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4.1 Cell biology

4.1.1 Cell structure
4.1.1.1 Eukaryotes and prokaryotes B1.3 Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
B1.2 Animal and plant cells
4.1.1.2 Animal and plant cells
B1.3 Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
Required practical activity 1 B1.2 Animal and plant cells
B1.4 Specialisation in animal cells
4.1.1.3 Cell specialisation
B1.5 Specialisation in plant cells
4.1.1.4 Cell differentiation B2.2 Growth and differentiation
4.1.1.5 Microscopy B1.1 The world of the microscope
4.1.2 Cell division
4.1.2.1 Chromosomes B2.1 Cell division
4.1.2.2 Mitosis and the cell cycle B2.1 Cell division
B2.2 Growth and differentiation
4.1.2.3 Stem cells B2.3 Stem cells
B2.4 Stem cell dilemmas
4.1.3 Transport in cells
B1.6 Diffusion
4.1.3.1 Diffusion
B1.10 Exchanging materials
B1.7 Osmosis
4.1.3.2 Osmosis
B1.8 Osmosis in plants
Required practical activity 2 B1.8 Osmosis in plants
4.1.3.3 Active transport B1.9 Active transport
4.2 Organisation

4.2.1 Principles of organisation B3.1 Tissue and organs

4.2.2 Animal tissues, organs, and organ
systems
B3.2 The human digestive system
B3.3 The chemistry of food
B3.4 Catalysts and enzymes
4.2.2.1 The human digestive system
B3.5 Factors affecting enzyme action
B3.6 How the digestive system works
B3.7 Making digestion efficient

