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This complete revision checklist is designed to support GCSE Biology AQA Higher Tier students in tracking their progress and ensuring full coverage of the specification. The checklist includes all topics and sub-topics, required practicals, and key assessment details, making it ideal for structured revision throughout the course or during the final exam period. Resource includes: * GCSE Biology AQA Higher Tier revision checklist (PDF) Direct link to the official AQA specification: Suitable for ages 14–16 and ideal for use by teachers, tutors, students, and parents to support organised and effective revision.

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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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