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Section 3.1: Biological Molecules 3.1.1 Monomers and Polymers 3.1.2 Carbohydrates 3.1.3 Lipids 3.1.4.1 Proteins 3.1.4.2 Enzymes 3.1.5.1 Nucleic acid structure 3.1.5.2 DNA Replication 3.1.6 ATP 3.1.7 Water 3.1.8 Inorganic Ions AS Level Paper 1 and 2. A2 Level Paper 1 and 3 - Topics 1-4 Section 3.2: Cells 3.2.1.1 Eukaryotic cells 3.2.1.2 Prokaryotic cells and viruses 3.2.1.3 Studying cells 3.2.2 All cells arise from other cells 3.2.3 Transport across cell membranes 3.2.4 Cell recognition and the immune system Section 3.3 Organisms exchange substances with their environment 3.3.1 Surface area to volume ratio 3.3.2 Gas exchange 3.3.3 Digestion and absorption 3.3.4.1 Mass transport in animals 3.3.4.2 Mass transport in plants Section 3.4 Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms 3.4.1 DNA, genes and chromosomes 3.4.2 DNA and protein synthesis 3.4.3 Genetic diversity - mutations and meiosis 3.4.4 Genetic diversity and adaptation – natural selection 3.4.5 Species and taxonomy 3.4.6 Biodiversity 3.4.7 Investigating biodiversity

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Section3.1:BiologicalMolecules3.1.1MonomersandPolymers3.1.2Carbohydrates3.1.3Lipids3.1.4.1Proteins3.1.4.2Enzymes3.1.5.1Nucleicacidstructure3.1.5.2DNAReplication3.1.6ATP3.1.7Water3.1.8InorganicIons

ASLevelPaper1and2.A2LevelPaper1and3- Topics1-4

Section3.2:Cells3.2.1.1Eukaryoticcells3.2.1.2Prokaryoticcellsandviruses3.2.1.3Studyingcells3.2.2Allcellsarisefromothercells3.2.3Transportacrosscellmembranes3.2.4Cellrecognitionandtheimmunesystem

Section3.3Organismsexchangesubstanceswiththeirenvironment3.3.1Surfaceareatovolumeratio3.3.2Gasexchange3.3.3Digestionandabsorption3.3.4.1Masstransportinanimals3.3.4.2Masstransportinplants

Section3.4Geneticinformation,variationandrelationshipsbetweenorganisms3.4.1DNA,genesandchromosomes3.4.2DNAandproteinsynthesis3.4.3Geneticdiversity- mutationsandmeiosis3.4.4Geneticdiversityandadaptation– naturalselection3.4.5Speciesandtaxonomy3.4.6Biodiversity3.4.7Investigatingbiodiversity

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Topic4:3.4.1DNA,genesandchromosomes(p202-207)Whatisagene?

Whatisanallele?

Whatisthegeneticcode?

Whatarethefeaturesofthegeneticcode?

CanyoudistinguishbetweentheDNAinprokaryoticcellsandtheDNAineukaryoticcells?

CanyouexplainthatthemitochondriaandchloroplastsofeukaryoticcellsalsocontainDNA?

CanyoudescribehowaDNAmoleculeanditsassociatedproteinsformachromosome?

Canyouexplainwhatismeantbyhomologouschromosomes?

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Topic4:3.4.2DNAandproteinsynthesis(p208-216)Whatismeantbythetermsgenomeandproteome?

WhatisthestructureofRNA?

CanyoudescribethestructureandfunctionofmessengerRNA(mRNA)? CanyoudescribethestructureandfunctionoftransferRNA(tRNA)?

WherewouldyoufindribosomalRNA(rRNA)?

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Topic4:3.4.2DNAandproteinsynthesis(p208-216)

Canyouexplainwhathappensduringtranscription? Canyouexplainwhathappensduringsplicing?Rememberthisdoesnotoccurinprokaryotes!

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Topic4:3.4.2DNAandproteinsynthesis(p208-216)

Howmightaproteinbeassembled?

Canyoudescribetherolesofribosomes,tRNA,andATP?

Canyouexplainwhathappensduringtranslation?

