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Decks in this class (40)

a1.1- water
Why is water a medium for life 1,
Physical properties 9 2,
Organisms in water examples x2 3 3
24  cards
a1.2- nucleic acids
Dna 1,
Genetic code 2,
What does a nucleotide consist of 3
28  cards
a2.1 origin of cells (hl only)
Conditions of early earth 1,
Why did early earth lack free oxy...,
Result of the conditions of early...
14  cards
a2.2- cell structure
Disadvantages of electron microsc...,
Advantages of electron microscopy...,
Why electron microscopy have high...
42  cards
organelles
Cell wall function 2 1,
Prokaryotes 2,
Plasma membrane 3
44  cards
a2.3- viruses
Structural features common to vir...,
Lytic cycle mechanism 2,
Lysogenic cycle mechanism 3
20  cards
a 3.1 diversity of organisms
How can organisms differ 5 1,
What system organises organisms b...,
Binomial system classification 3
12  cards
a3.2 classification and cladistics
What is classification used to st...,
What is the basic assumption 2,
3 features of a cladogram 3
8  cards
a4.1 evolution and speciation
What allows different variations ...,
Theory of evolution 2,
Evolution 3
42  cards
b1.1 carbohydrates and lipids
What does the chemical properties...,
What is glucose also known as 2,
Diagram of glucose 3
86  cards
b1.2 proteins
Diagram of generic amino acid 1,
Why does r group differ 2,
Polar 3
84  cards
b2.1 membranes and membrane transport
Basis of cell membranes 1,
Hydrophilic 2,
Hydrophobic 3
66  cards
b2.2- organelles and compartmentalisation
Not organelles 3 1,
Organelles 4 2,
Study of individual organelles be...
34  cards
b2.3- cell specialisation
Impact of gradients on gene expre...,
Definition of stem cells 2,
Stems cells function 2 3
31  cards
b3.3- muscle and mobility
Motile 1,
Sessile 2,
How sacromere contracts 3
35  cards
b3.1 gas exchange
Ventilation system in fish 1,
Ventilation system of small organ...,
Alveoli 3
46  cards
b3.2 transport
Progression to heart attack 4 1,
Atheroma 2,
Anigma 3
41  cards
plant transport
Transpiration 1,
Where does transpiration usually ...,
Factors that increases rate of tr...
34  cards
b4.1 adaptation to environment
Habitat 1,
Abiotic factors 2,
Eg of abiotic factors 2 3
18  cards
b4.2 ecological niches
Ecological niche 1,
Why do species ned to adapt and s...,
Obligate aerobes 3
41  cards
c1.1- enzymes and metabolism
Metabolic reactions 1,
Anabolic reactions 2,
Anabolic reaction eg 2 3
73  cards
c1.2- respiration
Full name of atp 1,
Base of atp 2,
What is atp converted from cataly...
78  cards
c1.3- photosynthesis
Where does oxygen come from in th...,
Photolysis 2,
What plants would have to separat...
82  cards
c2.1 chemical signalling
Ligand 1,
How do ligands prevent other subs...,
What other ways can the receptors...
61  cards
c2.2 neural signalling
Neurone 1,
Sensory neurone function 2,
Sensory neurone shape 3
46  cards
c3.1 integration of body systems
Emergent properties 1,
Tissue 2,
Order of body systems small to la...
79  cards
c3.2 defence against disease
Pathogen 1,
Virus eg 2,
Bacteria eg 3
44  cards
c4.1 populations and communities
Population 1,
Community 2,
What do all environments have 3
17  cards
c4.2 transfer of energy and matter
How many percent of energy is act...,
How is energy lost 3 2,
Autotrophy 3
25  cards
d1.1 dna replication
3 types of replication 1,
What is dna replication used for 3 2,
Advantages of semi conservative d...
64  cards
d1.2 protein synthesis
Sense strand 1,
Antisense strand 2,
Mrna vs sense strand 3
67  cards
d2.1 cell and nuclear division
Mitosis 1,
Function of mitosis 2 2,
Unequal cytokinesis examples 2 3
75  cards
meiosis
Meiosis 1,
Interphase i 2,
Prophase i 3
11  cards
d2.3 water potential
Osmosis definition 1,
Hypotonic solution effects 2,
Hypertonic solution effects 3
13  cards
d1.3 mutation and gene editing
Mutations 1,
Mutations in somatic cell 2,
Mutations in germ cell 3
14  cards
d3.1 reproduction
Differences between asexual repro...,
Eg of asexual reproduction 2,
Pros of asexual reproduction 1 3
145  cards
d3.2 inheritance
Monohybrid influence 1,
In the same pair of chromosomes a...,
2 alleles 3
42  cards
d3.3 homeostasis
Homeostasis 1,
Endocrine system mechanism 6 2,
What secretes insulin and glucagon 3
61  cards
d4.1 natural selection
Why does there need to be a selec...,
Struggle for survival 4 2,
Biotic factors 3 3
31  cards
ecology rwe
Selective breeding animal eg 1,
Selective breeding plants eg 2,
Homologous structure eg 3
70  cards

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