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Chapter 1: Biological Molecules
Learn all about carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
5  cards
Chapter 3: Cell structure
LEarn about how cells are studied, microscopes, the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, cell specialisation, mitosis and the cell cycle
25  cards
Chapter 2: Nucleic acids
Learn all about nucleic acids, ATP and water
4  cards
Chapter 4: Transport across cell membranes
Learn all about the cell surface membrane, diffusion, osmosis, active transport and co-transport in the ileum
6  cards
Chapter 5: Cell recognition and the immune system
Learn all about the immune system, vaccination and how the body protects itself from pathogens
37  cards
December Mock Exam Resit
Give a definition of homeostasis,
Explain why when a person is dehy...,
Describe and explain how the secr...
5  cards
Christmas Mock HW
Describe how dna is replicated,
Explain how the doctor could have...,
Which tissue sample was taken fro...
5  cards
Chapter 17: Inherited Change
A characteristic is sex linked when,
Why are most sex linked genes onl...,
Why are males more likely than fe...
26  cards
Chapter 18 — Population And Evolution
How does genetic variation occur,
What are selection pressures,
What is stabilising selection
28  cards
Chapter 20: Gene Expression
Learn all about what controls gene expression, how genes can be switched on or off
45  cards
Chapter 21: Gene Technology
Dna probe,
Recombinant dna,
What do you call organisms that h...
16  cards
Chapter 6: Exchange
Learn all about why organisms need to exchange substances with their environment, gas exchange in fish, insects and humans, the mechanisms of breathing, how gases are exchanged in the lungs and what is digestion
36  cards
Chapter 7: Mass transport
Learn all about haemoglobin, the circulatory system, the heart and the cardiac cycle, blood vessels, water transport in xylem and transport in the phloem
33  cards
Chapter 8: DNA, genes and protein synthesis
Learn all about genes and the triplet code, DNA and chromosomes, ribonucleic acid, protein synthesis - transcription, splicing and translation
0  cards
Chapter 9: Genetic diversity
What are gametes,
What happens at fertilisation,
What is the diploid number 2n of ...
30  cards
Chapter 10: Biodiversity
What is meant by the term taxon,
What is meant by the term species,
List the taxonomic groups in order
45  cards
Chapter 14: Responses to stimuli
Stimuli,
Taxes,
Kinesis
42  cards
Chapter 15: Nervous coordination and muscles
Neurone,
How is the resting state of a neu...,
Resting potential
30  cards
Chpater 16: Homeostasis
Where is insulin secreted from,
Where is glucagon secreted from,
Where are the beta cells and alph...
25  cards
Chapter 11: Photosynthesis
There are 3 main sequences in pho...,
What do plants need energy for ph...,
What do animals need energy for m...
47  cards
Chapter 12: Respiration
What is meant by respiration,
What is the equation for respiration,
What are the 2 types of respiration
16  cards
Chapter 13: Energy and ecosystems
What is an ecosystem,
What is meant by the word biomass,
Energy is transferred through an ...
56  cards
Chapter 19: Populations in ecosystems
Define the term habitat,
Define the term population,
Define the term community
18  cards
Questions
Name the process in which cells b...,
Explain 3 ways in which a palisad...,
The system of classification cons...
6  cards

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