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AQA GCSE Biology

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AQA GCSE Biology Paper 1

B1 Cell Biology

B1.1 Types of Cells

B1.1 Cell Specialisation and Differentiation

B1.1 Microscopy

Required Practical 1 - Microscopy

Required Practical 2 - Microbiology

B1.2 Cell Division

B1.3 Transport in Cells

Required Practical 3 - Osmosis

B2 Organisation

B2.1 Principles of Organisation

B2.2 The Human Digestive System

Required Practical 4 - Food Tests

Required Practical 5 - Enzymes

B2.2 The Heart, Blood Vessels and Blood

B2.2 Health Issues

B2.2 Effect of Lifestyle

B2.3 Plant Tissues, Organs and Systems

B3 Infection and Response

B3.1 Types of Communicable Diseases

B3.2 Human Defence Systems & Treatments

B3.2 Monoclonal Antibodies (Bio & HT only)

B3.2 Plant Disease (Bio only)

B4 Bioenergetics

B4.1 Photosynthesis

Required Practical 6 - Rate of Photosynthesis

B4.2 Respiration

AQA GCSE Biology Paper 2

B5 Homeostasis

B5.1 Homeostasis

B5.2 The Human Nervous System

Required Practical 7 - Reaction Time

B5.2 The Brain, The Eye and Control of Body Temperature

B5.3 The Human Endocrine System

B5.3 Maintaining Water & Nitrogen Balance (Bio only)

B5.3 Hormones in Human Reproduction

B5.4 Plant Hormones

Required Practical 8 - Plant Responses (Bio only)

B6 Inheritance Variation and Evolution

B6.1 Reproduction

B6.1 DNA and the Genome

B6.1 Genetic Inheritance

B6.2 Variation and Evolution

B6.3 Theory of Evolution, Speciation and Genetics (Bio only)

B6.3 Evidence of Evolution, Fossils and Extinction

B6.3 Resistant Bacteria

B6.4 Classification of Living Organisms

B7 Ecology

B7.1 Adaptation, Interdependence and Competition

B7.2 Organisation of an Ecosystem

Required Practical 9 - Field Investigations

Required Practical 10 - Decay

B7.3 Biodiversity and Maintaining Biodiversity

B7.3 Land Use, Deforestation and Global Warming

B7.4 Trophic Levels in an Ecosystem (Bio only)

B7.5 Food Security and Farming Techniques (Bio only)

B7.5 Sustainable Fisheries and Biotechnology (Bio only)

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Topic: B1 Cell Biology

Give one reason for each of the following steps in the preparation of an uncontaminated culture using the aseptic technique: - Sterilising the petri dish and the culture media before use - Securing the lid of the petri dish with adhesive tape

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