eduqas a level biology - year 1

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Core component 1 -Lipids
What makes up a triglyceride,
Describe the reaction of the form...,
Why do fatty acids have one end w...
14  cards
Core component 1 - Inorganic Ions
Which elements are present as ino...,
What is magnesium used for in pla...,
What is iron used for in humans
5  cards
Component 2.2 - Meiosis
What is a bivalent,
What is a chiasma,
What happens in late prophase 1 o...
17  cards
Core component 2 - structure and function of organelles
Where are eukaryotic cells found,
What is the function of the nucleus,
What does the nuclear envelope do
29  cards
Core component 1 - Proteins
What elements are proteins made u...,
What happens during the formation...,
What is the primary structure of ...
20  cards
Core component 2 - Prokaryotic Cells And Viruses
What are the major distinguishing...,
What are only in some prokaryotes,
Prokaryotes vs eukaryotes length
14  cards
Core component 2 - Levels Of Organisation
What is epithelial tissue,
Describe columnar epithelium and ...,
Describe squamous epithelium and ...
10  cards
Core component 2 - Fluid Mosaic Model Of The Plasma Membrane
Describe the position of phosphol...,
Why do phospholipids arrange them...,
What are the two different types ...
11  cards
Core component 3 - Permeability Of Membrane
How do lipid soluble substances m...,
What type of substance moves thro...,
How do water soluble substances m...
3  cards
Core component 3 - Transport Across Membranes
What is diffusion,
How does concentration gradient e...,
How does the size of the diffusin...
24  cards
Core component 3- Determination Of Water And Solute Potentials
What is the water potential of pu...,
What happens when you add a solut...,
How does more solute effect solut...
14  cards
Component 3.1 - Size And Gas Exchange
What are the essential features o...,
What useful features does an amoe...,
Why do multicellular organisms ha...
14  cards
Component 3.1 - Gas Exchange In Fish
What do gills have to maintain a ...,
What do cartilaginous fish have t...,
How is gas exchange in cartilagin...
9  cards
Component 3.1 - Human Breathing System
How are cartilage rings around th...,
How do mammals ventilate their lungs,
Explain the process of inspiration
9  cards
Component 3.1 - Gas Exchange In Insects
How do the adaptations of the ins...,
Why do insects risk dehydration,
Describe the gas exchange system ...
8  cards
Component 3.1 - Gas Exchange and Photosynthesis In Leaves
How do plants get carbon dioxide ...,
What happens to the oxygen produc...,
Describe the input and output of ...
14  cards
Component 3.1 - Stomatal Mechanism
Describe the malate cycle,
What are guard cells,
Why are stomata on the lower surf...
4  cards
Core component 4 - Properties and Uses of Enzymes
What is a metabolic pathway,
What is an enzyme,
What are key facts about enzymes ...
8  cards
Core component 4 - Active Site
What is it called when a substrat...,
What is the lock and key model,
What is the induced fit model
6  cards
Core component 4 - Reactions With Enzymes
How does any enzyme speed up the ...,
Why must enzymes be used,
Why does the graph showing format...
5  cards
Core component 4 - Factors Effecting Enzyme Action
Describe the graph of temperature...,
Explain the graph of temperature ...,
Why does the rate of reaction dec...
13  cards
Core component 4 - Enzyme Inhibition
How do inhibitors decrease the ra...,
What effect does increasing the s...,
Why do you end up with the same a...
6  cards
Core component 4 - Immobilised Enzymes
How do you immobilise enzymes,
How are immobilised enzymes used,
What s the difference between the...
6  cards
Component 3.2 - Features Of A Transport System
What 3 features do all transport ...,
What 2 features do some transport...,
What is an open circulatory system
8  cards
Component 3.2 - Mammalian Circulation
Why is double circulation in a ma...,
What is the innermost layer of a ...,
What is the middle layer of the b...
