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CFE - Advanced Higher Biology

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Decks in this class (38)

1) Unit 1 - Proteomics
What is the genome proteome and t...,
Give these in the order from smal...,
Why is the proteome larger than t...
7  cards
8) Unit 1 - Signal Transduction (TBC)
What is the purpose of signal tra...,
What are used to connect extra ce...,
List 4 things that signal transdu...
3  cards
9) Unit 1 - Ion Transport Pump
What does the na k pump do,
Describe the process of the na k ...,
Different conformations of the na...
8  cards
10) Unit 1 - Nerve Transmission
What is nerve transmission,
There is a ___________ potential ...,
Describe the process of nerve tra...
4  cards
11) Unit 1 - Photoreceptor Systems in Archea
Where are photoreceptor systems p...,
What two things can archea do tha...,
What protein makes it possible fo...
6  cards
12) Unit 1 - Photoreceptor Systems In Plants and Eukaryotes
What do plants use to convert lig...,
Where is the photosynthetic pigme...,
How does chlorophyll absorb light...
15  cards
2) Unit 1 - Protein Structure
What 2 groups are included in ami...,
What possible characteristics can...,
How are peptide bonds formed betw...
20  cards
3) Unit 1 - Hydrophobic & Hydrophillic Interactions, Influencing The Location of Cellular Proteins
What are membranes made of,
Why can the membrane be described...,
Why do r groups at the surface of...
11  cards
4) Unit 1 - Binding Ligands
Define a ligand,
How do ligands bind to proteins,
Binding sites of a protein will h...
10  cards
5) Unit 1 - Ligand Binding and Conformational Change
Where sites do ligands bind to on...,
Describe the induced fit model in...,
How does the conformational chang...
12  cards
6) Unit 1 - Reversible Binding of Phosphate and Control of Conformation
Phosphorylation is a form of ____...,
What enzymes do phosphorylation a...,
What can kinases and phosphatase ...
6  cards
7) Unit 1 - Movement of Molecules Across the Membrane
Name the 3 major roles of the mem...,
What types of molecules can pass ...,
What types of molecules does the ...
11  cards
13) Unit 1 - Coordination
How to multicellular organisms ac...,
What is a receptor protein,
What happens when a signal molecu...
5  cards
14) Unit 1 - Hydrophobic Signalling
True or false hydrophobic signals...,
Where are the receptors of hydrop...,
Hydrophobic signals can directly ...
10  cards
15) Unit 1 - Hydrophilic Signalling
What do hydrophilic signals requi...,
Examples of hydrophilic signals,
List the process of hydrophilic s...
21  cards
16) Unit 1 - The Cyctoskeleton
What is the cytoplasm,
What is the cytoplasm attached to,
Describe 4 roles of the cytoskelaton
9  cards
17) Unit 1 - The Cell Cycle
Purpose of the cell cycle in mult...,
What is the purpose of the cell c...,
Describe the process of the cell ...
16  cards
18) Unit 1 - Control of the Cell Cycle
Why must the cell cycle be contro...,
What regulates the cell cycle,
How do checkpoints regulate the c...
17  cards
19) Unit 1 - Apoptosis
What is apoptosis,
Why is it apoptosis needed in mul...,
What triggers apoptosis
8  cards
20) Unit 1 - Health & Safety in Laboratory
Chemicals or organisms can be ___...,
What is a coshh and what areas do...,
One of the most important aspects...
5  cards
21) Unit 1 - Liquid and Solutions & Separation Techniques
List the apparatus that can be us...,
What is a serial dilution and why...,
What is colorimetry
13  cards
22) Unit 1 - Antibody Techniques & Microscopy
What is the purpose of antibody t...,
Name the two types of antibody te...,
What is immunoassay
15  cards
23) Unit 1 - Cell Culture (TBC)
0  cards
24) Unit 2 - Health and Safety in Field Work
List the hazards associated with ...,
How can you provide safety agains...,
How can you provide safety agains...
5  cards
25) Unit 2 - Sampling of Wild Organisms
What considerations should be mad...,
List the methods of sampling and ...,
Describe how a transect study is ...
10  cards
26) Unit 2 - Identification and Taxonomy
How can you identify a sample org...,
What are the 3 domains of life,
List the 5 major divisions of the...
11  cards
27) Unit 2 - Monitoring Populations and Measuring & Recording Animal Behaviour
Why do we measure populations,
What can the presence absence or ...,
What is mark and recapture
12  cards
28) Unit 2 - Drift and Selection
Define evolution,
What process cause evolution,
What is genetic drift
15  cards
29) Unit 2 - Rate of Evolution and Co-Evolution
What causes the rate of evolution...,
Name factors that can increase th...,
Describe how higher selection pre...
12  cards
30) Unit 2 - Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
Name an advantage and 2 disadvant...,
Name 3 advantages and 1 disadvant...,
Name the types of asexual reprodu...
7  cards
31) Unit 2 - Meiosis
What is meiosis,
Describe the process of meiosis 1,
Describe the process of meiosis 2
6  cards
32) Unit 2 - Sex Determination
What are hermaphrodites,
Name the environmental conditions...,
Name the factors that can determi...
12  cards
33) Unit 2 - Sexual Investment
Describe the sexual investment an...,
What are sessile organisms and gi...,
What is the problem surrounding r...
13  cards
34) Unit 2 - Courtship
What is sexual dismorphism and wh...,
What is usually the sexual dismor...,
Sexual dismorphism can be reverse...
7  cards
35) Unit 2 - The Parasite Niche, Transmission and Virulence
What does a parasite do to the host,
Is the reproductive potential of ...,
What is an ecological niche
19  cards
36) Unit 2 - Immune Response to Parasites
Name the 2 types of defence mamma...,
List 5 types of non specific defence,
Describe how inflammatory respons...
13  cards
37) Unit 2 - The Parasitic Life Cycle and Viruses
Name and describe common parasites,
How are ectoparasites transmitted,
How are endoparasites of body cav...
10  cards
38) Unit 2 - Challenges in Treatment and Control
Why is it hard to treat parasites,
Why may parasites spread rapidly,
Improvements in parasite control ...
3  cards

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