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This is a comprehensive set of 818 flashcards covering the GCSE Biology AQA HIGHER TIER specification Chapters included: Cell Structure and Transport (76 cards) Cell Division (40 cards) Organisation and the Digestive System (57 cards) Organising Animals and Plants (59 cards) Health and Disease (73 cards) Preventing and Treating Disease (31 cards) Non-Communicable Diseases (29 cards) Photosynthesis (22 cards) Respiration (15 cards) The Human Nervous System (70 cards) Hormonal Coordination (98 cards) Homeostasis in Action (33 cards) Reproduction (63 cards) Variation and Evolution (38 cards) Genetics and Evolution (35 cards) Adaptations, Interdependence and Competition (28 cards) Organising an Ecosystem (12 cards) Every card includes a question and a detailed written answer — not just one word responses. Cards cover definitions, explanations, processes and exam-style content. Perfect for last-minute revision, active recall practice, or working through the spec topic by topic.

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State the main
1.1 symptoms of Fever and a red skin rash
measles


name 3 types of
2.1 Measles,HIV/AIDS, Tobacco mosiac virus
viral diseases


How are measles
3.1 By the inhalation of droplets from coughs or sneezes, it is very infectious
spread


What can measles Fever, red skin rash, brain damage and blindness.
4.1
cause if complications arise measles can be fatal


There is no
treatment for
measles so if
There is no treatment for measles so if someone beomes infected they need to be is
5.1 someone beomes
olated to stop the spread of the virus
infected they need
to be [...] to stop the
spread of the virus


Why is measles now
6.1 Due to improved living conditions and the vaccine program for young children
rare in the UK


HIV is a [...] that
7.1 can eventally lead to HIV is a virus that can eventally lead to AIDS
[...]


What effect does
HIV have on the
8.1 A flu-like illness
infected person to
begin with


HIV causes a flu-like illness to begin with, then the virus attacks the immune cells and
What does HIV do stays hidden(possibily for years), once the immune system is damaged to the point
9.1
to the body that it cannot defend the body from infections and certain cancers, this is when the
patient has developed AIDS


What affects the
time of infection
10.1 between HIV and Level of nutrition, overall health of the person, as well as access to antireroviral drugs.
the final stages of
AIDS


Direct sexual contact
11.1 How is HIV spread Exchange of bodily fluids like when drug users share needles or when unscreened
blood is used for transfusions or when a HIV postive mother breastfeeds her baby


How to prevent the Using condoms, not sharing needles, screening blood being used for transfusions
12.1
spread of HIV and bottle feeding babies with HIV postive mothers.

, The regular use of [.
..] drugs can
prevent the
development of AID
The regular use of antireroviral drugs can prevent the development of AIDS for many
13.1 S for many years
years and give HIV positive people an almost normal life expectancy
and give HIV
positive people an
almost normal life
expectancy


The regular use of a
ntireroviral drugs
can prevent the
development of [...]
The regular use of antireroviral drugs can prevent the development of AIDS for many
13.2 for many years and
years and give HIV positive people an almost normal life expectancy
give HIV positive
people an almost
normal life
expectancy


What is tobacco
14.1 It is a widespread plant pathogen which can affect 150 plant species
mosaic virus


How is Tobacco
15.1 It is spread by vectors such as insects and it spread by conact aswell
mosaic virus spread


What are the effects
16.1 of tobacco moasaic Damages leaves and reduces photosythesis
virus


How is the spread of
17.1 Tobacco mosaic Spead is prevented by field hygiene and pest control
virus prevented


What is salmonella,
It is bacteria found in the guts of many different animals. Salmonella can be found in
18.1 where can it be
raw meat, poulty, eggs and egg products.
found in


What happens
when you get It causes the imbalance of natural bacteria in our gut, symptoms invlove: fever
19.1
salmonella food abdoninal cramps, vomitting and diaorrhea
poisoning


Name causes of It is caused by:
infection by Eating undercooked food as the bacteria have not been killed by the heating
20.1
salmonella food Eating food prepared in unhygienic conditions where food is contaminated with
poisoning salmonella


Avoid washing raw chicken(as the bacteria sprays around the kitchen)
How to prevent
Avoid eating raw chicken with food eaten uncooked
21.1 salmonella food
Wash hands and surfaces well after handling raw chicken
poisoning
Cook chicken thoroughly


22.1 What are antibiotics Anitbiotics kill bacteria or stop them from growing and cure bacterial diseases.

,23.1 What is gonorrhoea It is a sexually trannsmitted disease which is a bacterial disease.


