Topic 1 and 2 (Unit 1)

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Cardiac Cycle, Blood Vessels, Gas Exchange surfaces, Structure of the

Lung

Caffeine (Heart rate), Blood Clots + Athersclerosis, Effects of Cholestrol

and Lipoproteins, CHD and CVD

DNA Replication, Protein Synthesis, Gene Therapy

Gene Therapy

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C
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Exocytosis

Water properties (Solvent), Monosaccharides, Triglycerides, Circulation,

Cardiac Cycle, Blood Vessels, Caffeine (Practical), Risk factors of CVD and
CHD, Heart Structure, Vitamin C (practical), Energy budgets, Diet,
Structure and Proteins

Fluid Mosaic Model, Beetroot Membranes (Practical), Membrane

Structure, Membrane Transport: Osmosis, Active Transport, Diffusion,
Facilitated Diffusion, DNA structure, Nature of the Genetic Code

Enzymes: Structure and Function (Practical)

Topic 3 and Topic 4

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S
G
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Biodiversity, Endemism, Niche

Mitosis + Cell cycle, Role of mitosis, Root Tip (Practical),

Meiosis, Gametes, Fertilisation in Plants, Sexual Reproduction, Genetic

variation, Use of stem cells, Phenotypes, Continuous variation, Natural
Selection

Sclerenchyma fibres, Xylem and Phloem

Eukaryotic cell structure, Prokaryotic Cell Structure, Mitosis, Genetic

variation, Stem Cells, Totipotency, (Practical), Specialisation of cells
through gene expression, Organisation of cells, Ultrastructure of Plant
Cells, Cell