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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
cards
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
cards
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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