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Biology 2
warm up session:
Higher tier
Remember, you have learnt
all the information on the
following slides in your
lessons.
This is just to refresh your
memory of the essentials
Animal
Cells
Nucleus - controls cell’s activities
Cytoplasm - where chemical reactions take place
Cell membrane - controls what enters and leaves cell
Mitochondria - where energy is released during aerobic
respiration
• Ribosomes - where proteins are made
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Plant
Cells
Plant cells also have:
• A rigid cell wall - for strength and support
• Chloroplasts - absorb light to make energy for photosynthesis
• Vacuole filled with cell sap
Specialised cells
These are cells adapted to carry out different
functions
Different types of cells
• Yeast cells have a nucleus,
cytoplasm and a membrane
surrounded by a cell wall
• A bacterial cell have a
cytoplasm, cell membrane
and a cell wall
• But the genes are not in a
distinct nucleus
Diffusion and concentration gradients
high
low
concentration
concentration
• Diffusion is the spreading of the particles…
…from a higher concentration to a region of lower concentration...
…the greater the difference in concentration, the faster the rate
of diffusion.
• Diffusion happens in gas exchange in the lungs and in leaves
Enzymes and their structure
heat
pH
normal
denatured
• Enzymes are biological catalysts –they speed up
reactions in living things
• Enzymes are protein molecules - made up of amino acids
•The shape of the enzyme is vital to its function.
• Temperature and pH affect enzyme activity
1.) High temperatures can destroy the enzymes ‘special
shape’ so it becomes denatured.
2.) Different enzymes work best at different pH values.
Enzymes in digestion
Enzyme:
Produced in
Job
Where
Amylase
- Salivary glands
- Pancreas
- Small intestine
- Catalyses the breakdown of starch
into sugars
Mouth
-Small intestine
Protease
-Stomach
- Pancreas
- Small intestine
Catalyses the breakdown of proteins
into amino acids
-Stomach
- Small intestine
Lipase
- Pancreas
- Small intestine
- Catalyses the breakdown of lipids
(fats and oils) into fatty acids and
glycerol
Small intestine
Making use of enzymes
Enzymes in industry
Type of
enzyme
Use
Proteases
Carbohydrases
To ‘pre-digest’
protein in baby
To turn starch into
sugar syrup for
To turn glucose
The baby may
Sugar syrup is
sweet and makes
the food ‘taste
Fructose is twice
foods
Why is
it used?
not be able to
digest all the
protein itself
making chocolates
and cakes
nice’
Isomerases
syrup into
fructose syrup to
use in slimming
foods
as sweet as
glucose so it can be
used in smaller
amounts in
slimming foods
Body organisation
The body is made of cells
A group of cells that work
together are called a tissue
A group of tissues that work
together are called an organ
A group of organs that work together are
called an organ system
Types of animal tissue
A tissue is a group of cells with similar structure and function.
There are 3 examples of tissue:
• Muscular tissue, which can contract to bring about
movement
• Glandular tissue, which can produce substances such as
enzymes and hormones
• Epithelial tissue, which covers some parts of the body
Types of plant tissue include
• Palisade layer – where
photosynthesis happens
• Spongy mesophyll layer –
allows gases to reach
palisade layer
• Xylem – transports water
and nutrients
• Phloem – transports food
(e.g. sugars)
The digestive system includes
Aerobic respiration can be summarized by this
equation:
glucose
+ oxygen 
carbon dioxide
+ water + energy
Mitochondria
are the
energy-producing
part of the cell.
The energy that is released during respiration is used:
-For GROWTH
- MOVEMENT
- MAINTAINING A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE (in mammals and birds)
- MAKING PROTEINS
Aerobic respiration during exercise
During exercise the heart rate increases and the
rate and depth of breathing increases...
…this increases the supply of sugar and oxygen
to cells and
increases the rate of removal of carbon dioxide
Anaerobic respiration
• During exercise, if insufficient oxygen is reaching the muscles they use
anaerobic respiration to obtain energy.
• Anaerobic respiration is the incomplete breakdown of glucose and
produces lactic acid.
• As the breakdown of glucose is incomplete, much less energy is released
than during aerobic respiration.
Inheritance recap – Inside the cell
Mitosis
• Mitosis is the division
• Produces
of body cells
new identical cells for growth and repair
• Before cell division, genetic information on the
chromosomes is copied so new cells have the same genes as
the parent cells
Meiosis (Higher)
• Cells in reproductive organs (testes and ovaries) divide to form sex cells
(gametes)
• Before division a copy of each chromosome is made.
•The cell now divides twice to form 4 gametes – each new cell has half a set
of chromosomes
• Sexual reproduction results in variation as the new individual gets half a set
of chromosomes from each parent
Alleles
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•Some
allele for
blue
eyes
allele for
brown
eyes
characteristics are controlled by a single gene.
