Edexcel GCSE Biology
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Definitions
Exchange of materials
Hormones
Photosynthesis
Health & disease
Evolution
Sexual and asexual reproduction
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Ecosystems
Diffusion & the alveoli
Adrenaline
Investigating the effect of light intensityon photosynthesis rate
Viruses
Darwin and Wallace
Sexual vs asexual reproduction
Sub-cellular structures
Investigating ecosystems
Circulatory system- blood
Thyroxin (negative feedback)
Limiting factors on photosynthesis
STIs – Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Fossil evidence from human evolution
Meiosis – sexual reproduction
Specialised cells
Energy transfer
Circulatory system- blood vessels
Menstrual cycle
Transport in plants
Plant diseases defences
More evidence for evolution
Mitosis vs miosis
Microscopy
Pyramid of biomass
Circulatory system- heart
Controlling fertility
Stomata
Plant diseases ongoing...
Classification
Alleles
Core Practical: Drawing specimen from microscope
Human impacts on biodiversity
Respiration
Homeostasis
Transpiration
Fighting disease
Selective breeding
DNA - Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
Magnification
Conservation & biodiversity
Investigating respiration
Blood glucose concentration
Adaptions of leaves & plants
Second line of defence
Tissue Culture
Mutations
Enzymes
Food security
Diabetes when homeostasis doesn’t work
Plant hormones
Memory lymphocytes
Genetic engineering
Protein synthesis
Core Practical: Investigating rate of enzymes
Carbon cycle
Thermoregulation
Investigating plant growth responses
Immunisation
GMOS and human population growth
Genetic Diagrams
Enzymes in breakdown & synthesis
Water cycle
Osmoregulation (neg. feedback)
Monoclonal antibodies
Variation
Core Practical: Food Tests
Nitrogen cycle
The kidneys
Used in pregnancy tests
Inheritance of sex & sex linkage
Energy in food
Indicator species
Dialysis machines & kidney transplants
Targeting cancer cells
Inheritance of group bloods
Diffusion, Osmosis, and Active Transport
Decomposition
Antibiotics & other medicines
Mendel
Core Practical: Investigating osmosis in potatoes
Core Practical: Investigating antibiotics & antiseptics
The human genome project
Aseptic technique
Investigating antibiotics & antiseptics
Non-communicable Diseases
Measures of obesity
Cardiovascular diseases
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