How is gonorrhoea
24.1 By unprotected sexual contact with an infected person
spread


What are the
25.1 symptoms of thick yellow or green discharge from the penis or vagina and pain when urinating
gonorrhoea


What are the
symptoms of Long term pelvic pain, ecoptic pregnacies and infertility, when a infected mother gives
26.1
untreated birth there is a chance for the baby to have damaged eyes or to be blind.
gonorrhoea


How can
Originally it was treated by using penicillin, but now antibiotic resistant stains of
27.1 gonorrhoea be
gonorrhoea have evolved so it is increasinly difficult to treat.
treated


The spread of gonorrhoea can be prevented using a condom.
How to prevent the
By reducing the number of sexual partners.
28.1 spread of
All sexual partners of the infected person should be treated with antibiotics to prevent
gonorrhoea
the disease form spreading.


What type of
29.1 disease is rose It is a fungal plant disease which affects rose leaves
black spot


What are the
symptoms of rose The leaves develop purple and black spots, the leaves often turn yellow, this weakens
30.1 black spot and what the plant as it reduces the number of leaves for photosyntheisis, as a result the plant
affect do they have does not flower well.
on the plant


How is rose black Fungal spores are spread in the enviroment by the wind. They are then spread over
31.1
spot spread the plant after it rains, by drips of water which splash onto the leaves/plant.


How can rose black It can be prevented by removing and burning the leaves which are infected
32.1
spot be prevented Chemical fungicides are used to help prevent it spreading


What type of Malaria is a disease caused by protist pathogens that are parasites - they live and
33.1
disease is malaria feed on other living organisms


State the life cycle
34.1 Time in the human body and time in the female anopheles mositquoes.
of malaria protists


The protists
repoduce [...] in the
female mosquito
The protists repoduce sexually in the female mosquito and asexually in the human
35.1 and [...] in the
body, the mosquitoes act as vectors for the disease.
human body, the
mosquitoes act as [.
..] for the disease.

, What effects does The protisits travel around the human body through the circulatory system. They
malaria have on the affect the liver and damage red blood cells. Malaria causes recurring episodes of
36.1
infected individual (4 fever and shaking when the protists burst out of the blood cells, and it can be fatal. it
marks) weakens the affected person over time if it does not kill them.


State the treatment
for malaria and why If malaria is diagnosed quickly then it can be treated using a combination of drugs.
37.1
it isnt that effective But the protists have become resistant to the most commonly used medicences.
anymore


You can use a insecticide-impregnated insect nets to prevent mosquitoes from biting
humans and passing on protists.
How do you prevent
Using insectiside to kill mosquitoes in homes and offices.
38.1 marlaria from
Preventing the vector: mosquitoes, from repoducing by spraying insectisde into
spreading
standing water to kill the larvae.



39.1 Define health Health is a state of physical and mental wellbeing, not just an absence of disease


what is a
Communicable dieases are caused by pathogens such as bacteria and viruses that
40.1 communicable
can be passed from one person to another
(infectious) disease


define non-
41.1 communicable non-communicable diseases cannot be spread from one person to another
diseases


Name 3 factors that
42.1 Diet, stress and life situations
affect health


Describe how diet If you dont get enough food or the right nutrients it could cause rickets. If you eat too
43.1
affects health much food, or the wrong type of food you can get type 2 diabetes.


Describe how stress High stress levels have been linked with to and increased risk in developing a wide
44.1
effects health range of health probelms such as heart disease.


Life situations such as -
your gender
your financial status
Describe how life
your ethnic group
45.1 situations can effect
how many children you have
health
where you live
are many causes of ill health around the world these includecommunicable diseases
such as malaria and non communicable diseases such as heart disease.

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