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Topic 2---A: Cell structure and Division- 1.Eukaryotic Cells and Organelles
Examples of eukaryotic cells,
Cell surface membrane description,
Cell surface membrane function
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Topic 2---A: Cell structure and Division- 2.Prokaryotic Cells and Viruses
What are prokaryotes,
What is the difference between pr...,
What is in a prokaryotic cell
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Topic 2---A: Cell structure and division- 3.Analysis of cell components
What is magnification,
Magnification formula,
What do you do if you want to con...
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Topic 2---A: Cell structure and division- 4. Cell division- Mitosis
When does the cell cycle start,
What does the cell cycle consist of,
What is interphase
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Topic 2--- A: Cell Structure and Division- 5. Investigating Mitosis
Preparing a root tip cell squash,
Mitotic,
In
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Topic 2---B: Cell membranes- 1. Cell membranes- The basics
What are cell surface membranes,
How can substances move across th...,
How do membranes around organelle...
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Topic 2---B: Cell Membranes- 2. Diffusion
What is diffusion,
What process is diffusion,
How does diffusion work
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Topic 2---B: Cell Membranes- 3. Osmosis
What is osmosis,
What does it mean if there is a h...,
What does it mean if there is a l...
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Topic 2---B: Cell Membranes- 4. Active Transport
What is active transport,
Differences between active transp...,
Carrier proteins
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Topic 2---C: Cells and The Immune System- 1. Antigens
What is an antigen,
What are the antigens that aren t...,
What do antigens allow the immune...
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Topic 2---C: Cells and The Immune System- 2. The Immune Response
What is a phagocyte,
Stages of phagocytosis,
Stages of humoral response
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Topic 2---C: Cells and The Immune System- 3. Immunity and Vaccines
What is active immunity,
What is natural active immunity,
What is artificial active immunity
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Topic 2---C: Cells and The Immune System- 4. Antigenic Variation
What is antigenic variation,
How are different antigens formed,
What activates the primary response
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Topic 2---C: Cells and The Immune System- 5. Antibodies in medicine
What are monoclonal antibodies,
How are antibodies very specific,
What do monoclonal antibodies do
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Topic 2---C: Cells and The Immune System- 7. HIV and Viruses
What does hiv stand for,
What does hiv affect,
What is aids
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Topic 1---A: Biological molecules- 1. Molecules of life
What is the evidence for evolution,
What is the theory of evolution,
What are polymers
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Topic 1---A:Biological molecules- 2. Sugars
What is sugar a general term for,
What are monosaccharides,
What elements does carbohydrates ...
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Topic 1---A: Biological molecules- 3. Polysaccharides
What is a polysaccharide,
What are examples of polysaccharides,
How can polysaccharides be broken...
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Topic 1—A: Biological molecules- 4. lipids
What are lipids commonly known as,
How are lipids different from car...,
What are lipids made from
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Topic 1---A: Biological molecules- 5. proteins
What are the monomers of proteins,
How is a dipeptide formed,
How is a polypeptide formed
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Topic 1---A: Biological molecules- 6. Enzymes
What are enzymes,
What components do enzymes have,
What do enzymes do
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Topic 1---A: Biological molecules- 7. Factors affecting enzyme activity
How do you measure enzyme activity,
How fast the product is made meas...,
How fast the substrate is broken ...
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Topic 1---B: More biological Molecules- 1. DNA and RNA
What are dna and rna both types of,
What does dna stand for,
What is dna used for
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Topic 1---B- More biological molecules- 2. DNA replication
Why is it called semi conservativ...,
How is dna replicated stages,
What is the action of dna polymerase
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Topic 1---B: More biological molecules- 3. ATP
Why is energy important,
What does atp stand for,
What is atp made from
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Topic 1---B: More biological molecules- 4. Water
What is the importance of water,
What does a molecule of water con...,
What makes water a polar molecule
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Topic 1---B: More biological molecules- 5. Inorganic ions
What are ions,
What is an ion with a positive ch...,
What is an ion with a negative ch...
8
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Topic 3---A: Exchange and Transport Systems- 1. Size and surface area
In an organism what needs to be e...,
What is the relationship between ...,
How do you calculate the volume o...
18
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Topic 3—A: Exchange and Transport systems- 2. Gas exchange
What is a gas exchange surface,
What two things does gas exchange...,
Gas exchange in single celled org...
