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bayan92

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After what you said for the chem one, what do you think about this one.

CORE - 52 MARKS


  • Identify role of kidney - 1
  • Define 'enantiostatis' - 1
  • Outline strategies used by organisms in an environment where enantiostatis is vital - 2
  • Describe ONE strategy used by mangroves to maintain water balance in a saline environment - 1
  • Identify a strategy for minimizing water loss in ONE named Australian plant. - 1
  • Describe the contribution of Pasteur and Koch to our understanding of infectious disease. - 4
  • Outline an example of comparative anatomy... - 2
  • Differentiate between conv. and diver. with examples - 4
  • Dominant/recessive calculations - 5
  • Outline structure of DNA - 1
  • Describe...microflora imbalance can result in a named disease - 2
  • Compare TWO different methods of measuring O2 conc in blood - 4
  • Differentiate between coenzyme and cofactors and describe importance - 3
  • Describe how two types of clones are formed - 2
  • Identify advantages and disadvantages of transgenic species - 2
  • Describe an example of modern natural selection - 4
  • Codominant punnets - 4
  • Microbes in food and water skills question - 4
  • BRCA1 skills question - 4

OPTION: GENETICS - 33 MARKS



  • Gene therapy - 3
  • Base substitution and frameshift compare - 4
  • Jumping genes define and outline contribution to antibiotic resistance - 2
  • Selective breeding - 3
  • Benefit of cloning with example - 3
  • Gene cascades role in embryonic development - 3
  • ABO blood group punnet - 2
  • DNA fingerprinting benefits - 2
  • DNA fingerprinting validity - 2
  • Recombinant DNA procedure - 4
  • Identify and describe at least SIX areas where the HGP has been of benefits to humans. - 6
 

luvtop

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The core seems really easy..it depends if the questions required diagrams or tables for people to interpret
but it seems pretty simple so 5/10
 

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