GCE Examinations from 2009 First AS Award: Summer 2009 First A Level Award: Summer 2010 Biology GCE AS and A BIOLOGY 1 Contents WJEC AS GCE in Biology WJEC A Level GCE in Biology 2009 & 2010 First AS Award - Summer 2009 First A level Award - Summer 2010 Page Entry Codes and Availability of Units 2 Summary of Assessment 3 Introduction 5 Aims 9 Assessment Objectives 10 Specification Content 11 Scheme of Assessment 26 Key Skills 31
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BIOLOGY Biology is the study of life -- life in all of its grandeur. From the very small algae to the very large elephant‚ life has a certain wonder about it. With that in mind‚ how do we know if something is living? Is a virus alive or dead? What are the characteristics of life? These are all very important questions with equally important answers. Characteristics of Life Living tings include both the visible worlds of animals and plants as well as the invisible world of bacteria and viruses.On
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Life PowerPoint® Lecture Presentations for Biology Eighth Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero‚ updated by Erin Barley with contributions from Joan Sharp Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Overview: Inquiring About the World of Life • Evolution • Biology Response Evolutionary to the environment adaptation • Life is recognized by what livings things do • Biology consists of more than memorizing factual details
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Biology Notes: Threats to biodiversity in MA 1. Climate change: temp‚ sea levels‚ precipitation 2. Non climate threats such as habitat loss‚ habitat fragmentation‚ and invasive species and air and water pollution Fragmentation: often due to man (dams‚ roads‚ and general development) Elements of biodiversity: Species‚ ecosystems & landscapes Mammals from bats to bears Bats got the white nose fungus which caused the bats to die and the insect population flourished because the bats main job
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statistical tests “Falsify or support hypothesis” REMEMBER THAT SCIENCE CANNOT PROVE HYPOTHESIS WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY General Properties of Life 1. ORDER • Arrangement of parts • Chronology of Events (E.g. Stages of Embryonic Development) • Levels of Biological Organization Subatomic particles → Atom → Organelle → Cell → Tissues → Organs → Organ System → Multicellular Organism → Population → Community → Ecosystem → Biosphere 2. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT • Growth – increase in size
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Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms‚ including their structure‚ function‚ growth‚ evolution‚ distribution‚ and taxonomy.[1] Modern biology is a vast and eclectic field‚ composed of many branches and subdisciplines. However‚ despite the broad scope of biology‚ there are certain general and unifying concepts within it which govern all study and research‚ consolidating it into single‚ coherent field. Biology generally recognizes the cell as the basic unit
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Biology – HSC Online Extract from Biology Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002) © Board of Studies‚ NSW 9.2 Maintaining a balance: 1. Temperature range Background: All organisms are adapted to a particular environment with its characteristic temperature range. The temperature range allows the organism’s enzymes to control its metabolism by operating at their optimum efficiency within this range. Some organisms are adapted to live at high temperatures (80 - 100oC) and these are called thermophiles
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References: Discussion Discussion If the succinate is broken‚ then the DPIP will become colorless faster. As shown by the data in Table 2 and Figure 1 above‚ the transmittance level increased time after time from 0 minute to 30 minutes. It means that both sodium fluoride and malonate inhibited the activity of the enzyme succinate dehydrogenase in the reaction to convert succinate to fumarate. They worked as competitive inhibitors
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Experiments investigating the effect of a particular factor on an enzyme-catalysed reaction are commonly used as assessed practicals in Biology. The reason for this is there are a number of factors that can be investigated‚ and therefore‚ a number of factors that can also be controlled. From our lecture‚ we are aware that the following can affect the rate of reaction: 1) Temperature: a. Independent variable: A range of temperatures should be investigated‚ with particular attention
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Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms‚ including their structure‚ function‚ growth‚ evolution‚ distribution‚ and taxonomy.[1] Modern biology is a vast and eclectic field‚ composed of many branches and subdisciplines. However‚ despite the broad scope of biology‚ there are certain general and unifying concepts within it that govern all study and research‚ consolidating it into single‚ coherent field. In general‚ biology recognizes the cell as the basic unit
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