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A Level IAL Biology Textbook

INDEX
 
 

Topic 5: Energy Flow, Ecosystems and the Environment

5A Photosynthesis

  1. The Importance of ATP
  2. Chloroplasts and Chlorophyll
  3. The Biochemistry of Photosynthesis
    Thinking Bigger
    Exam Practice

5B Ecology

  1. What is Ecology?
  2. How Ecosystems Evolve
  3. The Effect of Abiotic Factors on Populations
  4. The Effect of Biotic Factors on Populations
  5. Ecosystem Interactions and the Importance of the Niche
  6. Investigation: Abundance and Distribution of Organisms
  7. Statistics and Ecology
    Exam Practice

5C Environment and Climate Change

  1. Transfers Between Trophic Levels
  2. Net Primary Productivity
  3. The Carbon Cycle in Nature
  4. Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
  5. Looking at the Evidence
  6. The Global Warming Debate: Correlation or Causation?
  7. Models of Climate Change and Their Limitations
  8. The Biological Impact of Climate Change
  9. Climate Change and Evolution
  10. What Can Be Done?
  11. Thinking bigger
TOPIC 6:Microbiology,immunity and forensics
6A Microbiology
1.Bacteria and Viruses
2.How Viruses Reproduce
3.The Growth of Bacterial Colonies
4.Microbial Techniques
5.Measuring the Growth of Cultures
6.Invading the Body
7.case studies of disease :Tuberculosis
8.Case studies of disease:HIV/AIDS
Exam Practice
6B Immunity
1.Non-Specific Responses to Infection
2.The Specific Response to Infection
3.Developing Immunity
4.Antibiotics;Treating Bacterial Disease
5.Antibiotic Resistance
Thinking Bigger
6C Decomposition and Forensics
1.Microorganisms and Decomposition
2.Forensic Science and Time of Death
3.The Process of Decay
4.Polymerase chain reaction
5.DNA Profiling
Thinking bigger
Exam practice
Topic 7 
Respiration,muscles and the internal environment
7A  Cellular Respiration
1.Respiration in cells
2.Glycolysis and anaerobic respiration
3.The krebs cycle
4.The electron transport chain
5.Respiratory substrates and respiratory quotient
Exam Practice
7B Muscles ,movement and the heart
1. Tissue of the skeletal system
2.What is muscle?
3.Different types of muscle fibre
4.How muscles contract
5.Cardiac muscle and control of the heartbeat
6.Principles of homeostasis
7.Controlling the heart and breathing rates
8.The response of the breathing system to exercise
Thinking bigger
Exam Practice
7C control of the internal environment
1.Homeostasis and hormones
2.Osmoregulation in mammals:The Kidney
3.Control of the kidney and homeostasis
4.Thermoregulation and exercise
 
 
Topic 8 Cordination ,response &gene technology
8A The nervous system and neurones
1.The structure of neurones
2. How the nervous system works
3.The neurones in action
4.The effect of drugs on the nervous system
5.Sensorysystem and the detection of light
6.Synapses  and habituation
Exam Practice
 8B Coordination in animals and plants
1. The central nervous system
2. The perpheral nervous system
3. investigating the human brain
4. The chemical balance of the brain
5.chemical control systems in plants
6. Phytochrome and flowering
7. Phytochrome and transcription
Thinking Bigger
Exam Practice
8C Gene Technology
1. Producing recombinant data
2. Drugs fom genetically modified organisms
3.Microarrays and bioinformatics
4. Benefits and risks of GMOs
Thinking Bigger
Exam Practice
Maths Skills
Command Words
Glossary
 
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