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Gametogenesis in plants and fertilisation in plants
Two phases of life cycles,
Flower structure in terms of phases,
Anthers
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9.2 1 Nervous Systems And Neurones
What is the basis of a nerve impulse,
What is special about the membran...,
When is an axon said to be at rest
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9.1 4 Chemical Control Systems In Plants
Plants are sensitive,
Light affects how much,
Other factors plant are sensitive to
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9.3 1 control of heart rate
Homeostasis,
Intrinsic rhythm of the heart,
Cardiac output
22
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8.2 2 Population Bottle Necks And Founder Effect
Population bottleneck,
Examples of population bottlenecks,
As population recovers
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8.2 1 Gene Pools And Generic Diversity
Population,
Gene pool,
Evolution
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8.1 5 Gene Linkage
Linked genes,
Completely unlinked genes,
When genes are closely linked
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8.1 4 Dihybrid inheritance of unlinked genes
Digenic crosses,
Remember,
Parental phenotypes
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8.1 3 Mendelian genetics and beyond
Why did mendel investigate peas,
Mendel s first law,
Mendels second law
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8.1 2 Transfer of Genetic Information
Phenotype,
Phenotype result of,
Gene
15
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10.2 1 Trophic Levels
Producers,
Primary consumers,
Secondary consumers
13
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10.1 6 Ecological Techniques
Abundance of an organism,
Distribution of an organism,
Uniform distribution
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10.1 5 The effect of interactions betweem biotic and abiotic factors
Density independent factors,
Density dependent factor,
Competition
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10.1 4 The effect of biotic factors on populations
Relationship between predators an...,
Finding a mate,
Territory
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10.1 3 The effect of abiotic factors on populations
Microclimate,
Light,
Temperature
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10.1 2 How ecosystems evolve
Succession,
Primary succession starts,
When is primary succession seen
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10.1 1 What is ecology?
Ecology,
Ecosystem,
Habitat
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3.2 2 Natural Selection in action
If niche occupied by an organism ...,
Changes in selection pressure,
Natural selection can also operate
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3.3 1 The importance of biodiversity
Biodiversity,
Complexity of biodiversity,
Rich biodiversity
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Speciation 3.24
A single species,
Speciation,
Two isolated populations
17
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3.2 1 Evolution And Adaptation
The theory of evolution,
Survival of the fittest,
Process
12
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Diffusion or Facilitated diffusion
Factors effecting how a substance...,
Why does diffusion occur,
Once reached uniform distribution...
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Transport In Cells
Why do cells need transport,
Cell surface membrane purpose,
Components of the cell surface me...
18
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Core Practical 8
Investigate the effect of environmental conditions on water uptake
14
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Core Practical 7
Investigate the gas exchange system of a locust
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3.1 2 What is a species?
Why are species important,
Morphological species concept,
Morphological limitations
13
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3.1 3 Identifying individual species
Dna sequencing,
Dna profiling,
Identifying species from the phen...
7
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3.1 4 New evidence for evolution
The more mutations in the dna of ...,
Peoblwm,
Fossil dna and human evolution
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3.2 3 The evolutionary race between pathogens and medicines
Random muatation,
Race,
Currently
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3.1 5 Domains ,kingdoms or both?
Gel electrophoresis,
Process,
Buffer solution
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3.3 2 Biodiversity within a species
Gene pool of a species,
Mutations,
Allele frequency
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3.3 3 Ecosystem services
Ethical reasons for maintaining b...,
Ecosystem services,
Provisioning services
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3.3 4 Ex-situ and in-situ conservation
Conservation,
Ex situ conservation,
In situ conservation
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7.1 1 PCR
Genome,
Prokaryote dna location,
Eukaryote dna location
15
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7.1 2 DNA sequencing
Basic principles in all different...,
Terminator bases,
Massively parallel sequencing
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7.1 3 DNA profiling
Dna profiling,
Introns,
Function of introns
22
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10.2 2 Energy transfers in ecosystems
Gross primary productivity,
Measuring productivity,
Net primary productivity
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10.2 3 Nutrient recycling
Mineral needed,
Cycles,
Nutrients held in dead animals pl...
18
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10.3 1 Human influences on ecosystems
Climate change,
Depletion of biological resources,
Loss of biodiversity
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10.3 2 Human influences on climate change
Climate change,
Greenhouse gases,
Examples of greenhouse gases
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10.3 3 The biological impact of climate change
Weather,
Climate change,
Current trend of low rainfall in ...
12
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10.3 4 Managing biological resources
When we farm,
Monoculture,
Artificial fertilizers
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10.3 5 Conserving global biodiversity
Loss of biodiversity result of,
Extinction,
Current extinction rate
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9.3 2 Osmoregulation in mammals-the kidney
Water moves in and out of cells,
Osmoregulation definition,
By controlling the water potentia...
44
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9.1 5 Phytochrome and flowering
Why is light vital for plants,
Day length,
Photomorphogenesis
24
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9.2 1 Nervous systems and neurones
Nervous system purpose,
Neurones definition,
What is the nervous system made u...
30
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9.2 2 How the nervous system works
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