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Carbohydrates & lipids - properties of carbon
What type of bond forms when a pa...,
How many electrons does carbon ha...,
In which major categories of biol...
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Carbohydrates & lipids - macromolecules
What are carbon compounds made fr...,
What are monomers 2,
Define polymers 3
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Carbohydrates & lipids - carbohydrates
What are the monomers of carbohyd...,
What do two monosaccharides form ...,
What do many monosaccharides form...
25
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Carbohydrates & lipids - role of glycoproteins
What are glycoproteins 1,
What role do glycoproteins play i...,
List some functions of glycoprote...
16
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Carbohydrates & lipids - lipids
What are examples of lipids in li...,
What atoms do lipid macromolecule...,
How does the structure of lipids ...
23
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Carbohydrates & lipids - fatty acids
What are the two main forms of fa...,
What is the structure of saturate...,
Why are saturated fatty acids sol...
11
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Carbohydrates & lipids - phospholipids
What forms the basic structure of...,
What type of structure do cell me...,
What are the two regions of a pho...
15
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Proteins - formation
What are proteins made of 1,
What determines the shape and fun...,
List some functions of proteins i...
14
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Proteins - variety
What is the basic structure of a ...,
How much can the length of polype...,
What determines the number and or...
23
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Proteins - structure
What factors are proteins sensiti...,
What is the dependence of a prote...,
What is denaturation in the conte...
17
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Proteins - amino acid diversity
How many amino acids are commonly...,
How many amino acids have been fo...,
How many amino acids can be natur...
16
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Proteins - levels of structure
What are proteins primarily compo...,
What dictates a protein s structu...,
How many levels of protein struct...
24
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Proteins - globular & fibrous
What are globular proteins 1,
How do globular proteins achieve ...,
What is the significance of the s...
16
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Membranes & transport - lipid bilayers
What forms the basic structure of...,
What type of structure do phospho...,
What are the two components of a ...
15
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Membranes & transport - membrane proteins
What is the main function of the ...,
What are the two categories of me...,
What characteristic do integral p...
19
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Membranes & transport - membrane transport
What is simple diffusion 1,
Define simple diffusion 2,
What causes the random movement o...
30
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Membranes & transport - glycolipids & glycoproteins
What are glycoproteins 1,
What are glycolipids 2,
What is the main function of glyc...
8
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Membranes & transport - fluid mosaic model
What do membranes form between th...,
Name the processes by which subst...,
How do membranes play a role in c...
8
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Membranes & transport - membrane fluidity
What are the main components of p...,
How can fatty acids vary 2,
What characterizes saturated fatt...
15
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Membranes & transport - active & bulk transport
What are the three processes resp...,
What is the term for bulk transpo...,
What is the term for bulk transpo...
27
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Membranes & transport - cell adhesion
What is necessary for an organism...,
What is responsible for cell adhe...,
What are the two types of cell ad...
9
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Organelles & compartmentalisation - cell organelles
What type of cells have a more co...,
What are the membrane bound compa...,
Which structures are not consider...
14
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Organelles & compartmentalisation - cell compartmentalisation
What is one key organelle that di...,
What two processes occur in both ...,
In prokaryotes how do gene transc...
11
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Organelles & compartmentalisation - adaptations of mitochondria & chloroplasts
What is the shape and size of mit...,
What is the primary function of m...,
During which stage of respiration...
29
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Organelles & compartmentalisation - organelles in protein synthesis
What is the nuclear envelope 1,
What is the function of nuclear p...,
How does the outer membrane of th...
16
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Organelles & compartmentalisation - vesicle formation
What are vesicles 1,
What are peroxisomes 2,
What is the function of lysosomes 3
10
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Cell specialisation - stem cells
What is a stem cell 1,
What happens when a stem cell div...,
What is a stem cell niche 3
16
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Cell specialisation - cell specialisation
What term refers to the process w...,
What is the term for the developm...,
What are the two main types of ad...
24
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Cell specialisation - specialised cells
Why is it crucial to maximise sur...,
What happens to the rate of subst...,
What is the primary function of a...
11
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Cell specialisation - specialised cell examples
What is the primary function of a...,
What is the thickness of the alve...,
What are the two different cell t...
27
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Gas exchange - organisms
What is cellular respiration 1,
What is the waste product of aero...,
What is gas exchange 3
10
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Gas exchange - mammalian lungs adaptations
How does air move into the lungs 1,
What is the function of the trach...,
What do the bronchi do 3
13
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Gas exchange - ventilation
What is the primary role of venti...,
What two processes are involved i...,
What happens during the inspirati...
14
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Gas exchange - measuring lung volumes
What apparatus is used to investi...,
What is the main component of a s...,
How does a spirometer measure lun...
16
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Gas exchange - plants
What is the primary function of l...,
What three types of tissues are f...,
What forms the outer boundary of ...
33
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Gas exchange - drawing leaf structure
What are the structures you need ...,
What is a plan diagram 2,
What should not be included in a ...
12
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Gas exchange - determining stomatal density
What is stomatal density 1,
Why is stomatal density a useful ...,
What can be assessed using stomat...
19
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Gas exchange - haemoglobin & oxygen
What is the primary function of h...,
What type of proteins are haemogl...,
How many polypeptide subunits doe...
20
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Gas exchange - the Bohr shift
What is the bohr effect 1,
What happens to haemoglobin s aff...,
In which tissues does the bohr ef...
11
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Gas exchange - the oxygen dissociation curve
What does the oxygen dissociation...,
What is partial pressure of oxygen 2,
When is haemoglobin referred to a...
17
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Transport - blood vessels
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Transport - identifying blood vessels
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Transport - measuring pulse rate
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Transport - coronary heart disease
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Transport - the transpiration stream
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Transport - adaptations of xylem vessels
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Transport - drawing root & stem structure
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Transport - tissue fluid
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Transport - circulatory systems
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Transport - the mammalian heart
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Transport - the cardiac cycle
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Transport - roots & water transport
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Transport - translocation in plants
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Muscle & motility - adaptations for movement
What is a unifying feature of all...,
How does movement vary among livi...,
What are motile organisms 3
10
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Muscle & motility - mechanism of muscle contraction
What is skeletal muscle 1,
How does skeletal muscle appear u...,
What does each muscle fibre conta...
14
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Muscle & motility - skeletal muscle
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Muscle & motility - requirements for movement
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Muscle & motility - movement of joints
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Muscle & motility - locomotion in organisms
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Adaptation to environment - habitats
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Adaptation to environment - abiotic factors & species distribution
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Adaptation to environment - species distribution
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Adaptation to environment - marine & terrestrial abiotic factors
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Adaptation to environment - biomes
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Ecological niches
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Ecological niches - methods of nutrition
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Ecological niches - nutrition in hominidae
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Ecological niches - nutrition: adaptations of organisms
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Ecological niches - competition between species
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