Specification

Cell Biology:

• Eukaryotes and prokaryotes

• Animal and plant cells

• Cell specialisation

• Cell differentiation

• Microscopy

• Chromosomes

• Mitosis and the Cell Cycle

• Stem Cells

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

• Active Transport

Organisation:

• Principles of organisation

• The human digestive system

• The heart and blood vessels

• Blood

• Coronary Heart disease

• Health Issues

• Lifestyle effects on non-communicable diseases

• Cancer

• Plant tissues

• Plant organ system

Infection and response:

• Communicable diseases

• Viral diseases

• Bacterial diseases

• Fungal diseases

• Protist diseases

• Human defence systems

• Vaccinations

• Antibiotics and painkillers

• Discovery and development of drugs

Bioenergetics:

• Photosynthetic reaction

• Rate of photosynthesis

• Uses of glucose from photosynthesis

• Aerobic and anaerobic respiration

• Response to exercise

• Metabolism

Homeostasis and response:

• Homeostasis

• The human nervous system

• Human endocrine system

• Control of blood glucose concentration

• Hormones in human reproduction

• Contraception

• The use of hormones to treat infertility

• Feedback systems

Inheritance, variation and evolution:

• Sexual and asexual reproduction

• Meiosis

• DNA and the genome

• Genetic inheritance

• Inherited disorders

• Sex determination

• Variation

• Evolution

• Selective breeding

• Genetic engineering

• Evidence for evolution

• Fossils

• Extinction

• Resistant bacteria

• Classification of living organisms

Ecology:

• Communities

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Adaptations

• Levels of organisation

• How materials are cycled

• Biodiversity

• Waste management

• Land use

• Deforestation

• Global warming

• Maintaining biodiversity