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Edexcel International GCSE Biology Student Book Second Edition
Erica Larkcom, Roger Delpech
Edexcel International GCSE Biology Student Book Second Edition
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Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: IGCSE
Subject: Biology
First Teaching: September 2017
First Exam: Summer 2019

Develop your students' scientific thinking and practical skills with this second edition, fully updated to match the new 2017 specifications.

- Build students' knowledge with in-depth yet accessible scientific content
- Test understanding with study questions throughout the book
- Prepare students for the exam with sample answers and expert comments plus exam-style questions for every section
- Build practical skills with coverage of all required practicals plus further suggested experiments
- Develop mathematical skills with maths explanations and questions throughout
- Answers to all activities freely available online

Language
English
ISBN
9781510405097
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
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Section 1 Living organisms: variety and common features
1.1 Characteristics of living organisms
1.2 Variety of living organisms
1.3 Cells and their organisation
1.4 Biological molecules
1.5 Movement of substances into and out of cells
Summary
Example of student response with expert’s comments
Exam-style questions
Extend and challenge
Section 2 Nutrition and respiration
2.1 Nutrition in flowering plants
2.2 Human nutrition
2.3 Respiration
Summary
Example of student response with expert’s comments
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Section 3 Movement of substances in living organisms
3.1 Gas exchange in flowering plants
3.2 Gas exchange in humans
3.3 Transport in living organisms
3.4 Transport in flowering plants
3.5 Transport in humans (1) – blood, structures and functions
3.6 Transport in humans (2) – heart and blood circulation
Summary
Example of student response with expert’s comments
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Section 4 Coordination and control
4.1 Excretion in flowering plants
4.2 Excretion in humans
4.3 Coordination and response in living organisms
4.4 Coordination and response in flowering plants
4.5 Coordination and response in humans
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Example of student response with expert’s comments
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Section 5 Reproduction and inheritance
5.1 Reproduction in living organisms
5.2 Reproduction in flowering plants
5.3 Reproduction in humans
5.4 Genes and chromosomes
5.5 Patterns of inheritance
5.6 Variation, change and evolution
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Section 6 Ecology and the environment
6.1 The organism in the environment
6.2 Feeding relationships
6.3 Cycles within ecosystems
6.4 Human influences on the environment
Summary
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Section 7 Use of biological resources
7.1 Using crop plants to produce food
7.2 Using microorganisms to produce food
7.3 Producing food in fish farms
7.4 Selective breeding
7.5 Genetic modification (Genetic engineering)
7.6 Cloning
Summary
Example of student response with expert’s comments
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Experimental design (CORMS)
Index
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