Biology - Year 13

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5.1 Photosynthesis
What are the stages of photosynth...,
Describe the structure of a chlor...,
Describe photoionisation in the l...
10  cards
Required practical 7 - Use of chromatography to investigate the pigments isolated from leaves of different plants
Describe how pigments from a leaf...,
Explain why the origin should be ...,
Explain why the point of origin s...
9  cards
Required practical 8 - Investigation into the effect of a named factor on the rate of dehydrogenase activity in extracts of chloroplasts
Describe the role of the enzyme d...,
Describe how rate of dehydrogenas...,
Give examples of variables that c...
8  cards
5.2 Respiration
Why is respiration important 1,
Summarise the stages of aerobic r...,
Summarise the stages of anaerobic...
11  cards
Required practical 9 - Investigation into the effect of a named variable on the rate of respiration of cultures of single-celled organisms
Describe how a respirometer can b...,
Explain why the liquid moves 4 in...,
Explain why the respirometer appa...
17  cards
5.3 Energy and ecosystems
Describe how biomass is formed in...,
How can biomass be measured 2,
Describe how dry mass of tissue c...
20  cards
5.4 Nutrient cycles
Explain the role of saprobionts i...,
Explain the role of mycorrhizae 2,
What is a mycorrhizae 3
16  cards
6.1.1 Survival and response
What is a stimulus 1,
Why is it important that organism...,
What is a tropism 3
13  cards
Required practical 10 -Investigation into the effect of an environmental variable on the movement of an animal using either a choice chamber or a maze
Describe how the effect of an env...,
Diagram for woodlice chamber 2,
The woodlice were left for 15 min...
9  cards
6.1.2 Receptors
Describe the basic structure of a...,
Describe how a generator potentia...,
Explain what the pacinian corpusc...
7  cards
6.1.3 Control of heart rate
Cardiac muscle is myogenic what d...,
Label the sinoatrial node san atr...,
Describe the myogenic stimulation...
6  cards
6.2.1 Nerve impulses
Describe the structure of a myeli...,
Describe resting potential 2,
Explain how a resting potential i...
17  cards
6.2.2 Synaptic transmission
Describe the structure of a synap...,
What are cholinergic synapses 2,
Describe transmission across a ch...
13  cards
6.3 Skeletal muscles
Describe how muscles work 1,
Describe the gross and microscopi...,
Image to describe the gross and m...
14  cards
6.4.1 Principles of homeostasis and negative feedback
Describe homeostasis in mammals 1,
Explain the importance of maintai...,
Explain the importance of maintai...
7  cards
6.4.2 Control of blood glucose concentration
Describe the factors that influen...,
Describe the role of the liver in...,
Explain the action of insulin in ...
14  cards
Required practical 11
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6.4.3 Control of blood water potential
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7.1 Inheritance
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7.2 Populations
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7.3 Evolution may lead to speciation
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7.4 Populations in ecosystems
What is a community 1,
What is an ecosystem 2,
What is a niche 3
21  cards
Required practical 12-Investigation into the effect of a named environmental factor on the distribution of a given species
Describe how you could investigat...,
Suggest why percentage cover may ...,
Explain why random sampling is us...
8  cards
8.1 Alteration of the sequence of bases in DNA can alter the structure of proteins
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8.2.1 Most of a cell’s DNA is not translated
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8.2.2 Regulation of transcription and translation
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8.2.3 Gene expression and cancer
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8.3 Using genome projects
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8.4.1 Recombinant DNA technology
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8.4.2 Differences in DNA between individuals of the same species can be exploited for identification and diagnosis of heritable conditions
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8.4.3 Genetic fingerprinting
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