Difference between revisions of "Biology Key Stage 4 V2"
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**[[Detrivore]]s | **[[Detrivore]]s | ||
*[[Competition (Biology)|Competition]] | *[[Competition (Biology)|Competition]] | ||
| + | **[[Competition between Animals]] | ||
| + | **[[Competition between Plants]] | ||
*[[Interdependence (Biology)|Interdependence]] | *[[Interdependence (Biology)|Interdependence]] | ||
*[[Survival of the Fittest]] | *[[Survival of the Fittest]] | ||
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===Some of the biological challenges of increasing food yields using fewer resources=== | ===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. | *[[Food Production]] - changing diet, pests, pathogens, environmental change, genetic modification, improved agricultural techniques. | ||
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| + | ==Inheritance, variation and evolution== | ||
| + | ===Reproduction=== | ||
| + | *[[Reproduction]] | ||
| + | *[[Asexual Reproduction]] - advantages/disadvantages | ||
| + | **[[Mitosis]] | ||
| + | *[[Sexual Reproduction]] - advantages/disadvantages | ||
| + | **[[Meiosis]] | ||
| + | ***[[Gamete]] | ||
| + | ***[[Haploid]] | ||
| + | ***[[Diploid]] | ||
| + | *[[Mutation]] | ||
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| + | ===The genome and gene expression=== | ||
| + | ====[[Genetics]]==== | ||
| + | *[[Genome]] - importance in medicine | ||
| + | ====[[Genotype]]==== | ||
| + | *[[DNA]] | ||
| + | **[[Nucleotide]] | ||
| + | **[[Gene]] | ||
| + | ***''[[Gene Expression]] - Higher'' - variants due to different proteins | ||
| + | ***''[[Protein Synthesis]] - Higher'' | ||
| + | **''[[Coding DNA]] - Higher'' | ||
| + | **''[[Non-coding DNA]] - Higher'' - switch | ||
| + | *[[Chromosome]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====[[Phenotype]]==== | ||
| + | *[[Gene]] | ||
| + | *[[Allele]] | ||
| + | **[[Dominant Allele]] | ||
| + | **[[Recessive Allele]] | ||
| + | **[[Homozygous]] | ||
| + | **[[Heterozygous]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Inheritance=== | ||
| + | *[[Inheritance]] | ||
| + | *[[Punnett Square]] | ||
| + | *[[Genetic Cross Diagram]] | ||
| + | *[[Inherited Disorder]] | ||
| + | **[[Polydactyly]] | ||
| + | **[[Sickle Cell Anemia]] | ||
| + | **[[Cystic Fibrosis]] | ||
| + | *[[Sex Determination]] | ||
| + | *[[Gregor Mendel|Mendel]] | ||
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| + | ===Variation and evolution=== | ||
| + | *[[Variation]] - mutation as the source | ||
| + | *[[Evolution by Natural Selection#Development of the Theory of Evolution|Development of the Theory of Evolution]] | ||
| + | *[[Speciation]] | ||
| + | *[[Charles Darwin]] | ||
| + | *[[Natural Selection]] | ||
| + | *[[Speciation]] | ||
| + | *[[Evolution by Natural Selection#Evidence for Evolution|Evidence for Evolution]] | ||
| + | **[[Fossil]]s | ||
| + | **[[Extinction]] | ||
| + | **[[Antibiotic Resistance]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====[[Biological Classification|Classification]]==== | ||
| + | *[[Linnaeus Classification System]] | ||
| + | **[[Binomial Classification]] | ||
| + | *[[Three Domain System]] | ||
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| + | ===Selective breeding and gene technology=== | ||
| + | *[[Selective Breeding]] | ||
| + | *[[Genetic Engineering]] | ||
| + | **[[Cloning]] | ||
| + | **[[Genetically Modified Organism]] - process is higher, ethics | ||
| + | ***[[Golden Rice]] | ||
| + | ***[[Insulin Production]] | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 22 June 2019
Main Page - Science Subject - Science Key Stage 4 - Biology Key Stage 4
Contents
- 1 Cell Biology
- 2 Transport systems
- 3 Health, disease and the development of medicines
- 4 Non-communicable diseases in humans
- 5 Coordination and control
- 6 Photosynthesis
- 7 Ecosystems
- 8 Inheritance, variation and evolution
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.
Inheritance, variation and evolution
Reproduction
- Reproduction
- Asexual Reproduction - advantages/disadvantages
- Sexual Reproduction - advantages/disadvantages
- Mutation
The genome and gene expression
Genetics
- Genome - importance in medicine
Genotype
- DNA
- Nucleotide
- Gene
- Gene Expression - Higher - variants due to different proteins
- Protein Synthesis - Higher
- Coding DNA - Higher
- Non-coding DNA - Higher - switch
- Chromosome
Phenotype
Inheritance
Variation and evolution
- Variation - mutation as the source
- Development of the Theory of Evolution
- Speciation
- Charles Darwin
- Natural Selection
- Speciation
- Evidence for Evolution
Classification
Selective breeding and gene technology
- Selective Breeding
- Genetic Engineering
- Cloning
- Genetically Modified Organism - process is higher, ethics