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NSFC AQA A level Biology Year 1

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Year 1 Model Answers
Describe condensation reactions,
Describe hydrolysis,
Name the bonds in biological mole...
80  cards
Year 1 Practical Techniques
What do you need to know about rp...,
What do you need to know about rp...,
What do you need to know about rp...
19  cards
3.1.1 Monomers and Polymers (Unit 1 Biological Molecules)
What is a condensation reaction,
What is a hydrolysis reaction,
What is a monomer
28  cards
3.1.2 Carbohydrates (Unit 1 Biological Molecules)
Name a structural polysaccharide,
Which elements make up carbohydrates,
When 2 monosaccharides join toget...
69  cards
3.1.3 Lipids (Unit 1 Biological Molecules)
Which 3 elements do lipids contain,
Which part of a phospholipid is h...,
Identify the molecule
42  cards
3.1.4.1 Proteins (Unit 1 Biological Molecules)
What decides the amino acid seque...,
Describe the ionic bonds that hol...,
What does biuret reagent contain
46  cards
3.1.4.2 Enzymes (Unit 1 Biological Molecules)
How did scientists discover the i...,
What is a substrate,
Why are enzymes essential to orga...
46  cards
3.1.5 Nucleic Acids and DNA Replication (Unit 1 Biological Molecules)
Dna is made from which monomer,
Name the 3 components of a nucleo...,
In dna which base complements gua...
55  cards
3.1.6 Energy and ATP (Unit 1 Biological Molecules)
Why is glucose not a good immedia...,
If an inorganic phosphate molecul...,
What is the equation for respiration
29  cards
3.1.7/8 Water and Ions
Give a property of water,
Why is it useful to living organi...,
Why is it useful to living cells ...
17  cards
3.2.1.1 Eukaryotic Cell Structure and Specialised Cells (Unit 2 Cells)
Is this a eukaryotic or prokaryot...,
Identify the organelle of the ani...,
Identify the organelle of the ani...
142  cards
3.2.1.5 Studying Cells/Microscopy/Cell Fractionation (Unit 2 Cells)
The thing that you see when lpook...,
What are the disadvantages of a l...,
Evaluate the light microscope
47  cards
3.2.1.2 Prokaryotes and Virus Structure (Unit 2 Cells)
Identify the missing label,
The,
Do prokaryotes have a nucelus
67  cards
3.2.2 Cell Cycle and Mitosis (Unit 2 Cells)
What are the 4 stages of mitosis,
What does the diagram show,
Cancer is caused by uncontrolled ...
38  cards
3.2.3.1 - Cell Membrane Structure and Function (Unit 2 Cells)
All membranes,
What do we call the plasma membra...,
What is the funciton of a cell su...
33  cards
3.2.3.2 - Transport across membranes Unit 2 Cells)
Diffusion is an example of,
In diffusion the motion of the pa...,
In diffusion the direction of par...
55  cards
3.2.4 Immunity (Unit 2 Cells)
What is immunity,
What is an antigen,
Describe non specific defences
78  cards
3.3.1 Surface area to volume ratio (Unit 3 Exchange)
The name given to the environment...,
Single celled organisms can match...,
Exchange of materials in living o...
22  cards
3.3.2 Gas Exchange (Unit 3 Exchange)
Fish explain how the gills allow ...,
Fish explain how the highly folde...,
Fish describe and explain how the...
36  cards
3.3.3 Digestion and Absorption (Unit 3 Exchange)
The 2 stages of digestion in huma...,
Give some examples of proteases i...,
Identify the part of the digestiv...
90  cards
3.3.4.1 Mass Transport in animals (Unit 3 Exchange)
Give some ways in which cardiac o...,
Explain what causes the blood pre...,
Explain why a vein is described a...
33  cards
3.3.4.2 Mass Transport in plants (Unit 3 Exchange)
Explain how the active transport ...,
The presence of an air bubble in ...,
Explain how water enters a plant ...
23  cards
3.4.1 DNA, genes and chromosomes (Unit 4 DNA and Relationships)
What is a gene,
What is the locus,
What factors determine the nature...
27  cards
3.4.2 DNA and protein synthesis (Unit 4 DNA and Relationships)
Define genome,
Define proteome,
Define codon
36  cards
3.4.5 Species and taxonomy (Unit 4 DNA and Relationships)
What are the 5 things courtship b...,
What are the 2 types of classific...,
What is meant by a hierarchy
33  cards
3.4.4 Genetic diversity and adaptation (Unit 4 DNA and Relationships)
Define genetic diversity,
Apart from genetic factors what o...,
What is a species
29  cards
3.4.3 Meiosis and Diversity (Unit 4 DNA and Relationships)
Describe ways in which meiosis co...,
Explain what happens to chromosom...,
Describe how meiosis causes varia...
31  cards
3.4.6 Biodiversity within a community (Unit 4 DNA and Relationships)
The demand for increased food pro...,
Why might animal species diversit...,
Explain why it may be more useful...
19  cards
3.4.7 Investigating diversity (Unit 4 DNA and Relationships)
Describe how comparisons of biolo...,
What does standard deviation show,
What can be said about the data c...
29  cards

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