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AQA A2 Biology Student Unit Guide New Edition: Unit 4 Populations and Environment

Steve Potter and Martin Rowland


Paperback
£9.99

ISBN: 9781444152920
Published: 30/03/2012
Extent: 96 pages
Illustrations: Full colour illustrations


 
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Summary:
Written by Steve Potter and revised by a senior examiner, Martin Rowland, this AQA A2 Biology Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit 4: Populations and Environment.

This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: 

  •     clear guidance on the content of the unit, with topic summaries, knowledge check questions and a quick-reference index 
  •     examiner's advice throughout, so you will know what to expect in the exam and will be able to demonstrate the skills required   
  •     exam-style questions, with graded student responses, so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade



  • Table of Contents:
    Content Guidance
    Populations and the factors that affect them
    The transfer of energy within organisms
    Respiration: releasing energy from organic molecules
    How elements are cycled in ecosystems
    Succession: how ecosystems change over time
    Inheritance: passing on genes from one generation to the next
    Selection and speciation: the origin of new species
    Questions & Answers
    Q1 Food chains and food webs
    Q2 Hardy-Weinberg
    Q3 Aerobic respiration
    Q4 Greenhouse effect
    Q5 Nitrogen cycle
    Q6 Inheritance
    Q7 Energy and food production
    Q8 Selection and speciation
    Q9 Populations and succession
    Q10 Photosynthesis and energy transfer


    About the Author(s):

    Martin Rowland has taught and examined A-level Biology for over 30 years and is currently a Chair of Examiners in Biology.  Martin is co-author of the successful titles AQA Biology for AS and AQA Biology for A2, published by Hodder Education. 


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