AS Biology Flash Revise Pocketbook

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Table of Contents:
Exchanges with the environment
1 Exchanges with the environment
2 Gas exchange in flowering plants
3 Gas exchange in humans
4 Controlling the rate of ventilation
Digestion and absorption
5 A balanced diet: macronutrients
6 A balanced diet: micronutrients, water and dietary fibre
7 The digestive process
8 The role of enzymes in digestion
9 Absorption
Transport systems in plants
10 The process of transpiration
11 Factors affecting the rate of transpiration
12 Xylem tissue
13 Phloem tissue
14 Movement of water in flowering plants I
15 Movement of water in flowering plants II
16 Movement of mineral ions in flowering plants
Transport systems in mammals
17 The mammalian circulatory system
18 The mammalian heart
19 The cardiac cycle
20 Control of the cardiac cycle
21 Arteries and veins
22 Capillaries
23 Functions of blood
24 Blood cells
25 Blood plasma
26 The role of haemoglobin in the transport of oxygen
27 The Bohr effect
28 Myoglobin and fetal haemoglobin
The immune system
29 B-cells
30 T-cells
31 Active and passive immunity
32 Health and disease
Biological molecules
33 Biological chemistry
34 Water: chemical and physical properties
35 Water: its role in living organisms
36 Carbohydrates: monosaccharides and disaccharides
37 Carbohydrates: polysaccharides
38 Lipids
39 Proteins: structure
40 Proteins: functions
41 Biochemical tests
42 Chromatography
Enzymes
43 How do enzymes work?
44 Factors affecting the activity of enzymes
45 Enzyme inhibition
46 Commercial uses of enzymes
Cellular organisation
47 Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
48 Cell membranes
49 Structure and function of organelles I
50 Structure and function of organelles II
51 Analysis of cell structure
52 Cell specialisation
Movement into and out of cells
53 Diffusion
54 Facilitated diffusion
55 Osmosis
56 Active transport
57 Endocytosis and exocytosis
Cell division
58 Chromosome structure
59 The cell cycle
60 Mitosis
61 Meiosis
DNA and the genetic code
62 Nucleic acids
63 The structure of DNA
64 The replication of DNA
65 Evidence for semi-conservative replication of DNA
66 Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
67 The genetic code
68 Protein synthesis: transcription
69 Protein synthesis: translation
70 Gene expression
Gene technology
71 Terminology I
72 Terminology II
73 Isolating and transferring genes
74 Making the product
75 Commercial production of human insulin
76 Applications: polymerase chain reaction
77 Applications: genetic fingerprinting
78 Electrophoresis
79 Gene therapy
80 Genetically engineered animals
81 Genetic counselling
Energy and the environment
82 Ecological definitions I
83 Ecological definitions II
84 Ecological definitions III
85 Energy transfer through ecosystems
86 The water cycle and the carbon cycle
87 The nitrogen cycle
88 Types of environmental adaptations
89 Examples of environmental adaptations
90 Modes of nutrition I
91 Modes of nutrition II
92 Human influences on the environment I
93 Human influences on the environment II
Sexual reproduction
94 Reproduction in flowering plants I
95 Reproduction in flowering plants II
96 Reproduction in flowering plants III
97 Pollination
98 Reproduction in humans: gametogenesis
99 Reproduction in humans: the menstrual cycle and fertilisation
100 Controlling reproduction

About the Author(s):
Alan Clamp is an experienced examiner, author and teacher.