14  cards
Component 3.2 - The Cardiac Cycle
What is cardiac output,
How do you calculate cardiac output,
What is the atrial systole
24  cards
Component 3.2 - Blood
How are red blood cells adapted t...,
What is contained in plasma
2  cards
Component 3.2 - Oxygen Dissociation Curves
Describe the structure of haemogl...,
How does oxygen bind to haemoglobin,
Describe cooperative binding and ...
13  cards
Component 3.2 - Transport Of CO2
What are the 3 ways in which carb...,
Describe the 7 stage reaction in ...,
How does the red blood cell remai...
4  cards
Component 3.2 - Intercellular Fluid
How is tissue fluid useful,
What happens at the arterial end ...,
What happens at the venous end of...
4  cards
Core component 1 - Carbohydrates
What is the general formula of a ...,
How do alpha and beta glucose dif...,
How are monosaccharides a source ...
30  cards
Core component 1 - Water
Describe the structure of a water...,
How can water act as a solvent,
Why is it useful that water can a...
13  cards
Component 3.2 - Movement if water into and through root
How is water taken up into plants,
How are root hair cells adapted t...,
What is the apoplast pathway
6  cards
Component 3.2 - Distribution of vascular tissue
Describe the structure of the xyl...,
Why are the xylem and phloem arra...,
Describe the arrangement of tissu...
15  cards
Component 3.2 - Endodermis
Why cannot water enter the xylem ...,
How does water leave the apoplast...,
How does water move from the endo...
7  cards
Component 3.2 - Movement Of Water From Roots To Leaves
Describe the cohesion tension theory,
What is root pressure,
What other mechanisms move water ...
3  cards
Component 3.2 - Transpiration
What is a harmful aspect of trans...,
What are the useful aspects of tr...,
What two types of factors does tr...
8  cards
Component 3.2 - Plants Adapt To Water Availability
What is a mesosphyte,
What happens if a mesophyte loses...,
What do mesophytes do to survive ...
13  cards
Component 3.2 - Structure And Transport In Phloem
How are the end walls of the phlo...,
What types of cells and tissue is...,
What adaptation do sieve tube ele...
20  cards
Component 3.3 - Modes Of Nutrition
What are autotrophic organisms,
Describe what a photoautotrophic ...,
What type of nutrition do autotro...
12  cards
Component 3.3 - Nutrition In Unicellular Organisms
What type of nutrition does an am...,
How do amoeba obtain most of the ...,
How does an amoeba take in larger...
4  cards
Component 3.3 - Nutrition In Multicellular Organisms
How do hydra feed,
What happens to the products of d...,
Describe the gut of a hydra
3  cards
Component 3.3 - Human Digestive System
What is ingestion,
What is digestion,
What is mechanical digestion
47  cards
Component 3.3 - Adaptations To Different Diets
Why do carnivores have a shorter ...,
What is the function of the incis...,
What happens in the diastema of h...
19  cards
Component 3.3 - Parasites
What is the pork tapeworm s prima...,
How is the anterior end of the po...,
How does the tapeworm prevent its...
9  cards
Component 2.1 - Classification Of Organisms
What do branch points on the diag...,
What is natural classification,
What is a tax on
23  cards
Component 2.2 - Mitosis
Give an example of something with...,
Give an example of something with...,
What happens to the chromosomes o...
34  cards
Component 2.1 - Relatedness Of Organisms
What are homologous structures,
Give an example of a homologous s...,
How do you assess relatedness usi...
8  cards
Component 2.1 - Biodiversity
What is biodiversity,
Give an example of how biodiversi...,
Where would you expect to find bi...
15  cards
Core component 5 - DNA and RNA
What is a nucleotide made up of,
What are the pyrimidine bases called,
What are the purine bases called
15  cards
Component 2.1 - Natural Selection
What are the 6 stages of natural ...,
How does natural selection increa...,
How does natural selection decrea...
9  cards
Core component 5 - ATP
What is atp made up of,
How does atp help get energy orga...,
What happens after atp has been b...
8  cards
Core component 5 - Replication And Synthesis
What is the theory of semi conser...,
What are the characteristics of t...,
How does dna replicate
12  cards

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