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The transport of oxygen in living organisms
Describe the structure and role o...,
Name the 3 factors that affect ox...,
How does partial pressure of oxyg...
8
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The circulation of blood and structure of mammalian heart
What circulatory system do mammal...,
Why do mammals require a double c...,
What is cardiac muscle 3
15
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Mass transport systems in plants
What is transpiration explain the...,
Explain cohesion tension theory 2,
Describe the features of xylem ve...
11
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Energy and Ecosystems
What are producers 1,
What is a trophic level 2,
What is the definition of a food ...
17
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Nutrient Cycles
What is phosphorus used for in or...,
Describe the features of the phos...,
Why is the nitrogen cycle importa...
13
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Photosynthesis
What are the adaptations of the s...,
What is the light dependent react...,
Explain the role of light in phot...
19
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Respiration
Describe the process of glycolysis 1,
Describe the process of the link ...,
Describe the process of the krebs...
15
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Survival + Response
What is a stimulus 1,
What is a receptor 2,
What is an effector 3
17
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Receptors
Common features of sensory recept...,
What is the pacinian corpuscle de...,
Explain how the pacinian corpuscl...
11
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Control of heart rate
What does it mean when the cardia...,
Where is the san avn purkyne fibr...,
Control of heart rate 3
8
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Nerve impulses
Structure of a myelinated motor n...,
What is resting potential 2,
Establishing a resting potential 3
14
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Synapses
What are synapses 1,
Structure of a synapse 2,
How are synapses unidirectional 3
6
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Skeletal muscles
Describe the 3 types of muscles 1,
Structure of skeletal muscle fibr...,
Ultrastructure of a myofibril 3
7
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Sliding filament theory
Process of muscle contraction 1,
What happens to banding pattern i...,
How is atp constantly generated 3
5
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Inheritance + Populations
Genotype 1,
Phenotype 2,
Homozygous 3
17
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Evolution may lead to speciation
Why may phenotype vary within a s...,
What are the genetic factors that...,
Why does natural selection occur 3
12
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Populations in Ecosystems
What is a species 1,
What is a population 2,
What is a habitat 3
26
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Homeostasis + negative feedback
Homeostasis 1,
Why is it important that core tem...,
Why is it important that blood ph...
12
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Control of blood water potential
Define osmoregulation 1,
Structure of kidney 2,
Structure of nephron 3
17
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Gene Mutation
What is a mutation 1,
What is a substitution mutation 2,
What is an inversion mutation 3
12
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Stem cells
What are stem cells 1,
Totipotent stem cells 2,
Pluripotent stem cells 3
5
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Regulation of transcription + translation
What are transcriptional factors 1,
How do transcriptional factors wo...,
How does oestrogen initiate trans...
9
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Gene expression + cancer and using genome projects
What is cancer 1,
Characteristics of benign tumours 2,
Characteristics of malignant tumo...
11
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Recombinant DNA technology
What is recombinant dna technology 1,
Reverse transcription 2,
Restriction endonucleases 3
19
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Gene probes + genetic counselling
What are dna probes 1,
Dna hybridisation 2,
Locating specific alleles of a ge...
6
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Genetic fingerprinting
What are vntrs 1,
Stage 1 extraction 2,
Stage 2 digestion 3
7
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Practical 1
Name the factors that can affect ...,
How is a control set up in a prac...,
Outline the practical procedure u...
6
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Practical 2
Why do you use the equipment 1,
Procedure to prepare a root tip s...,
Hazards precautions 3
5
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Practical 3
What occurs when plant tissue is ...,
What occurs when plant tissue is ...,
What occurs when plant tissue is ...
8
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Practical 4
2 factors that increase permeabil...,
Procedure 2
2
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