•Different forms of genes
are called
alleles
Eg, for eye colour, skin colour, hair colour etc
Inherited disorders
Polydactyly
•A disorder causing extra fingers or toes
•Caused by dominant allele of a gene
•Can be passed on by only one parent who has the disorder
•50% chance of inheriting disease
Inherited disorders
Cystic fibrosis
• A disorder which affects cell membranes in many organs
of the body particularly the lungs and the pancreas
• Caused by recessive allele so must be inherited by both
parents
Embryo screening
Unborn embryos can be checked for the
alleles that cause these and other genetic
disorders…
…some people think this leads to more
abortions and so they think it’s unethical
Photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide + water (+ light energy)

Glucose + Oxygen
• Photosynthesis is when green plants use light energy to make
their own food
• The rate of photosynthesis may be limited by 3 things:
1) carbon dioxide
2) light intensity
3) temperature
Limiting carbon dioxide levels
• Increasing carbon dioxide levels increases the rate of photosynthesis
up to a point.
• Eventually one of the other factors (temperature and light) becomes
limiting
• If there is too little carbon dioxide the rate will slow down.
• Carbon dioxide maybe limited in an enclosed space eg, a greenhouse on
a sunny day or in a rapidly photosynthesising rain forest
Limiting light intensity
• Increasing light intensity increases the rate of photosynthesis up
to a point
• When a certain light intensity is reached the rate of photosynthesis
stays constant
• Eventually one of the other factors becomes limiting
Limiting temperature
• If it is cold then enzymes do not work effectively slowing down the
rate.
• The rate of photosynthesis increases steadily with a rise in
temperature up to a certain point (35-40ºC = optimum temp)
• After this the enzymes are destroyed and the reaction stops
completely.
Healthy plant growth
Plant roots absorb mineral ions
needed for healthy growth
For healthy growth plants need
mineral ions including
- Nitrates and
- Magnesium
Mineral ions:
Needed for:
Symptoms shown by
plants if deficient
in mineral
Nitrates
Magnesium
Nitrates used to make
proteins for growth
Needed for
Stunted growth
Yellow leaves
chlorophyll
production
Populations
The factors that effect population size are:
- Temperature
- Availability of nutrients
- Amount of light
- Availability of water
- Availability of oxygen and carbon dioxide
There are 2 methods for
collecting environmental data
To sample randomly:
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Choose area to sample
Place quadrat randomly onto area
Count number of species within quadrat
Repeat 5 times
To sample along a transect:
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Choose area to sample
Choose a straight line through the area
Place quadrat at one end of the line
Count number of species within quadrat
Repeat at 5 set intervals along the line
Fossils and exctinction
• Fossils are the remains of dead plants and animals which lived millions
of years ago.
• Fossils show us how much or how little different organisms have
changed as life developed on Earth.
• Many early life forms were soft-bodied... which means that they have
left few traces behind....what traces there were have been mainly
destroyed by geological activity.
Fossils and exctinction
 Extinction may be caused by:
- changes to the environment
- new predators, diseases or more successful competitors
- a single catastrophic event, eg massive volcanic eruptions or collisions
with asteroids
Fossils and exctinction
New species arise as a result of:
 isolation – two populations of a species become separated, eg
geographically
HT only:
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genetic variation – each population has a wide range of alleles that
control their characteristics
natural selection – in each population, the alleles that control the
characteristics which help the organism to survive are selected
speciation – the populations become so different that successful
interbreeding is no longer possible.
Some scientific terms...
Reproducible
Would another scientist be able to repeat it
and get the same results?
Valid
Keep everything the same except the
independent & dependent variables
Precision
Smaller scale division on equipment
Range
From the smallest to biggest
Interval
What the values go up by
Claims
You decide if it is true or false by looking at
evidence, independent organisations avoid bias
What is the questions asking
you to do?
Describe a graph
Refer to the pattern
e.g. as……...increases………increases etc
Explain
Describe & give a reason “because…….”
Evaluate
For & against
Compare
What is the same & what is different
Calculate
Show calculations & give units
Suggest a reason
This should be scientific
Things to think about when
evaluating a situation...
• Economical aspect - money
• Environmental – pollution/ greenhouse
gases/ global warming/ acid rain/ carbon
dioxide/ habitat destruction
• Health risks – body rejection/damage
• Availability/accessibility
• Ethical – suffering/human rights
• Religious
Some final tips...
• Read the whole Q – 33% of the Qs can be
answered from information given to you in
text, diagrams, graphs & tables
• Follow instructions – “tick a box” “tick two
boxes” “use info from the table”
• Don’t write “it” – “the concentration
increases” NOT “it increases”
And remember...
• 1 mark per minute – you have 60 minutes to
answer 60 marks
• Use bullet points for short questions –
e.g. 3 marks should mean 3 bullet points
• Write in ‘good English’ for the 6 mark
question
• Check your answers – read over your
answers at the end
Good luck
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