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General CELL BIOLOGY and GENETICS revision notes index
Revision help notes for the Cambridge IGCSE
Biology CIE specification-syllabus 0610 IGCSE biology exam paper
Introduction to plant and animal cell structure and
function - comparison of subcellular structures
Stem cells and medical uses, and
an introduction to cell
differentiation and specialisation
Cell division - cell cycle - mitosis, meiosis, sexual/asexual reproduction,
binary fission, cancer cells
Microscopy - the development and use of microscopes in biology
- optical and electron
Diffusion - including demonstration, factors &
Fick's Law, osmosis investigation and active transport
Examples of surfaces for the exchange of substances in
animal organisms
Respiration - aerobic/anaerobic in plants, fungi & animals,
substrates/products, experimental investigations
Enzymes - structure, functions, optimum conditions,
investigation experiments, human digestion system
See also
Enzymes and Biotechnology
(gcse chemistry notes)
Culturing microorganisms like bacteria - testing
antibiotics and antiseptics
Sub-index of Genetics
Notes - from DNA to GM and lots
in between!
Revision help notes for the Cambridge IGCSE
Biology CIE specification-syllabus 0610 IGCSE biology exam paper
Cell division - cell cycle - mitosis, meiosis, sexual/asexual reproduction,
binary fission and cancer
DNA and RNA structure and Protein Synthesis and an
experiment to extract DNA
An introduction to genetic
variation and the formation and consequence of mutations
Introduction to the inheritance of characteristics and
genetic diagrams (including Punnett squares) including technical terms, Mendel's work and inherited
genetic disorder, genetic testing
The human GENOME project - gene expression, chromosomes, alleles, genotype, phenotype, variations,
uses of genetic testing including 'pros and cons'
Inherited characteristics and human sexual
reproduction, genetic fingerprinting and its uses
Genetic
engineering: uses - making insulin, medical applications, GM crops & food
security
More complicated genetics: Sex-linked genetic
disorders, inheritance of blood groups
See also section on
Cloning -
tissue culture of plants and animals
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General HUMAN BIOLOGY revision notes - including some
other appropriate animal biology
See also cell biology index above too
Revision help notes for the Cambridge IGCSE
Biology CIE specification-syllabus 0610 IGCSE biology exam paper
Introduction to the organisation of cells =>
tissues => organs => organ systems (e.g. in humans)
Examples of surfaces for the exchange of substances in
animal organisms (includes small intestine)
See also
Enzymes - section on
human digestion, metabolism and synthesis gcse
biology
The human circulatory system - heart, lungs, blood,
blood vessels, causes/treatment of cardiovascular disease
Homeostasis - introduction to how it functions (negative
feedback systems explained)
Homeostasis - control of blood sugar level
- insulin and diabetes
Homeostasis - osmoregulation, ADH, water control, urea and ion
concentrations, kidney function, dialysis
Homeostasis - thermoregulation, control of temperature
The brain - what the different parts do and the dangers
if damaged
An introduction
to the nervous system including the reflex arc
Hormone systems - Introduction to the endocrine
system - adrenaline & thyroxine hormones
Hormone systems - menstrual cycle, contraception,
fertility treatments
Respiration - aerobic and anaerobic in plants and animals,
investigations
Keeping healthy - communicable diseases -
pathogen infections
Keeping healthy - non-communicable diseases
- risk factors for e.g. CVD, cancers, obesity, diabetes, body/mass/hip
indexes
Keeping healthy - diet and exercise, diabetes, body/mass/hip indexes
Keeping healthy - defence against
pathogens, infections, treating diseases, vaccination, new drugs and testing, monoclonal antibodies,
detecting diseases
See also
Culturing microorganisms like bacteria - testing
antibiotics/antiseptics
Food tests for reducing sugars, starch, proteins and
lipids
The eye - structure and function - correction of vision
defects
See also
Optics - lens types (convex, concave, uses),
experiments, ray
diagrams, correction of eye defects (gcse physics)
See also
GENETICS and section on
Cloning with animals
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General PLANT BIOLOGY revision notes
See also cell biology section
Revision help notes for the Cambridge IGCSE
Biology CIE specification-syllabus 0610 IGCSE biology exam paper
Photosynthesis,
importance
explained, limiting factors affecting rate, leaf adaptations
Plant cells - transport, gas exchange,
transpiration & experiments, absorption of nutrients, leaf & root structure
See also
Diffusion, osmosis, active transport, exchange of
substances - examples fully explained
Respiration - aerobic and anaerobic in plants (and
animals)
Hormone control of plant growth and uses of plant hormones
Plant diseases and defences against pathogens
and pests
How to produce new varieties of plants
Genetic
engineering: Uses including GM crops & food
security
See also
Adaptations, lots explained including
plant examples
and a section in
Stem cells and uses - meristems in plants (at the end of the
page!)
and section on plants in
Cloning -
tissue culture of plants
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Evolution, Adaptations, Speciation
and Classification
Revision help notes for the Cambridge IGCSE
Biology CIE specification-syllabus 0610 IGCSE biology exam paper
Evolution - theories and evidence, variation, speciation -
new/old species & extinctions, selective breeding
Classification - domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family,
genus, species, Linnaeus naming
of organisms
Adaptations, lots of examples explained including extremophiles
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The environment,
ecology,
communities, cycles, decay, sustainable food security, biodiversity
Revision help notes for the Cambridge IGCSE
Biology CIE specification-syllabus 0610 IGCSE biology exam paper
Carbon cycle,
nitrogen cycle, water cycle, decomposition - decay investigation, biogas
Ecosystems - biotic & abiotic factors - interactions between organisms
- interdependency
Food chains, food webs, trophic
levels and biomass
Adaptations, lots of examples explained including extremophiles
Food security - population growth and sustainability
issues
Biodiversity and ecological
surveying - using quadrats and transects
Biodiversity, land management, waste management,
maintaining ecosystems - conservation
See also from GCSE chemistry and
physics revision notes
on pollution and climate change
Fossil fuel air pollution -
incomplete combustion, carbon monoxide & soot particulates
Pollution, Accidents
and Economic Aspects of the Petrochemical Industry
Greenhouse
effect, global warming, climate change,
carbon footprint from fossil fuel burning
Fossil fuel air pollution - effects of sulfur oxides
and nitrogen oxides
and section in
The absorption and emission of radiation by
materials - including global warming
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