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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
State the two main types of cells,
Eukaryotes are organisms that are...,
A prokaryote is a ______
30
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Plant cells + Cell specialisation animals
State the sub cellular structures...,
Draw a plant cell,
Describe the shape of plant cells...
44
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Plant cell specialisation + Microscopes
State some specialised cells in p...,
State the function of the root hair,
State the adaptations of the root...
46
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Microscopy + Bacterial division
State the two types of microscopes,
Microscopes allow us to ____,
State the limitations of using li...
28
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Cell division by Mitosis + Stem Cells
What is found in the nucleus,
What are chromosomes made up of,
What do body cells contain
34
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Diffusion
Define diffusion,
State some of the substances that...,
Describe how oxygen moves into th...
33
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Osmosis + investigating the effects of osmosis on plant tissue required practical
Define osmosis,
In terms of concentration of wate...,
In terms of concentration of wate...
33
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Unit 2 - Cellular Organisation
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Cellular Organisation
What is a cell,
Give an example of a cell in plants,
Give an example of cell in humans
24
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Digestive system
What is the digestive system,
What happens during the digestive...,
Name the different parts of the d...
31
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Nutrients
State the seven kinds of nutrients,
State the use of water,
State the structure of water
23
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Food tests
In a food test how do you prepare...,
Give examples of foods that conta...,
How do you test for starch
16
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Enzymes
What is an enzyme,
What are enzymes made up of,
How many times can an enzyme be used
24
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Gas Exchange
Label the diagram of the lungs,
Where does gas exchange occur,
What happens during gas exchange
21
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Practical: Investigating the effect of pH on the enzyme amylase
Describe how to investigate the e...,
What are buffer solution used for,
Problems with the experiment
5
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The heart
State the role of the circulatory...,
Why is blood needed to be taken a...,
List the main organs of the circu...
52
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Blood vessels
Name three types of blood vessel,
Function of arteries,
What are capillaries
37
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Blood
What is the function of blood,
Give an example of waste product ...,
Name the 4 components of blood
30
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Coronary Heart Disease
What are cardiovascular diseases,
Fill in the gapscardiovascular di...,
Give an example of a cardiovascul...
23
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Helping the heart
In what case would a biological v...,
Consequnces of faulty heart valves,
If faulty valves are not treated ...
18
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Plant tissues, organs and systems
Name the parts of the plantfile c...,
Name the tissues of a plantepider...,
What does the epidermal tissue do
32
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Transpiration
What is transpiration,
Describe the process of transpira...,
Where does photosynthesis take place
15
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Unit 2 - Health issues + correlating risk factors
State two types of diseases,
Give an example of communicable d...,
Communicable diseases are spread ...
36
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Unit 2 - Cancer
Explain how mitosis is a tightly ...,
What could happen to this tightly...,
State the different types of tumours
10
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Unit 3 - Detection and identification of plant diseases
State the name of a type of insec...,
Complete the sentenceplants can a...,
What do aphids do
28
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Plant defence responses
Plants have a range of defence me...,
State the three main defence syst...,
Plants have _____ to prevent ____...
21
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Diseases & viral diseases
State the two types of disease,
Define non communicable disease,
Define non communicable
35
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Bacterial and Fungal diseases and Protist diseases
State some examples of bacterial ...,
Two symptoms of infection by salm...,
State the symptoms of salmonella
23
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Non specific defence systems + the immune system
State some of the non specific de...,
State an example of specific resp...,
What is the job of the non specif...
17
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Vaccination, Antibiotics and Painkillers
What is vaccination,
Why can t vaccination lead to a d...,
Describe how vaccination can prev...
26
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Monoclonal antibodies
What is the name of the white blo...,
Define monoclonal antibodies,
Describe how monoclonal antibodie...
15
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Unit 4 - Photosynthesis + uses of photosynthesis + rate of photosynthesis
What do plants use as their sourc...,
Define photosynthesis,
The ______ that plant use to trap...
67
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Metabolism + photosynthesis pracitcal
Define metabolism,
D,
What is the energy released by re...
8
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Sexual / Asexual reproduction + DNA
How many pairs of chromosomes in ...,
Difference between mitosis and me...,
Type of cells where the chromosom...
44
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DNA structure, Protein Synthesis, Mutations, Alleles, Cystic fibrosis
The dna polymer is made up of ___...,
How dna determines the structure ...,
Each gene codes for ____
46
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Cystic fibrosis, Polydactyly, Embryo Screening, Family trees, Inheritance of Sex
What is polydactyly,
What is polydactyly caused by,
Polydactyly is caused by a domina...
21
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Variation
Define variation,
Causes of variation,
Causes of genetic variation
35
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Variation 2
0,
The theory of evolution by natura...
26
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Homeostasis
Define homeostasis,
What does homeostasis maintain op...,
In the human body homeostasis is ...
26
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Required pracitcal - Reaction Time
Describe how to measure a person ...,
Independent variable of reaction ...,
Dependent variable of reaction ti...
6
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The brain + THE EYE
Purpose of the brain,
What is the brain made up of,
Parts of the brain
46
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Thermoregulation + Endocrine system + Control of blood glucose concentration
Describe how the brain monitors t...,
Describe how negative feedback co...,
What is the body temperature moni...
44
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The Kidneys + The menstrual cycle
Explain why it is important that ...,
How does the body take in water,
Describe the different ways that ...
34
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Contraception and Treating Infertility
What is contraception,
How can fertility be controlled,
Describe different methods of con...
22
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Negative Feedback + Plants
Where are the adrenal glands located,
When is adrenaline produced,
What are the main effects of adre...
33
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Ecology - Competition & Interdependence, Biotic & Abiotic factors, Adaptations, Food chains
Describe the levels of organisati...,
What is the habitat,
What is a population
53
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Sampling organisms, Carbon cycle
Explain how the effect of the lev...,
What is sampling,
Two types of samplingtwo ways to ...
31
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Water cycle, Decomposition
Describe the stages of the water ...,
Importance of water,
Importance of water cycle
29
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Required practical - Decay, Environmental change, biodiversity, deforestation
Describe how to investigate the e...,
Explain why it is very important ...,
Explain why it may be difficult t...
27
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waste management, land use, global warming
Descr,
Ibe h,
Where can pollution occur
40
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food security
Describe some of the biological f...
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