3.1.6 Energy and ATP
Why is glucose not a good immedia...,
If an inorganic phosphate molecul...,
What is the equation for respiration
30  cards
Biological Molecules Water & Inorganic Ions 3.1.7&8 water and other ions
Give a property of water,
Why is it useful to living organi...,
Why is it useful to living cells ...
7  cards
Cells - Cell structure - 3.2.1.1 Eukaryotic Cell Structure
Is this a eukaryotic or prokaryot...,
Identify the organelle of the ani...,
Identify the organelle of the ani...
57  cards
Cells - Cell structure - 3.2.1.2 Organelle Structure and Function
What is the nuclear membrane,
What are nuclear pores,
What is the nucleoplasm
39  cards
Cells - Cell structure - 3.2.1.3 - Specialised Cells
What are the 7 life processes,
What do we call the cell formed a...,
A zygote is what type of cell
43  cards
Cells - Cell structure - 3.2.1.4 - Structure of Prokaryotic Cells
Identify the missing label,
The,
Do prokaryotes have a nucelus
48  cards
Cells - Cell structure - 3.2.1.5 - Light and Electron Microscopes
The thing that you see when lpook...,
What are the disadvantages of a l...,
Evaluate the light microscope
32  cards
Cells - Cell structure - 3.2.1.6 - Cell Calculations and AIM Triangle
Identify what is missing from the...,
How do we calculate magnification,
1 m in m
18  cards
Cells - All cells arise from other cells - 3.2.2 - Mitosis and Cell Cycle
What are the 4 stages of mitosis,
What does the diagram show,
Cancer is caused by uncontrolled ...
37  cards
Cells - Transport across cell membranes - 3.2.3.1 - Cell Membrane Structure and Function
All membranes,
What do we call the plasma membra...,
What is the funciton of a cell su...
30  cards
Cells - Transport across cell membrane - 3.2.3.2 - Simple and Facilitated Diffusion
Diffusion is an example of,
In diffusion the motion of the pa...,
In diffusion the direction of par...
23  cards
Cells - Transport across cell membrane - 3.2.3.3 - Osmosis
The passive movement of water fro...,
Osmosis involves the movement of,
By adding more solute the a solut...
17  cards
Cells - Transport across cell membranes - 3.2.3.4 - Active Transport
The movement of molecules or ions...,
Difference between active transpo...,
Differences between active transp...
15  cards
Cells - Cell recognition and the immune system - 3.2.4.1 - Cell Recognition
Why is a fetus rarely infected by...,
What is immunity,
Does the body produce specific ly...
22  cards
Cells - Cell recognition and the immune system - 3.2.4.2 - Phagocytosis
How do phagocytes protect against...,
What is phagocytosis,
T lymphocytes can be one of 2 typ...
9  cards
Cells - Cell recognition and the immune system - 3.2.4.3 - Cell Mediated Immunity
Which type of,
Where can non self antigens be fo...,
Can t lymphocytes bind to non sel...
12  cards
Cells - Cell recognition and the immune system - 3.2.4.4 - Humoral Immunity
What is meant by humoral immunity,
How many different b lymphocytes ...,
B lymphocytes can develop into wh...
10  cards
Cells - Cell recognition and the immune system - 3.2.4.5 - Monoclonal Antibodies
What is,
Identify the missing label,
Identify the missing label
21  cards
Cells - Cell recognition and the immune system - 3.2.4.6 - Vaccination
What does a vaccine contain,
How does a vaccine lead to the pr...,
Difference between passive and ac...
15  cards
Cells - Cell recognition and the immune system - 3.2.4.7 - HIV
What does hiv stand for,
What does aids stand for,
Is it possible to catch aids why
21  cards
Organism Exchange - 3.3.1 Surface area to volume ratio
The name given to the environment...,
Single celled organisms can match...,
Exchange of materials in living o...
22  cards
Organism Exchange - 3.3.2 Gas Exchange
Fish explain how the gills allow ...,
Fish explain how the highly folde...,
Fish describe and explain how the...
36  cards
Organism Exchange - 3.3.3.1 - Enzymes and Digestion
The 2 stages of digestion in huma...,
What is the function of the pancreas,
Give some examples of proteases i...
55  cards
Organism Exchange 3.3.3.2 Absorption of the Products of Digestion
What does the diagram show,
What happens to triglycerides whi...,
What does the diagram show
42  cards
Organism Exchange Mass Transport - 3.3.4.1 Animals
Give some ways in which cardiac o...,
Explain what causes the blood pre...,
Explain why a vein is described a...
33  cards
Organism Exchange - Mass Transport - 3.3.4.2 Plants
Explain how the active transport ...,
The presence of an air bubble in ...,
Explain how water enters a plant ...
23  cards
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms - 3.4.1 DNA, genes and chromosomes
What is a gene,
What is the locus,
What factors determine the nature...
25  cards
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms -3.4.2 DNA and protein synthesis
Define genome,
Define proteome,
Define codon
36  cards
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms - 3.4.3 Genetic Diversity - mutations and meiosis
Describe ways in which meiosis co...,
Explain what happens to chromosom...,
Describe how meiosis causes varia...
27  cards
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms - 3.4.4 Genetic diversity and adaptation
Define genetic diversity,
Apart from genetic factors what o...,
What is a species
28  cards
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms - 3.4.5 Species and taxonomy
What are the 5 things courtship b...,
What does classifying animals all...,
What are the 2 types of classific...
34  cards
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms - 3.4.6 Biodiversity within a community
The demand for increased food pro...,
Why might animal species diversit...,
Explain why it may be more useful...
19  cards
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms - 3.4.7 Investigating diversity
Describe how comparisons of biolo...,
What does standard deviation show,
What can be said about the data c...
29  cards

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