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1.3 + 1.4 Carbohydrates
How is the structure of glycogen ...,
What are the monomers for starch,
What are the monomers for cellulose
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1.3 Test for reducing and non-reducing sugars
What is the method for testing fo...,
More accurate method of finding c...,
Alternative method of finding amo...
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1.5 Lipids
Roles of lipids,
Types of lipids,
Role of phospholipids
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1.6 Proteins
Monomer of proteins,
Structure of amino acids,
Bonds between amino acids
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1.7 +1.8 + 1.9 Enzymes + factors that affect enzyme action
Definition of enzyme,
How does a catalyst speed up rate...,
Why are enzymes important to mammals
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2.1 Structure of RNA and DNA
Dna,
Genetic information,
Rna
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2.2 DNA replication
What is semi conservative replica...,
What are the stages of the semi c...,
Dna replication
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2.3 Energy and ATP
Structure of atp,
Word equation for the hydrolysis ...,
Where is energy stored in atp
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2.4 Water and its functions
Biological importance of water,
Importance of water as a metabolite,
Im
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(2.4) inorganic ions
What are ions with a positive charge,
What are ions with a negative charge,
What are ions that don t contain ...
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3.1 Cell fractionation
Cell fractionation,
What is done before cell fraction...,
Why does the solution have to be ...
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3.2 Light vs electron microscope
Two types of microscopes,
Why is the resolution higher in a...,
Resolution light vs electron
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3.2 Electron microscopes
Two types of electron microscopes,
Tem order of parts,
Sem order of parts
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3.3 Microscope measurements + calculations
Microscope eye piece graticule,
Meg at x10 ob,
Meg at x40 ob
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3.4 Eukaryote Cell Structure
What are the parts of a nucleus,
What is the nuclear envelope,
What are nuclear pores
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3.5 Cell specialisation
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3.6 Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells
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3.7 + 3.8 Mitosis + cell cycle
Mitosis,
Four stages of mitosis,
Prophase
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4.1 Cell membrane structure + functions
What is the majority of the cell ...,
What are phospholipids,
How are phospholipids arranges in...
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4.2 Diffusion
Diffusion,
What is the movement of the molec...,
What type of proteins are involve...
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4.3 Osmosis
Define osmosis,
What is water potential,
What is water potential measured in
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4.4 Active transport
What is active transport,
How does an na ion go into a cell...,
What does the na ion bind to on t...
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4.5 Co-transport and absorption of glucose in the ileum
Key points of co transport,
How does na ions enter the blood,
Where does co transport occur
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6.1 Exchange between organisms and their environment
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6.2 gas exchange in single-celled organisms and insects
Describe how single celled organi...,
Describe how an insect exchanges ...,
Explain how insects exchange gases
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6.3 Gas exchange in fish
Describe the structure of fish gills,
Describe how a fish exchanges gases,
Explain the difference between pa...
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6.4 gas exchange in the leaf of a plant
Describe how plants exchange gases,
Describe the structure of a dicot...,
Explain the adaptations of leaves...
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6.5 Limiting water loss
What is a xerophyte,
Adaptations of xerophytes
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6.6 Structure of the human gas exchange system
Order of organs humans use to bre...,
Why do humans require an efficien...,
What s the trachea
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6.7 The mechanism of breathing
What is breathing,
What is the process of inhalation...,
What is the process of exhalation...
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6.8 Exchange of gases in the lungs
Adaptations that make alveoli exc...,
What does rbc being flattened aga...,
What does rbc being slowed cause
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6.9 Enzymes and digestion
Order of organs used by humans to...,
What sections is the small intest...,
Physical digestion
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6.9 (2) Digestion of lipids
How is the micelle absorbed into ...,
How does the micelle enter the ep...,
What happens to the monoglyceride...
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8.1 genes and the triplet code
What s a gene,
Define genome,
Define proteome
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8.2 DNA and the chromosomes
What s an allele,
What are homologous chromosomes,
What are chromosomes joined at
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8.3 The structure of ribonucleic acid
What is rna,
What type of rna are they,
When is mrna made
10
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8.4 + 8.5 protein synthesis - transcription and translation
Key points for transcription,
What does dna helicase do during ...,
How many strands act as a templat...
15
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9.1 Mutations
What is a mutation,
When do mutations occur,
What type of gene mutations are t...
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9.2 Meiosis and genetic variation
What is meiosis,
Why is meiosis important,
What are gametes
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9.3 Genetic diversity and adaptation
What is genetic diversity,
When is genetic diversity greater,
How is genetic diversity advantag...
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9.4 Types of selection
What is selection,
What is directional selection,
W
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10.1 Species and taxonomy
Define classification,
Species,
Binomial system
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10.2 Diversity within a community
Define biodiversity,
What are the three components of ...,
What is species diversity
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10.3 Species diversity and human activities
What is the impact of agriculture,
What do farmers do in agriculture...,
What conservation technique battl...
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10.4 Investigating diversity
What are the ways of investigatin...,
How do you investigate diversity ...,
Advantage and disadvantage of usi...
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10.5 Quantitative investigations of variation
What is interspecific variation,
What is intraspecific variation,
What does quantitative investigat...
15
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Statistical Tests
What is the purpose of statistica...,
Types of statistical tests,
When is chi squared used
10
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7.1 Haemoglobin
Structure of haemoglobin not coun...,
What is,
How many o2 molecules can a singu...
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7.2 Transport of oxygen by haemoglobin
What is the oxygen dissociation c...,
Describe the shape of the oxyhaem...,
Explain the shape of the oxyhaemo...
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7.3 Circulatory system of a mammal
What affects whether organisms ha...,
Features of transport system,
Why do large have a transport system
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7.4 The structure of the heart
What type of blood does the left ...,
What type of blood does the right...,
What are the two types of chamber...
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7.5 The cardiac cycle
What is the relaxation of the heart,
What are the contractions of the ...,
What happens during atrial systole
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7.6 Blood vessels and their functions
What are the different types of b...,
What do arteries do,
What are arterioles and what do t...
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7.7 Transport of water in the xylem
What is the movement of water in ...,
What part of the plant transports...,
What happens to the water at the
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7.8 Transport of organic molecules in the phloem
What is the movement of glucose i...,
What happens at the source during...,
How does sucrose move into the co...
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5.1 Defence mechanisms
Types of white blood cells,
What are phagocytes,
What are lymphocytes
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5.2 Phagocytosis
Process of phagocytosis,
What does the pathogen produce th...,
What binds to the pathogen during...
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5.3 T lymphocytes and cell mediated immunity
Where do t lymphocytes mature,
What type of immunity do they pro...,
What does cell mediated immunity ...
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5.4 B lymphocytes and humoral immunity
Where do b lymphocytes mature,
What immunity do be lymphocytes p...,
What does humoral immunity involve
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5.5 Antibodies
What are antibodies,
What structure does an antibody have,
How does an antibody have a quate...
10
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5.5 Antibodies + tests
What are monoclonal antibodies,
What are monoclonal antibodies us...,
What are the two different types ...
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5.6 Vaccination
What is immunity,
Types of immunity,
Types of active immunity
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5.7 The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Structure of hiv,
How does the hiv replicate once c...,
What do the hiv attachment protei...
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7.9 Investigating transport in plants
Ways of investigating translocati...,
How do ringing experiments work,
What is the substance found above...
9
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