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2.1 MICROSCOPY
What is the chronological order o...,
What did odiena do,
What did hooke do
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2.2 MAGNIFICATION/CALIBRATION
What is the magnification formula,
What resolution does light micros...,
What is the eyepiece graticule
5
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2.3 MORE MICROSCOPY
What is the main disadvantage for...,
What are the main components usin...,
What are some components of a tra...
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2.4/2.5 EUKARYOTE CELL STRUCTURE/ULTRASTRUCTURE OF PLANTS
What is the nucleus,
What is the nucleolus,
What is the mitochondria
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2.6 EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC CELLS
What are prokaryotic cells,
What is the eocyte hypothesis,
Does a prokaryotic cell or a euka...
14
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3.8 NUCLEIC ACIDS
Why are some acids nucleic,
What components do almost every h...,
Why is
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3.9. DNA REPLICATION AND GENETIC CODE
What are the four requirements fo...,
What are the dna nitrogenous base...,
What is fidelity
25
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3.10. PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
What is mrna messenger rna,
What is trna transfer rna,
What is trna transfer rna
26
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3.11. ATP
What does atp mean,
Why do cells require energy,
Why do cells require energy
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5.1. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MEMBRANES
What are the different types of c...,
What type of membrane is the cell...,
What is compartmentalisation
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5.2. FACTORS AFFECTING MEMBRANE STRUCTURE
What is the experiment that shows...,
How many carbon atoms do fatty ch...,
How saturated are fatty acids
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5.3 DIFFUSION
What is diffusion,
What is diffusion driven by,
What is a concentration gradient
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5.4. ACTIVE TRANSPORT
Why is diffusion no good for cell...,
How is a concentration gradient m...,
What is active transport
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5.5. OSMOSIS
What is water potential represent...,
How is a solution formed,
What is osmosis measured in
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6.1. CELL CYCLE
What is the cell cycle,
What are the main phases of the c...,
Why do cells spend the majority o...
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6.2. MITOSIS
What does mitosis refer to,
What does mitosis ensure,
What is mitosis also necessary fo...
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6.3. MEIOSIS
What are homologous chromosomes,
What is the main component of hom...,
Why would sister chromosomes not ...
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6.4. ORGANISATION AND SPECIALISATION OF CELLS
What are the levels of organisati...,
What is a specialised cell,
What are erythrocytes and how are...
29
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6.5. STEM CELLS
What ares tem cells,
What happens once stem cells beco...,
Why does the activity of tem cell...
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7.1. SPECIALISED EXCHANGE SURFACES
Why can some small organisms cope...,
Why do many larger organisms need...,
What are the main specialised exc...
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7.2. MAMMALIAN GASEOUS EXCHANGE SYSTEM
Why do mammals have a high metabo...,
How doesmetabolic rate link to ga...,
What are the key structures in th...
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7.3. MEASURING THE PROCESS
How can you measure the capacity ...,
What is a peak flow meter,
What are vitalographs
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7.4. VENTILATION AND GAS EXCHANGE IN OTHER ORGANISMS
Why can t insects have the same g...,
How does gas exchange take place ...,
How is water loss reduced in an i...
22
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8.1. TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN MULTICELLULAR ANIMALS
Why are specialised transport sys...,
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What is a mass transport system
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8.2. BLOOD VESSELS
What are elastic fibres,
What is smooth muscle,
What is collagen
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8.3. BLOOD, TISSUE FLUID, LYMPH
What is blood made up of,
What does plasma carry,
What is the function of albumin
22
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8.4. TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD
What is the main function of eryt...,
How does having a biconcave shape...,
What do erythrocytes contain
23
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8.5. THE HEART
What is the heart made of,
What supplies the heart with oxyg...,
What prevents the heart from over...
25
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10.1. CLASSIFICATION
What is classification,
What are taxonomic groups,
What is a recently added further ...
13
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10.2. THE 5 KINGDOMS
What are the five kingdoms,
What are the general features of ...,
What are the general features of ...
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10.3. PHYLOGENY
What is phylogeny,
What is a phylogenetic tree,
How are phylogenetic trees produced
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10.4. EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION
Who developed the theory of evolu...,
Aboard the hms beagle in 1831 wha...,
Where did darwin carry out some o...
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10.5. TYPES OF VARIATION
What are variations,
What are the two types of variation,
What is interspecific variation
15
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10.6. REPRESENTING VARIATION GRAPHICALLY
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10.7. ADAPTATIONS
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10.8. CHANGING POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
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