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Topic4:3.4.3Geneticdiversity- mutations(p220-223)Whatisagenemutation?

Howandwhendogenemutationsarise?

Canyoudescribetheeffectofmutagenicagents?

Whatisasubstitutionmutationandwhatcouldthepossibleeffectsbe?

Whatisadeletionmutationandwhatcouldthepossibleeffectsbe?

Whatisachromosomemutation?

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Topic4:3.4.3Geneticdiversity– meiosis(p224-228)

Canyoudescribetheprocessofmeiosis?

Howdoesmeiosiscreategeneticvariation?Whyismeiosisnecessary?Whattypesofcellsdoesmeiosisresultin?

Howwouldyoucalculatethepossiblechromosomecombinationsfollowingmeiosis?Andthenumberofpossiblechromosomecombinationsproducedfromthefertilisation oftwogametes?

Canyouexplainthedifferentoutcomeofmitosisandmeiosis?

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Topic4:3.4.4Geneticdiversityandadaptation– naturalselection(p229-230)

Whatisgeneticdiversity?

Whatfactorsinfluencegeneticdiversity?

Explainhowgeneticdiversityisafactorinenablingnaturalselectiontooccur:

Canyoulisttheprinciplesofnaturalselectionintheevolutionofpopulations?

Explainhowreproductivesuccessaffectsallelefrequencywithinagenepool:

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Topic4:3.4.4Geneticdiversityandadaptation– typesofselection(p230-234)

Cabyoudescribedirectionalselection,exemplifiedbyantibioticresistanceinbacteria?

Canyoudescribestabilisingselection,exemplifiedbyhumanbirthweights?

Canyoudescribehowadaptationsmaybeanatomical,physiologicalorbehavioural?

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Topic4:3.4.5Speciesandtaxonomy(p237-242)Whatisaspecies?

Howarespeciesnamed?

Whataretheprinciplesofclassification?

ArtificialvsPhylogeneticclassification:

Whatisahierarchy?

Canyouexplainhowweorganisethegroupsofspecies?

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Whatisphylogeny?

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Topic4:3.4.5Speciesandtaxonomy(p237-242)

Whatistheroleofcourtshipinensuringsuccessfulmating?

Howdoescourtshiphelpmembersofaspeciesrecogniseeachother?

Whataresomedifficultiesofdefiningaspecies?

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Topic4:3.4.6Biodiversity(p243-248)

Canyoudescribetheimpactofagricultureonspeciesdiversity?Whatismeantbybiodiversity?

Whatismeantbyspeciesdiversity?

Whatismeantbygeneticdiversity?

Whatismeantbyecosystemdiversity?

Whatisadiversityindexandhowisitusedasameasureofspeciesdiversity?

Canyouexplainthebalancebetweenconservationandfarming?

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Topic4:3.4.7Investigatingbiodiversity(p249-252)

Howcanyouidentifygeneticdiversitywithin,orbetweenspeciesbyusingthefrequencyofmeasurableorobservablecharacteristics?

Howcanyouidentifygeneticdiversitywithin,orbetweenspeciesbyusingthebasesequenceofDNA?

Howcanyouidentifygeneticdiversitywithin,orbetweenspeciesbyusingthebasesequenceofmRNA?

Howcanyouidentifygeneticdiversitywithin,orbetweenspeciesbyusingtheaminoacidsequenceoftheproteinsencodedbyDNAandmRNA?

Howcanyouidentifygeneticdiversitywithin,orbetweenspeciesbyusingimmunologicalcomparisonofproteins?

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Topic4:3.4.7Investigatingbiodiversity(p253-256)

Howisvariationmeasured?

Whatissamplingandwhyisitused?

Howdoweminimisetheeffectofchancewhensampling?

Whatarethedifferenttypesofvariationandtheircauses?

Howdoyoucalculatethemean,modeandmedian?

Whatisthenormaldistributioncurve?

Howdowecalculatethestandarddeviation?Whatdoesitshowus?

∑=thesumofx=measuredvalue(fromthesample)x̄=meanvaluen=thetotalnumberofvaluesinthesample