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Topic 1a- Cells
What are prokaryotic cells,
What are the main organelles in p...,
Name the main organelles in a bac...
11
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Topic 1a- Mitosis and Binary fission
What is mitosis,
What is dna doing when a cell is ...,
What must a cell do before it div...
7
cards
Topic 1b- Transport in cells
What is diffusion,
What factors affect the rate of d...,
Define osmosis
15
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Topic 2a- Blood and circulation
What is the difference between th...,
Where does deoxygenated blood ent...,
Where does deoxygenated blood go ...
46
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Topic 2a- Plant cell organisation
What are the layers of cells with...,
What happens in the palisade meso...,
What is the main function of the ...
13
cards
Topic 2b- Health disease and cancer
What is good health,
Explain why being overweight may ...,
What are viruses
17
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Topic 2c- Enzymes and digestion
Define a catalyst,
How does an enzyme break down a s...,
What conditions must be kept unde...
12
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Topic 3- Communicable diseases
What are pathogens,
What are bacteria,
What are viruses
38
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Topic 3- Defence against disease
What human defences does,
How does stomach acid kill harmfu...,
What are the differences between ...
18
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Topic 3- monoclonal antibodies
What two things fuse together to ...,
Why fuse a lymphocyte with a tumo...,
Why are monoclonal antibodies so ...
6
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Topic 4- Cell respiration and exercise
What does cell respiration mean,
What does aerobic mean,
What is the equation for aerobic ...
29
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Topic 4 - Bioenergetics
What is the word equation for pho...,
What is the symbol equation for p...,
How do plants use glucose
14
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Required practicals- paper 1
What is the method for using a li...,
What is the method for osmosis in...,
What is the method for investigat...
10
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Topic 5a- Reflexes and reaction times
Explain the reflex arc,
What are reflexes,
What is a reaction time
3
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Topic 5a- Homeostatis/ thermoregulatory
What is homeostatis,
Which part of the brain controls ...,
How does the thermoregulatory cen...
7
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Topic 5a- The eye
What are the receptor cells in th...,
What is the function of the cornea,
What is the function of the pupil
18
cards
Topic 5a- The Brain
What are the three regions of the...,
What is the function of the cereb...,
What is the function of the medulla
9
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Topic 5a- The nervous system
What is the function of the nervo...,
What makes up the central nervous...,
What are stimuli
12
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Topic 5b- Hormones / endocrine system + blood glucose
What are hormones,
What does the endocrine system do,
Where is insulin produced
15
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Topic 5b- Controlling water content in blood
What is the function of the kidneys,
What is it called when the kidney...,
What is it called when useful sub...
23
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Topic 5b- Hormones in the menstrual cycle
What hormones are made in the ova...,
What hormones are produced in the...,
What does fsh do
8
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Topic 5b- Contraceptives
What are contraceptives used for,
What can be used as contraceptives,
What are pros cons of the combine...
10
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Topic 5c- Increasing fertility
What can be injected into women t...,
What are the steps to ivf,
Pros of ivf
6
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Topic 5c- Thyroxine and adrenaline
What gland is thyroxine released by,
What is thyroxine released in res...,
Describe what happens when the le...
8
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Topic 5c- Plant hormones
What does auxin do,
What does auxin control,
What is phototropism
18
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Topic 6a- DNA
What does dna stand for,
Where is dna found in the cell,
What is the shape of dna
25
cards
Topic 6a- Reproduction
What are the male and female gametes,
How many chromosomes are in a gamete,
What is the fusion of gametes kno...
13
cards
Topic 6b- Genetics
What are the male chromosomes,
What are the female chromosomes,
What are the chances that a baby ...
30
cards
Topic 6c- Evolution
What is variation,
What are the two types of variation,
What is genetic variation
16
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Topic 6c- Selective breeding / genetic engineering / cloning
What is selective breeding,
Describe the process of selective...,
What are problems with selective ...
19
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Topic 6c- Fossils
What are fossils,
How can fossils be formed,
Why would no decay occur what sub...
5
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Topic 6c- Speciation / natural selection
What is a species,
What is speciation,
What is isolation in terms of spe...
6
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Topic 6c- Antibiotic resistance
Why are bacteria able to evolve q...,
How do resistant bacteria become ...,
Why might resistant bacteria beco...
5
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Topic 6c- Classification
What system have animals traditio...,
What are the groups in the linnae...,
Who proposed the three domain sys...
8
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Topic 7a- organisms and their environment
What are abiotic factors,
What are biotic factors,
What is it called when species de...
13
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Topic 7b- Human impacts on the environment / biomass food and biotech
What is biodiversity,
What are consequences of global w...,
What are trophic levels
6
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Required practicals- paper 2
Reaction times,
Plant horomones and responses,
Distribution and abundance
4
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