Revision Checklist: GCSE AQA Biology (Foundation 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. Plant hormones
diseases
k. Cancer Rate topics 1 to 5
l. Plant tissues
6. INHERITANCE,
m. Transpiration & translocation VARIATION & EVOLUTION
n. Adaptations of plant cells a. Sexual & asexual reproduction
o. Rate of transpiration b. Meiosis
c. DNA structure
d. The genome
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3. INFECTION & RESPONSE e. Alleles & inheritance
f. Inherited disorders
a. Communicable diseases
g. Sex determination
b. Viral diseases
h. Variation
c. Bacterial diseases
i. Selective breeding
d. Fungal diseases
j. Genetic engineering
e. Protist diseases
k. Cloning
f. Human defence systems
l. The theory of evolution
g. Vaccination
m. Speciation
h. Antibiotics & painkillers
n. The work of Mendel
i. Discovery of drugs
o. Fossils
j. Drug tests & trials
p. Extinction
k. Plant diseases
q. Antibiotic resistant bacteria
l. Plant defences
r. 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
Rate topics 1 to 5
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. Plant hormones
diseases
k. Cancer Rate topics 1 to 5
l. Plant tissues
6. INHERITANCE,
m. Transpiration & translocation VARIATION & EVOLUTION
n. Adaptations of plant cells a. Sexual & asexual reproduction
o. Rate of transpiration b. Meiosis
c. DNA structure
d. The genome
Rate topics 1 to 5
3. INFECTION & RESPONSE e. Alleles & inheritance
f. Inherited disorders
a. Communicable diseases
g. Sex determination
b. Viral diseases
h. Variation
c. Bacterial diseases
i. Selective breeding
d. Fungal diseases
j. Genetic engineering
e. Protist diseases
k. Cloning
f. Human defence systems
l. The theory of evolution
g. Vaccination
m. Speciation
h. Antibiotics & painkillers
n. The work of Mendel
i. Discovery of drugs
o. Fossils
j. Drug tests & trials
p. Extinction
k. Plant diseases
q. Antibiotic resistant bacteria
l. Plant defences
r. Classification of organisms
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