AQA Biology

AQA Biology

1. Unit 1: Biology & Disease

   • Causes of Disease
     • Pathogens
     • Risk
   • Enzymes
     • General structure of amino acids
     • Induced Fit/Lock & Key
     • Temp/pH/sub conc effect
   • Carbohydrates
     • Disaccharides & Polysaccharides
       • Glycosidic bonds
     • Monosaccharides
       • Reducing sugars & Benedict's Test
   • Microscopes
     • magnification = image size/object size
     • Cell fractionation
     • SEM/TEM
   • Ultrastructure
     • Relation to function
   • Transport (inc. ORT)
     • Lipids
     • Fluid-mosaic model
     • Exchange of substances
       • Diffusion
       • Active Transport
       • Osmosis
     • Cholera
       • Oral Rehydration Therapy
   • Lungs
     • Mechanism (inc. muscles)
     • Pulmonary Ventilation
     • Lung Diseases
       • Pulmonary Fibrosis
       • Asthma
       • Emphysema
   • Heart
     • The cardiac cycle
     • Heart Diseases
       • Atheroma
       • Thrombosis
       • Aneurysm
       • Myocardial infarction
     • Structure (atriums & ventricles)
   • Immunity
     • Phagocytosis
     • Humoral immunity
     • Vaccination

2. Unit 2: Variation

   • Classification
     • Taxonomy
     • Phylogeny
   • Variation
     • Mutations
     • Continuous & Discontinous
     • Normal distrubution curve
   • Chromosomes
     • Mitosis
       • Stages
       • Semi-conservative
     • Meoisis
   • DNA
     • Structure (inc. Triplet Code)
     • Replication
   • Genetic Diversity
     • Bottlenecks
     • Mutations
     • Species Diversity Index
   • Biochemical
     • Structure
       • Alpha Glucose
       • Beta Glucose
     • Haemoglobin
       • Quartenary Structure
   • Cell Structure
     • Plant
     • Animal
     • Adaptations
   • Specialised Systems
     • Transpiration
     • Fish/Insects/Plants
     • Blood
   • Comparasions
     • Proteins
     • DNA