AS CIE Biology Textbook

1. Cell Structure

1.1 Cells are the basic units of life

1.2 Cell biology & microscopy

1.3 Plant & animal cells as seen with a light microscope

1.4 Measuring size & calculating magnification

1.5 Electron Microscopy

1.6 Plant & animal cells as seen with an electron microscope

1.7 Bacteria

1.8 Comparing prokaryotic cells with eukaryotic cells

1.9 Viruses

2.Biological Molecules

2.1 Biochemistry

 2.2 The building blocks of life

2.3 Monomers polymers & macromolecules

2.4 Carbohydrates

2.5 Lipids

2.6 Proteins

2.7 Water

3.Enzymes

3.1 What is an enzyme ?

3.2 Mode of action of enzymes

3.3 Investigating the progress of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction

3.4 Factors that affect enzyme action

3.5 Comparing Enzyme affinities

3.6 Enzyme inhibitors

3.7 Immobilizing enzymes

4. Cell Membrane & transport

4.1 The importance of membrane

4.2 Structure of membranes

4.3 Roles of the molecules found in membranes

4.4 Cell signalling

4.5 Movement of substances across membranes

 

5.The Mitotic Cell Cycle

5.1 Growth & reproduction

5.2 Chromosomes

5.3 The Cell Cycle

5.4 Mitosis

5.5 The role of telomers

5.6 The role of stem cells

5.7 Cancers

 

6. Nucleic acid & protein Synthesis

6.1 The molecule of life

6.2 The structure of DNA & RNA

6.3 DNA replication

6.4 The genetic Code

6.5 Protein synthesis

6.6 Gene mutations

 

 

7. Transport in Plants

7.1 The transport needs of plants

7.2 Vascular system :xylem & pholem

7.3 Structure of stems ,roots & leaves & the distribution of xylem & phloem

7.4 The transport of water

7.5 Transport of assimilates

 

8.Transport in Mammals

8.1 Transport system in animals 

8.2 The mammalian circulatory system

8.3 Blood vessels

8.4 Tissue Fluid

8.5 Blood

8.6 The Heart

9. Gas Exchange

9.1 Gas exchange

9.2 Lungs

9.3 Trachea ,bronchi & bronochioles

9.4 Warming & cleaning the air

9.5 Alveoli

 

10.Infectious Disease

10.1 Infectious diseases

10.2 antibiotics

 

11.Immunity

11.1 Defence against disease

11.2 Cells of the immune system

11.3 Active & passive immunity

P1 Practical skills for AS level

P1.1 Practical skills

P1.2 Experiments

P1.3 Variables & making measurements

P1.4 Recording quantitative results

P1.5 Displaying data

P1.6 Making Conclusions

P1.7 Describing data

P1.8 Making calculations from data

P1.9 Identifying sources of error & suggesting improvements

P1.10 Drawings