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Photosynthesis- Light dependent reaction
During photosynthesis the energy ...,
What is phosphorylation 2,
How is atp hydrolysed 3
15
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Photosynthesis- Light independent reaction
Describe the 1st step of the ligh...,
What is rubisco 2,
Describe the 2nd step of the ligh...
14
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Inheritance- diagrams
What is mendel s 1st law of segre...,
What is mendel s 2nd law 2,
How do you set out a genetic diag...
7
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Photosynthesis- Limiting factors
How can you measure the rate of p...,
How does a capilary tube measure ...,
What is the equation for the rate...
11
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Topic 7- Types of speciation
Define speciation 1,
Why does speciation occur 2,
What is necessary for speciation 3
19
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Respiration- mitochondria
How big are mitochondria and what...,
What is mitochondria the site of 2,
What is the function of the mitoc...
9
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Respiration- Glycolysis
What is the 1st step of glycolysis 1,
What does phosphorylation involve 2,
What is the 2nd step of glycolysis 3
14
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Respiration- The link reaction
What happens in between glycolysi...,
Where does the link reaction take...,
Describe what happens in the link...
8
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Respiration- The krebs cycle
What does the kreb cycle consist ...,
What is the 1st step of the kreb ...,
What is acetyl coa formed from 3
8
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Respiration
What happens when hydrogen atoms ...,
What is the role of fad and nad 2,
Sources of reduced nad 3
17
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Topic 7- succession
Ecosystems are dynamic define dyn...,
Ecosystems change from being very...,
What conditions change in success...
8
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Topic 7- Genetic variation
Define phenotype 1,
Define phenotypic variation 2,
What is the phenotypic variation ...
18
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Topic 7- selective advantage
What is selective advantage 1,
What effect does differential rep...,
Give some examples of environment...
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Topic 7- Natural selection
What is exponential growth 1,
How does exponential growth occur 2,
How do environmental factors limi...
9
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Topic 7- Evolution
Define evolution 1,
Describe the process of evolution 2,
In which organisms can evolution ...
3
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Topic 7- Types of selection
What are the 3 types of selection 1,
What is stabilising selection 2,
What does stabilising selection m...
10
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Topic 7- Reproductive separation
When does reproductive separation...,
When does evolution occur 2,
Give some examples of allele or p...
6
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Topic 7- communities
Define a community 1,
What is an ecosystem 2,
An ecosystem is a 1______________...
6
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Topic 7- Aibiotic and Biotic factors
Define niche 1,
Define habitat 2,
What 2 interactions does the nich...
8
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Topic 7- carrying capacity
Define carrying capacity 1,
What prevents every individual in...,
What do abiotic and biotic factor...
12
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Topic 7- estimating the size of a population
What is sampling used to investig...,
What are the 2 types of sampling 2,
Give a benefit of random sampling 3
10
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Topic 7- growth rate of microorganisms
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Topic 5- Energy and ecosystems
What do ecosystems depend on 1,
What do primary producers make 2,
What is chemosynthesis 3
23
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Topic 5- Stages of aerobic respiration
What is aerobic respiration 1,
Where does glycolysis take place 2,
Where does the link reaction take...
9
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Topic 5- Biodiversity within a community
What is biodiversity 1,
How cn biodiversity be assesed 2,
Why is biodiversity important 3
13
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Topic 7- Species richness
What is species richness 1,
What is a community 2,
Why is species richness used 3
5
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Topic 8- Epigenetics
What do epigenetics involve 1,
What is the epigenome 2,
How can histobne proteins be chem...
16
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Topic 8- regulation of transcription
What domain use transcription fac...,
What is the function of transcrip...,
What do transcription factors ens...
24
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Topic- Growth factors in flowering plants + IAA
What does the survival of plants ...,
Give 3 examples of how plants res...,
Do plants have a nervous system 3
49
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Topic 8- Epigenetics and cancer
What are the two properties of ca...,
What are tumors 2,
How can both benign and malignant...
25
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Topic 6- Taxis and kinesis
What must an organism find in ord...,
What type of organisms display ta...,
What are the functions taxis and ...
8
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Topic 8- Recombinant DNA
What is the function of the genet...,
Why is it important that the gene...,
What is recombinant dna rdna 3
19
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Topic 6- Resting potentials, nerve impuleses and refactory period
What is the function of normal io...,
Do potassium ion channels remain ...,
Why are sodium ion channels usual...
23
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Topic 8-Genetic mutations
What is a gene mutation 1,
How do mutations occur 2,
When do mutations usually occur 3
23
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Topic 8- effect of genetic mutations
What is the estimated rate of mut...,
What increases the rate of mutati...,
Give examples of mutagenic agents 3
8
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Topic 8- totipotent stem cells
What is a stem cell 1,
What is differentiation 2,
Define potency 3
10
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Topic 8-Stem cells (pluripotent and unipotent)
What are pluripotent cells 1,
Can pluripotent cells divide an u...,
What are pluripotent cells used f...
11
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Topic 8- Evaluation of stem cell use
Why is the use of adult stem cell...,
Give 3 advantages of using stem c...,
What are the risks of using stem ...
6
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Topic 6- Heart rate control
The control of heart rate is myog...,
Where is the sinoatrial node san ...,
What is the function of the san 3
23
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Topic 8- Genome sequencing projects
Define genome 1,
What does genome sequencing aim t...,
How do genome projects work 3
11
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Topic 8- Determining protein sequences
The what of simpler organisms can...,
Once a genome is sequenced bioinf...,
What can comaprisons of genomes b...
5
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Topic 8- Non coding DNA and regulatery genes
Why is dtermining the proteomes i...,
What are the other 2 factors that...,
Why is the proteome larger than t...
3
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Topic 6- Glucagon
How do hormones cause the convers...,
Define glycogenolysis 2,
Define glycogenesis 3
25
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Topic 6- Antagonistic muscle pairs
What are muscles there function 1,
What are the 3 types of muscles 2,
1___ msucles cause the skeleton t...
11
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Topic 6- Structure of skeletal muscles
What makes up skeletal muscles 1,
What is a straited muscle made up...,
What does each muscle fibre conta...
18
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Topic 6- Contraction of muscles
What model is used to explain mus...,
The thick filaments within a myof...,
What is the function of the fibar...
17
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