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Eukaryotic Cells and their parts
What is a eukaryote 1,
What do eukaryotic cells contain 1,
What is the structure of the nucl...
13
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Hormone/protein production in a eukaryotic celll and the cytoskeleton
Where is the specific instruction...,
How is mrna formed,
How is the protein formed from th...
12
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Microscopes
What is the formula to work out m...,
How are samples prepared to be vi...,
What is resolution and what is th...
21
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Plant cells and prokaryotic cells
What is the structure and functio...,
What is the structure and functio...,
What is the structure and functio...
8
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Membranes
What is the role of membranes,
How do phospholipids work,
How is a bilayer formed
11
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Glycoproteins and glycolipids
What are the functions of glycoli...,
What are the structure of glycopr...,
What is the function of glycoprot...
6
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Proteins in membranes
What are intrinsic proteins and w...,
How are they kept in place,
What are the functions of channel...
6
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Factors affecting membrane structure
What is the affect of temperature...,
What is the affect of temperature...,
What is the effect of solvents on...
6
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Diffusion
What is diffusion,
What factors affect the rate of s...,
What substances can diffuse acros...
6
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Active Transport
What is active transport,
How does a molecule enter a cell ...,
What happens after the molecule h...
9
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Osmosis
What is osmosis,
What is water potential,
What is the highest value for wat...
8
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Interphase
What is the cell cycle what are t...,
What is interphase,
What are the main processes durin...
6
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G0 and control of the cell cycle
What are the two stages of the mi...,
What is g0,
What are the reasons for g0
9
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Mitosis
Why is mitosis important,
What must happen to the dna befor...,
What keeps chromatids together an...
6
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Stages of mitosis
What happens inside the nucleus i...,
What happens outside of the nucle...,
What happens in metaphase
8
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Meiosis
What does diploid and haploid mean,
What is zygote,
What is a reduction division
10
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Stages of meiosis
What is the difference between me...,
What happens in prophase 1,
What happens in metaphase i
9
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Specialisation of cells
What is the organisation of a mul...,
What is a specialised cell,
How is an erythrocyte specialised...
8
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Tissues in animals
What is a tissue,
What are the four main categories...,
How is squamous epithelium tissue...
7
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Tissue in plants
What are two types of tissue in p...,
How is the epidermis specialised ...,
How is xylem tissue adapted to pe...
4
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Organs
What is an organ,
What is an organ system,
What does the digestive system co...
4
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Stem cells and potency
What are stem cells,
What is the function of stem cells,
Why does the activity of stem cel...
7
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Sources of stem cells
Where do blood cells derive from,
What is the effect of having no n...,
What is the source of embryonic s...
7
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Uses and ethics of stem cells
How can stem cells potentially be...,
How can stem cells potentially be...,
How are stems cells already used ...
10
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Practical key terms
Why is a syringe not very precise...,
Why are replicates used,
Why is judging colours using the ...
12
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Enzymes
What are the uses of enzymes,
What is the structure of an enzym...,
What are the anabolic reactions a...
10
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Intracellular and extracellular enzymes
How do enzynmes catalyse the brea...,
What is the general structure of ...,
How are enzymes involved in diges...
7
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Factors affecting enzyme activity
What is the effect of raising tem...,
What is q10,
What causes temperature denaturation
15
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DNA. replication
How is dna is seperated why does ...,
How is the strand replicated,
How is this semi conservative rep...
9
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Protein Synthesis
How are mutations caused,
What is triplet code,
What does each codon code for
6
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Translation
Where is the mrna transported,
What happens after the mrna has a...,
What happens after the codons hav...
9
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Pathogens
What are vectors,
What are the different structures...,
What are the other shapes of bact...
12
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Pathogens - mode of action
How do viruses destroy cells,
How do protocistas destroy cells,
How do fungi destory cells
5
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Plant disease
How do plant diseases threaten pe...,
What happened to the english oak ...,
What is ring rot
6
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Animal disease
What causes tuberculosis,
What causes the pathogen causing ...,
What causes hiv aids acquired imm...
10
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Disease transmission in animals
How are pathogens transferred dir...,
How are pathogens inoculated,
What are fomites
7
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Disease transmission in plants
How is soil contaminated,
What are the non animal vectors f...,
What are the animal vectors for p...
6
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Plant defences against pathogens
What barriers do plants have,
What do plants do in response to ...,
How do plants recognise an attack
6
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Non-specific animal defences against pathogens - keeping it out
What barriers do animals have aga...,
What expulsive reflexes against p...,
How are blood clots formed
8
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Non-specific animal defences against pathogens - destroying it
How is a fever triggered,
Why is a fever useful,
What are phagocytes what are the ...
9
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Specific immune system - antibodies
What are antibodies,
What is the function of antibodies,
What is the structure of an antibody
5
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Specific immune system - lymphocytes
What are lymphocytes what are the...,
What are the types of t lymphocyte,
What is the function of t helper ...
11
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Immunity
What happens in cell mediated imm...,
What are the stages in cell media...,
What is the purpose of the cloned...
11
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Preventing and treating disease
When does natural immunity occur,
What is artificial immunity used for,
What is artificial passive immunity
8
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Enzyme inhibitors
Why is controlling the activities...,
What are inhibitors,
What are the two types of inhibtor
10
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Enzyme inhibitors pt 2
How does a non competitive inhibi...,
What effect does a non competitve...,
What are irreversible inhibitors ...
11
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Practical
How would taking at least 2 resul...
1
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meiosis made simple
Sexual reproduction,
Meiosis,
Reduction division
6
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Meiosis 1 MS
Methaphase i,
Prophase i,
Homologous pairs
7
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Meiosis part 3
When does corossing over occur,
Crossing over,
Independant assoeermwnr
3
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Pathogen and communicable diseases
Disease,
Pathogen,
Direct transmission
8
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the diseases
Tuberculosis,
Bacterial meningitis,
Ring rot
11
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Defence against pathogens
Primary defence,
Skin,
Mucous membrane
11
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immune system
Antigen,
Non speicifc and specific resposne,
Phagocytes engulf pathogen
16
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immunity and vaccinations
Active immunity,
Two types of active immnity,
Passive immunity
9
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ANtibioitcs and other medicines
Antibiotic,
Antibiotic resistnace,
Mrsa
6
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