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A Level Biology for OCR A: Year 1 and AS

Name: A Level Biology for OCR A: Year 1 and AS
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ISBN: 9780198378518

By Ann Fullick, Jo Locke, Paul Bircher

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Book Description

Please note this title is suitable for any student studying:
Exam Board: OCR
Level: A Level Year 1 and AS
Subject: Biology
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: June 2016

Written by curriculum and specification experts, this Student Book supports and extends students through their course whilst delivering the breadth, depth, and skills needed to succeed at A Level and beyond.

Table of Contents

Front Cover
Title Page
Contents
How to use this book
Module 1 development of practical skills in biology
Module 2 Foundations in Biology
- 2 Basic components of living systems
  - 2.1 Microscopy
  - 2.2 Magnification and calibration
  - 2.3 More microscopy
  - 2.4 eukaryotic cell structure
  - 2.5 The ultrastructure of plant cells
  - 2.6 prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- 3 Biological molecules 3.1 Biological elements
  - 3.2 Water
  - 3.3 carbohydrates
  - 3.4 Testing for carbohydrates
  - 3.5 lipids
  - 3.6 structure of proteins
  - 3.7 Types of proteins
  - 3.8 Nucleic acids
  - 3.9 DNA replication and the genetic code
  - 3.10 Protein synthesis
  - 3.11 ATP
- 4 Enzymes
  - Enzymes 4.1 Enzyme action
  - 4.2 Factors affecting enzyme activity
  - 4.3 Enzyme inhibitors
  - 4.4 Cofactors, coenzymes, andprosthetic groups
- 5 Plasma membranes
  - 5.1 The structure and function of membranes
  - 5.2 Factors affecting membrane structure
  - 5.3 Diffusion
  - 5.4 active transport
  - 5.5 Osmosis
- 6 Cell division
  - 6.1 The cell cycle
  - 6.2 Mitosis
  - 6.3 Meiosis
  - 6.4 The organisation and specialisation of cells
  - 6.5 stem cells
Module 3 Exchange and transport
- 7 Exchange surfaces and breathing
  - 7.1 Specialised exchange surfaces
  - 7.2 The mammalian gaseous exchange system
  - 7.3 Measuring the process
  - 7.4 Ventilation and gas exchange in other organisms
- 8 Transport in animals
  - 8.1 Transport systems in multicellular animals
  - 8.2 Blood vessels
  - 8.3 Blood, tissue fluid, and lymph
  - 8.4 Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood
  - 8.5 The heart
- 9 Transport in plants
  - 9.1 Transport systems in dicotyledonous plants
  - 9.2 Water transport in multicellular plants
  - 9.3 Transpiration
  - 9.4 Translocation
  - 9.5 plant adaptations to water availability
Module 4 Biodiversity, evolution, and disease
- 10 Classification and evolution
  - Classification and Evolution 10.1 Classification
  - 10.2 The five kingdoms
  - 10.3 Phylogeny
  - 10.4 evidence for evolution
  - 10.5 Types of variation
  - 10.6 Representing variation graphically
  - 10.7 adaptations
  - 10.8 Changing population characteristics
- 11 Biodiversity
  - 11.1 Biodiversity
  - 11.2 Types of sampling
  - 11.3 sampling techniques
  - 11.4 Calculating biodiversity
  - 11.5 Calculating genetic biodiversity
  - 11.6 Factors affecting biodiversity
  - 11.7 reasons for maintaining biodiversity
  - 11.8 Methods of maintaining biodiversity
- 12 Communicable diseases
  - 12.1 animal and plant pathogens
  - 12.2 animal and plant diseases
  - 12.4 Plant defences against pathogens
  - 12.5 non-specific animal defences against pathogens
  - 12.6 The specific immune system
  - 12.7 Preventing and treating disease
Glossary
Answers
Index
Appendix (Statistics data tables)
Back Cover