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4.2.2.2 The heart and blood vessels
4.2.2.3 Blood
4.2.2.4 Coronary heart disease: a non-
communicable disease
4.2.2.5 Health issues
4.2.2.6 The effect of lifestyle on some
non-communicable diseases
4.2.2.7 Cancer
4.2.3 Plant tissues, organs, and systems
4.2.3.1 Plant tissues
4.2.3.2 Plant organ systems
4.3 Infection and response
4.3.1 Communicable diseases
4.3.1.1 Communicable (infectious)
diseases
4.3.1.2 Viral diseases
4.3.1.3 Bacterial diseases
4.3.1.4 Fungal diseases
4.3.1.5 Protist diseases
4.3.1.6 Human defence systems
4.3.1.7 Vaccination
4.3.1.8 Antibiotics and painkillers
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B3.3 The chemistry of food
B3.6 How the digestive system works
B4.2 The blood vessels
B4.3 The heart
B4.4 Helping the heart
B4.5 Breathing and gas exchange
B4.1 The blood
B4.3 The heart
B4.4 Helping the heart
B5.1 Health and disease
B7.1 Non-communicable diseases
B7.3 Smoking and the risk of disease
B7.4 Diet, exercise, and disease
B7.5 Alcohol and other carcinogens
B7.2 Cancer
B4.6 Tissues and organs in plants
B1.5 Specialisation in plant cells
B4.6 Tissues and organs in plants
B4.7 Transport systems in plants
B4.8 Evaporation and transpiration
B4.9 Factors affecting transpiration
B5.2 Pathogens and disease
B5.3 Preventing infections
B5.4 Viral diseases
B5.5 Bacterial diseases
B5.6 Disease caused by fungi and protists
B5.6 Disease caused by fungi and protists
B5.7 Human defence responses
B6.1 Vaccination
B6.2 Antibiotics and painkillers
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4.3.1.9 Discovery and development of
drugs
4.4 Bioenergetics
4.4.1 Photosynthesis
4.4.1.1 Photosynthetic reaction
4.4.1.2 Rate of photosynthesis
Required practical activity 5
4.4.1.3 Uses of glucose from
photosynthesis
4.4.2 Respiration
4.4.2.1 Aerobic and anaerobic
respiration
4.4.2.2 Response to exercise
4.4.2.3 Metabolism
4.5 Homeostasis and response
4.5.1 Homeostasis
4.5.2 The human nervous system
Required practical activity 6
4.5.3 Hormonal coordination in humans
4.5.3.1 Human endocrine system
4.5.3.2 Control of blood glucose
concentration
4.5.3.3 Hormones in human
reproduction
4.5.3.4 Contraception
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B6.3 Discovering drugs
B6.4 Developing drugs
B8.1 Photosynthesis
B8.2 The rate of photosynthesis
B8.4 Making the most of photosynthesis
B8.2 The rate of photosynthesis
B8.3 How plants use glucose
B9.1 Aerobic respiration
B9.3 Anaerobic respiration
B9.2 The response to exercise
B9.3 Anaerobic respiration
B9.4 Metabolism and the liver
B3.4 Catalysts and enzymes
B9.4 Metabolism and the liver
B10.1 Principles of homeostasis
B10.2 The structure and function of the
human nervous system
B10.3 Reflex actions
B10.2 The structure and function of the
human nervous system
B11.1 Principles of hormonal control
B11.2 The control of blood glucose levels
B11.3 Treating diabetes
B11.5 Human reproduction
B11.6 Hormones and the menstrual cycle
B11.7 The artificial control of fertility
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4.5.3.5 The use of hormones to treat
infertility (HT only)
4.5.3.6 Feedback systems (HT only)
4.6 Inheritance, variation, and evolution
4.6.1 Reproduction
4.6.1.1 Sexual and asexual
reproduction
4.6.1.2 Meiosis
4.6.1.3 DNA and the genome
4.6.1.4 Genetic inheritance
4.6.1.5 Inherited disorders
4.6.1.6 Sex determination
4.6.2 Variation and evolution
4.6.2.1 Variation
4.6.2.2 Evolution
4.6.2.3 Selective breeding
4.6.2.4 Genetic engineering
4.6.3 The development of understanding
of genetics and evolution
4.6.3.1 Evidence for evolution
4.6.3.2 Fossils
4.6.3.3 Extinction
4.6.3.4 Resistant bacteria
4.6.4 Classification of living organisms
4.7 Ecology
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B11.8 Infertility treatments
B11.4 The role of negative feedback
B12.1 Types of reproduction
B12.2 Cell division in sexual reproduction
B12.3 DNA and the genome
B12.4 Inheritance in action
B12.6 Inherited disorders
B12.7 Screening for genetic disorders
B12.5 More about genetics
B13.1 Variation
B13.2 Evolution by natural selection
B13.2 Evolution by natural selection
B13.3 Selective breeding
B12.6 Inherited disorders
B13.4 Genetic engineering
B13.5 Ethics of genetic technologies
B14.1 Evidence for evolution
B14.1 Evidence for evolution
B14.2 Fossils and extinction
B14.2 Fossils and extinction
B14.3 More about extinction
B14.4 Antibiotic resistant bacteria
B14.5 Classification
B14.6 New systems of classification
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4.7.1 Adaptations, interdependence, and

competition
B15.1 The importance of communities
4.7.1.1 Communities B15.4 Competition in animals
B15.5 Competition in plants
4.7.1.2 Abiotic factors B15.2 Organisms in their environment
4.7.1.3 Biotic factors B15.2 Organisms in their environment
B15.6 Adapt and survive
4.7.1.4 Adaptations B15.7 Adaptations in animals
B15.8 Adaptations in plants
4.7.2 Organisation of an ecosystem
B15.3 Distribution and abundance
4.7.2.1 Levels of organisation
B16.1 Feeding relationships
Required practical activity 7 B15.3 Distribution and abundance
B16.2 Materials cycling
4.7.2.2 How materials are cycled
B16.3 The carbon cycle
4.7.3 Biodiversity and the effect of
human interaction on ecosystems
4.7.3.1 Biodiversity B17.1 The human population explosion
B17.1 The human population explosion
4.7.3.2 Waste management B17.2 Land and water pollution
B17.3 Air pollution
B17.1 The human population explosion
4.7.3.3 Land use
B17.4 Deforestation and peat destruction
4.7.3.4 Deforestation B17.4 Deforestation and peat destruction
4.7.3.5 Global warming B17.5 Global warming
4.7.3.6 Maintaining biodiversity B17.6 Maintaining biodiversity

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