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1.1: Water
What is a dipole 1,
What is a hydrogen bond 2,
Give an example of what a hydroge...
12  cards
1.1: Ions
What is an inorganic ion 1,
What is an organic ion 2,
What are organic ions also known ...
14  cards
1.1: Carbohydrates
What is the monomer of a sugar ca...,
What is a carbohydrate made up of 2,
What are carbohydrates joined by 3
48  cards
1.1: Protiens
Name the groups in an amino acid 1,
What are amino acids joined by 2,
Peptide bonds are formed by 3
21  cards
1.1: Lipids
What is the bond in a lipid called 1,
What is a triglyceride made of 2,
How are ester bonds formed 3
21  cards
1.2 Levels of organisation
Define a tissue 1,
What is it called when cells beco...,
What does epithelial tissue form 3
30  cards
1.2 Cell organelles
What is the advantage of having m...,
Membranes provide a large surface...,
What are all the organelles in an...
64  cards
1.2 Organelles are interrelated, prokaryotes and viruses
Why might mitochondria appear dif...,
What is stage 1 in relation of or...,
What is stage 2 in relation of or...
18  cards
1.3 Diffusion
Define diffusion 1,
Is diffusion passive 2,
What are the 3 main factors that ...
10  cards
1.3 Active transport
Define active transport 1,
Give examples of active transport 2,
What does active transport require 3
18  cards
1.3 Osmosis
Define osmosis 1,
What is water potential 2,
What is the symbol for water pote...
18  cards
1.3 Facilitated diffusion
Which way does it go in a gradient 1,
What makes it different to normal...,
What proteins are used in facilit...
11  cards
1.3 Co-transport
Define co transport 1,
Give an example of co transport 2,
Where is the na k pump present 3
8  cards
1.3 The cell surface membrane
What do phospholipids form 1,
Phosphate heads are hydrophobic o...,
Fatty acids are hydrophobic or hy...
17  cards
1.3 Bulk Transport
Is bulk transport an active proce...,
How are large quantities of molec...,
How is bulk transport possible 3
15  cards
1.4 Factors affecting enzymes
What are the four factors affecti...,
Why does ph affect rate 2,
Small changes in ph cause what 3
19  cards
1.4 Enzymes
What does the term metabolism ref...,
What does anabolic mean 2,
What does catabolic mean 3
25  cards
1.4 Immobilized enzymes
How are enzymes immobilized 1,
Give examples of a inert matrix 2,
Does an immobilized enzyme contam...
12  cards
1.5 Nucleotides
What is a mutation 1,
What can a mutation affect 2,
Why are mutations important 3
73  cards
1.5 Protein synthesis
Why is the genetic code a triplet...,
More than one triplet can encode ...,
What are the 3 triplet codes that...
24  cards
1.5 DNA replication
What is conservative replication ...,
What is dispersive replication th...,
What is semi conservative replica...
7  cards
1.6 Meiosis
How many daughter cells are produ...,
Meiosis is what division what doe...,
What is the product of meiosis 3
22  cards
1.6 Mitosis & the cell cycle
What are chromosomes made of 1,
What is a chromatin 2,
What happens before cell division 3
11  cards

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