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| + | ==Photosynthesis== | ||
| + | ===Importance of photosynthesis=== | ||
| + | *[[Photosynthesis]] | ||
| + | *[[Photosynthesis#Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis|Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis]] | ||
| + | *[[Leaf|Adaptations for Photosynthesis]] | ||
| + | [[GCSE Biology Required Practical: Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis]] | ||
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| + | ==Ecosystems== | ||
| + | ===Levels of organisation within an ecosystem=== | ||
| + | *[[Organism]] | ||
| + | *[[Population]] | ||
| + | *[[Biological Community]] | ||
| + | *[[Habitat]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecosystem]] | ||
| + | *[[Abiotic Environmental Factors]] | ||
| + | *[[Biotic Environmental Factors]] | ||
| + | *[[Feeding Relationship]]s | ||
| + | **[[Predator]] | ||
| + | **[[Prey]] | ||
| + | **[[Producer]]s | ||
| + | **[[Consumer]]s | ||
| + | **[[Parasite]]s | ||
| + | **[[Mutualist]]s | ||
| + | **[[Decomposer]]s | ||
| + | **[[Detrivore]]s | ||
| + | *[[Competition (Biology)|Competition]] | ||
| + | *[[Interdependence (Biology)|Interdependence]] | ||
| + | *[[Survival of the Fittest]] | ||
| + | ===The principle of material cycling=== | ||
| + | *[[Water Cycle]] | ||
| + | *[[Carbon Cycle]] | ||
| + | *[[Nitrogen Cycle]] | ||
| + | *[[Decomposition (Biology)|Decomposition]] | ||
| + | *[[Decomposer]]s | ||
| + | ===Pyramids of biomass and transfer through trophic levels=== | ||
| + | ====[[Trophic Level]]s==== | ||
| + | *[[Food Chain]] | ||
| + | *[[Food Web]] | ||
| + | *[[Biomass]] | ||
| + | **[[Pyramid of Biomass]] | ||
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| + | ===Biodiversity=== | ||
| + | *[[Biodiversity]] | ||
| + | *[[Classification Key]] | ||
| + | *[[Sampling (Biology)|Sampling]] | ||
| + | **[[Quadrat]] | ||
| + | **[[Transect]] | ||
| + | [[GCSE Biology Required Practical: Measuring Population in a Habitat]] | ||
| + | ===Human Effect on Ecosystems=== | ||
| + | *[[Nature Reserves]] | ||
| + | *[[Protected Species]] | ||
| + | *[[Pollution]] | ||
| + | *[[Habitat Destruction]] | ||
| + | **[[Deforestation]] | ||
| + | **[[Global Warming]] | ||
| + | ===Some of the biological challenges of increasing food yields using fewer resources=== | ||
| + | *[[Food Production]] - changing diet, pests, pathogens, environmental change, genetic modification, improved agricultural techniques. | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 22 June 2019
Main Page - Science Subject - Science Key Stage 4 - Biology Key Stage 4
Contents
Cell Biology
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Prokaryotic Cells
Organelles
Eukaryotic Cell
Organelles
Membrane Bound Organelles
Microscopes
Culturing Micro-organisms
Growth and development of cells
Cell Cycle
Cell Differentiation
Meiosis
Cell Metabolism
Enzymes
GCSE Biology Required Practical: Enzyme Rates of Reaction
Respiration
Nutrients
Transport systems
Transport in cells
GCSE Biology Required Practical: Osmosis in Plant Tissue
Transport systems in multicellular organisms
Digestive System
Digestion
GCSE Biology Required Practical: Food Tests
Human circulatory system
Breathing System
Transport systems in plants
Health, disease and the development of medicines
Health and Disease
Communicable diseases
Human Defences Against Micro-Organisms
Higher
Plant Diseases
Plant Defences Against Micro-Organisms
Treating, curing and preventing disease
Preventing Infection
Treating infection
Medicine Development
Non-communicable diseases in humans
Risk Factors in Disease
Reducing Chances of Disease
Coordination and control
Nervous coordination and control in humans
Nervous System
- Central Nervous System
- Brain
- Brain Damage - Higher
- Spinal Cord
- Brain
- Peripheral Nervous System
- Neuron
- Reflex Arc
- Sensory Organs
Hormonal coordination and control in humans
Endocrine System
- Endocrine Gland
- Hormones
- Adrenalin - Higher
- Anti-diuretic Hormone - Higher
- Glucagon
- Insulin
- Human Growth Hormones
- Control Hormones
- Thyroxine - Higher
- Testosterone
- Oestrogen
- Progesterone - Higher
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone - Higher
- Luteinising Hormone - Higher
- Target Organ
- Negative Feedback - Higher
- Reproductive Hormones
- Testosterone
- Oestrogen
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone - Higher
- Luteinising Hormone - Higher
- Progesterone - Higher
- Menstrual Cycle
- Contraception
- Fertility Treatment
Plant Hormones
- Plant Hormones
- Auxin
- Gibberellin - Higher
- Ethene - Higher
- Tropic Responses
GCSE Biology Required Practical: Tropic Effects on Seedling Growth
Homeostasis in Humans
Negative Feedback
Homeostasis
- Osmoregulation - effects on cells
- Thermoregulation
- Blood Glucose Regulation (glucagon in higher)
Photosynthesis
Importance of photosynthesis
GCSE Biology Required Practical: Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis
Ecosystems
Levels of organisation within an ecosystem
- Organism
- Population
- Biological Community
- Habitat
- Ecosystem
- Abiotic Environmental Factors
- Biotic Environmental Factors
- Feeding Relationships
- Competition
- Interdependence
- Survival of the Fittest
The principle of material cycling
Pyramids of biomass and transfer through trophic levels
Trophic Levels
Biodiversity
GCSE Biology Required Practical: Measuring Population in a Habitat
Human Effect on Ecosystems
Some of the biological challenges of increasing food yields using fewer resources
- Food Production - changing diet, pests, pathogens, environmental change, genetic modification, improved agricultural techniques.