Revision Checklist: GCSE AQA Biology (Higher Tier)
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1. CELL BIOLOGY 4. BIOENERGETICS
a. Eukaryotes & prokaryotes a. Photosynthesis
b. Animal & plant cells b. Rate of photosynthesis
c. Cell specialisation c. Uses of glucose
d. Microscopy d. Aerobic & anaerobic respiration
e. Culturing microorganisms e. Body’s response to exercise
f. The cell cycle f. Metabolism
g. Stem cells
h. Diffusion
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i. Exchange surfaces 5. HOMEOSTASIS &
j. Osmosis RESPONSE
k. Active transport a. Homeostasis
b. The reflex arc
c. The brain
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2. ORGANISATION d. Structure of the eye
a. Cells, tissues, organs & systems e. Accommodation & eye defects
b. Enzymes f. Body temperature control
c. Human digestive system g. The endocrine system
d. The lungs h. Blood glucose control
e. The heart i. Diabetes
f. Blood vessels j. The kidneys
g. Blood k. Hormones in reproduction
h. Coronary heart disease l. The menstrual cycle
i. Health & disease m. Contraception
j. Risk factors for non-communicable n. Treating infertility
diseases o. Thyroxine & adrenaline
k. Cancer p. Plant hormones & uses
l. Plant tissues
m. Transpiration & translocation Rate topics 1 to 5
n. Adaptations of plant cells
6. INHERITANCE, VARIATION
o. Rate of transpiration & EVOLUTION
a. Sexual & asexual reproduction
b. Meiosis
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3. INFECTION & RESPONSE c. DNA structure
d. The genome
a. Communicable diseases
e. Protein synthesis
b. Viral diseases
f. Mutations
c. Bacterial diseases
g. Alleles & inheritance
d. Fungal diseases
h. Inherited disorders
e. Protist diseases
i. Sex determination
f. Human defence systems
j. Variation
g. Vaccination
k. Selective breeding
h. Antibiotics & painkillers
l. Genetic engineering
i. Discovery of drugs
m. Cloning
j. Drug tests & trials
n. The theory of evolution
k. Monoclonal antibodies
o. Speciation
l. Plant diseases
p. The work of Mendel
m. Plant defences
q. Fossils
r. Extinction
s. Antibiotic resistant bacteria
t. Classification of organisms
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1. CELL BIOLOGY 4. BIOENERGETICS
a. Eukaryotes & prokaryotes a. Photosynthesis
b. Animal & plant cells b. Rate of photosynthesis
c. Cell specialisation c. Uses of glucose
d. Microscopy d. Aerobic & anaerobic respiration
e. Culturing microorganisms e. Body’s response to exercise
f. The cell cycle f. Metabolism
g. Stem cells
h. Diffusion
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i. Exchange surfaces 5. HOMEOSTASIS &
j. Osmosis RESPONSE
k. Active transport a. Homeostasis
b. The reflex arc
c. The brain
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2. ORGANISATION d. Structure of the eye
a. Cells, tissues, organs & systems e. Accommodation & eye defects
b. Enzymes f. Body temperature control
c. Human digestive system g. The endocrine system
d. The lungs h. Blood glucose control
e. The heart i. Diabetes
f. Blood vessels j. The kidneys
g. Blood k. Hormones in reproduction
h. Coronary heart disease l. The menstrual cycle
i. Health & disease m. Contraception
j. Risk factors for non-communicable n. Treating infertility
diseases o. Thyroxine & adrenaline
k. Cancer p. Plant hormones & uses
l. Plant tissues
m. Transpiration & translocation Rate topics 1 to 5
n. Adaptations of plant cells
6. INHERITANCE, VARIATION
o. Rate of transpiration & EVOLUTION
a. Sexual & asexual reproduction
b. Meiosis
Rate topics 1 to 5
3. INFECTION & RESPONSE c. DNA structure
d. The genome
a. Communicable diseases
e. Protein synthesis
b. Viral diseases
f. Mutations
c. Bacterial diseases
g. Alleles & inheritance
d. Fungal diseases
h. Inherited disorders
e. Protist diseases
i. Sex determination
f. Human defence systems
j. Variation
g. Vaccination
k. Selective breeding
h. Antibiotics & painkillers
l. Genetic engineering
i. Discovery of drugs
m. Cloning
j. Drug tests & trials
n. The theory of evolution
k. Monoclonal antibodies
o. Speciation
l. Plant diseases
p. The work of Mendel
m. Plant defences
q. Fossils
r. Extinction
s. Antibiotic resistant bacteria
t. Classification of organisms
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