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Topic 3---A: Exchange and Transport Systems- 3. Gas exchange in humans
What is the role of the gas excha...,
What is the structure of the gas ...,
T
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Topic 3---A: Exchange and Transport Systems- 4. The effects of lung disease
What do lung diseases effect,
Definition of tide volume,
Ventilation rate
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Topic 3---A: Exchange and Transport Systems- 6. Dissecting Gas Exchange Systems
Scalpel,
Dissecting scissors,
Dissecting pins
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Topic 3---B: More Exchange and Transport Systems- 1. Digestion and Absorption
Why do large biological molecules...,
What are used to break down biolo...,
The digestion of carbohydrates
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Topic 3---B: More Exchange and Transport Systems- 2. Haemoglobin
What is the role of haemoglobin,
What is haemoglobin,
What is association
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Topic 3---B: More Exchange and Transport System- 3. The Circulatory System
What is the circulatory system ma...,
Pulmonary artery,
Pulmonary vein
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Topic 3---B: More Exchage and Transport Systems- 4. The Heart
What does the right side of the h...,
What does the left side of the he...,
Why is the left ventricle thicker...
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Topic 3---B- More Exchange and Transport Systems- 5. Cardiovascular disease
What is cardiovascular disease,
What does cardiovascular diseases...,
What do most cardiovascular disea...
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Topic 3---B: More exchange and Transport Systems- 6. Transport in plants (xylem)
What does the xylem tissue do,
What does the phloem tissue do,
Structure of the xylem
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Topic 3---B- More Exchange and transport systems - 7. Transport in plants (phloem)
What does the phloem transport,
Structure of the phloem,
What is translocation
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Topic 4---A: DNA,RNA and Protein Synthesis- 1. DNA
Eukaryotic cells dna,
Prokaryotic cells dna,
How does dna loop around histones
3
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Topic 4---A: DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis- 2. Genes and Chromosomes
What does dna contain,
What is a gene,
What does the order of bases in a...
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Topic 4---A: DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis- 3. RNA and Protein Synthesis
What is protein synthesis,
What are the 2 main stages in pro...,
Transcription defintion
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Topic 4---A: DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis- 4. Transcription and translation
What happens during transcription,
Where does transcription take pla...,
Where does transcription take pla...
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Topic 4---A: DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis- 5. The genetic code and nucleic acids
What is the genetic code,
What are the characteristics of t...,
Non overlapping
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Topic 4---B: Diversity and selection- 1. Meiosis and genetic variation
What are diploid body cells,
What does 2n mean,
What is a homologous pair
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Topic 4---B: Diversity and selection- 2. mutations
What is a gene mutation,
Substitution,
Deletion or addition
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Topic 4---B: Diversity and Selection- 3. Genetic diversity
Genetic diversity definition,
What does a large number of diffe...,
What may happen if a population h...
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Topic 4---B: Diversity and Selection- 4. Natural selection
What does natural selection increase,
What does randomly occuring mutat...,
How does natural selection work
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Topic 4—B: Biodiversity and Selection- 5. The effects of selection
What are the types of natural sel...,
What is directional selection,
What is stabilising selection
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Topic 4—C: Diversity and Classification- 1. Classification of organisms
What is phylogeny,
What does phylogeny tell us,
What is taxonomy
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Topic 4—C: Diversity and Classification- 2. Classification using courtship behaviour
What is courtship behaviour,
Simple courtship behaviours,
Complex courtship behaviours
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Topic 4—C: Diversity and classification- 3. classification and using DNA proteins
What technologies have been usefu...,
Genome sequencing
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Topic 5– A: Photosynthesis and Respiration- 1. Photosynthesis, respiration and energy
Why is energy important,
Why do plants need energy,
Why do animals need energy
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Topic 5— A: Photosynthesis and Respiration- 6. Aerobic and Anaerobic respiration
How can respiration be done,
Which type of respiration produce...,
Where do the reactions in aerobic...
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Topic 5B: Energy transfer and Nutrient cycle- 1. Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
Where do plants get their energy ...,
Where do animals get their energy...,
Definition of ecosystem
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Topic 5B: Energy Transfer And Nutrient Cycle- 2. Farming Practices And Production
What is a food web,
Decomposer definition,
How do agricultural ecosystems co...
12
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Topic 5—A: Photosynthesis And Respiration- 7. Aerobic Respiration- The Mitochondrial Reactions
What happens in the link reaction,
Link reaction stages,
Is atp produced in the link reaction
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Topic 5—A: Photosynthesis And Respiration- 2. Photosynthesis And The Light Dependant Reaction
Where does photosynthesis take place,
Chloroplasts,
Leaf structure adaptations for ph...
11
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