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AQA GCSE Biology for Combined Science: Trilogy
Sadie Garratt
AQA GCSE Biology for Combined Science: Trilogy
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Specifically tailored for the 2016 AQA GCSE Science (9-1) specifications, this third edition supports your students on their journey from Key Stage 3 and through to success in the new linear GCSE qualifications. This series helps students and teachers to monitor progress, while supporting the increased demand, maths, and new practical requirements.

Language
English
ISBN
9781382014625
Front Cover
Title Page
Contents
Required Practicals
How to use this book
Kerboodle
1 Cells and organisation
1 Cell structure and transport
B1.1 The world of the microscope
B1.2 Animal and plant cells
B1.3 Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
B1.4 Specialisation in animal cells
B1.5 Specialisation in plant cells
B1.6 Diffusion
B1.7 Osmosis
B1.8 Osmosis in plants
B1.9 Active transport
B1.10 Exchanging materials
B1 Cell structure and transport
2 Cell division
B 2.1 Cell division
B2.2 Growth and differentiation
B2.3 Stem cells
B2.4 Stem cell dilemmas
B2 Cell division
3 Organisation and the digestive system
B 3.1 Tissues and organs
B3.2 The human digestive system
B3.3 The chemistry of food
B3.4 Catalysts and enzymes
B3.5 Factors affecting enzyme action
B3.6 How the digestive system works
B3.7 Making digestion efficient
B3 Organisation and the digestive system
4 Organising animals and plants
B4.1 The blood
B4.2 The blood vessels
B4.3 The heart
B4.4 Helping the heart
B4.5 Breathing and gas exchange
B4.6 Tissues and organs in plants
B4.7 Transport systems in plants
B4.8 Evaporation and transpiration
B4.9 Factors affecting transpiration
B4 Organising animals and plants
2 Disease and bioenergetics
5 Communicable diseases
B5.1 Health and disease
B5.2 Pathogens and disease
B5.3 Preventing infections
B5.4 Viral diseases
B5.5 Bacterial diseases
B5.6 Diseases caused by fungi and protists
B5.7 Human defence responses
B5 Communicable diseases
6 Preventing and treating disease
B6.1 Vaccination
B6.2 Antibiotics and painkillers
B6.3 Discovering drugs
B6.4 Developing drugs
B6 Preventing and treating disease
7 Non-communicable diseases
B7.1 Non-communicable diseases
B7.2 Cancer
B7.3 Smoking and the risk of disease
B7.4 Diet, exercise, and disease
B7.5 Alcohol and other carcinogens
B7 Non-communicable diseases
8 Photosynthesis
B8.1 Photosynthesis
B8.2 The rate of photosynthesis
B8.3 How plants use glucose
B8.4 Making the most of photosynthesis
B8 Photosynthesis
9 Respiration
B9.1 Aerobic respiration
B9.2 The response to exercise
B9.3 Anaerobic respiration
B9.4 Metabolism and the liver
B9 Respiration
3 Biological responses
10 The human nervous system
B10.1 Principles of homeostasis
B10.2 The structure and function of the human nervous system
B10.3 Reflex actions
B10 The human nervous system
11 Hormonal coordination
11.1 Principles of hormonal control
B11.2 The control of blood glucose levels
B11.3 Treating diabetes
B11.4 The role of negative feedback
B11.5 Human reproduction
B11.6 Hormones and the menstrual cycle
B11.7 The artificial control of fertility
B11.8 Infertility treatments
B11 Hormonal coordination
4 Genetics and evolution
12 Reproduction
B12.1 Types of reproduction
B12.2 Cell division in sexual reproduction
B12.3 DNA and the genome
B12.4 Inheritance in action
B12.5 More about genetics
B12.6 Inherited disorders
B12.7 Screening for genetic disorders
B12 Reproduction
13 Variation and evolution
B13.1 Variation
B13.2 Evolution by natural selection
B13.3 Selective breeding
B13.4 Genetic engineering
B13.5 Ethics of genetic technologies
B13 Variation and evolution
14 Genetics and evolution
B14.1 Evidence for evolution
B14.2 Fossils and extinction
B14.3 More about extinction
B14.4 Antibiotic resistant bacteria
B14.5 Classification
B14.6 New systems of classification
B14 Genetics and evolution
5 Ecology
15 Adaptations, interdependence, and competition
15.1 The importance of communities
B15.2 Organisms in their environment
B15.3 Distribution and abundance
B15.4 Competition in animals
B15.5 Competition in plants
B15.6 Adapt and survive
B15.7 Adaptation in animals
B15.8 Adaptations in plants
B15 Adaptations, interdependence, and competition
16 Organising an ecosystem
16.1 Feeding relationships
B16.2 Materials cycling
B16.3 The carbon cycle
B16 Organising an ecosystem
17 Biodiversity and ecosystems
B17.1 The human population explosion
B17.2 Land and water pollution
B17.3 Air pollution
B17.4 Deforestation and peatdestruction
B17.5 Global warming
B17.6 Maintaining biodiversity
B17 Biodiversity and ecosystems
Paper 1 questions
Paper 2 questions
Maths skills for Biology
MS2 Handling data
MS3 Algebra
MS4 Data and graphs
MS5 Geometry and trigonometry
Working Scientifically
Glossary
Index
Back Cover
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