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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 33 - Controlling Body Temperature. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 2.93 - Describe the role of the skin in temperature regulation, with reference to sweating, vasoconstriction and vasodilation.
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Specification Point 2.94 - Understand the sources, roles and effects of the following hormones: adrenaline, insulin, testosterone, progesterone and oestrogen.
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Specification Point 2.93 - Describe the role of the skin in temperature regulation, with reference to sweating, vasoconstriction and vasodilation.
Complete set of Chapter 4 Lessons are available.
Complete set of PDF worksheets for Edexcel IGCSE Biology (4BI0) Chapter 3 - Movement of Substances in Living Organisms. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. All questions are original. Nine worksheets included:
18 - Gas Exchange in Plants
19 - Ventilation
20 - The Alveoli and Lung Disease
21 - Transport Mechanisms
22 - Transpiration
23 - The Blood
24 - Vaccination
25 - The Heart
26 - The Circulatory System
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Specification Point 2.18 - Understand the process of photosynthesis and its importance to the conversion of light energy into chemical energy.
Specification Point 2.19 - Know the word equation and balanced chemical symbol equation for photosynthesis.
Specification Point 2.20 - Understand how varying carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity and temperature affect the rate of photosynthesis.
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Specification Point 2.21 - Describe the structure of the leaf and explain how it is adapted for photosynthesis.
Specification Point 2.22 - Understand that plants require mineral ions for growth, and that magnesium ions are needed for chlorophyll and nitrate ions are needed for amino acids.
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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 12 - Investigating Photosynthesis. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 2.23 - Practical: Investigate photosynthesis, showing the evolution of oxygen from a water plant, the production of starch and the requirements of light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll.
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Specification Point 2.23 - Practical: Investigate photosynthesis, showing the evolution of oxygen from a water plant, the production of starch and the requirements of light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll.
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Specification Point 2.29 - Understand the role of digestive enzymes, including the digestion of starch to glucose by amylase and maltase, the digestion of proteins to amino acids by proteases and the digestion of lipids to fatty acids and glycerol by lipases.
Specification Points 2.30 and 2.31 - Understand that bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Understand the role of bile in neutralising stomach acid and emulsifying lipids.
Specification Point 2.32 - Understand how the small intestine is adapted for absorption, including the structure of a villus.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lessons are available.
Complete set of PDF worksheets for Edexcel IGCSE Biology (4BI0) Chapter 2 - Nutrition and Respiration. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. All questions are original. Eight worksheets included:
10 - Nutrition in Plants
11 - The Leaf
12 - Investigating Photosynthesis
13 - Human Nutrition
14 - The Digestive System
15 - Digestion and Absorption
16 - Energy in Food
17 - Respiration
Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 14 - The Digestive System. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 2.27 - Describe the structure and function of the human alimentary canal, including: the mouth esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and pancreas.
Specification Point 2.28 - Understand how food is moved through the gut by
peristalsis.
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Specification Point 2.27 - Describe the structure and function of the human alimentary canal, including: the mouth oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and pancreas.
Specification Point 2.28 - Understand how food is moved through the gut by peristalsis.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lessons are available.
Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 21 - Transport Mechanisms. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 2.51 - Understand why simple, unicellular organisms can rely on diffusion for movement of substances in and out of the cell.
Specification Point 2.52 - Understand the need for a transport system in multicellular organisms.
Specification Point 2.54 - Describe the role of xylem in transporting water and mineral ions from the roots to other parts of the plant.
Specification Point 2.53 - Describe the role of phloem in transporting sucrose and amino acids between the leaves and other parts of the plant.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Worksheets are available.
Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 26 - The Circulatory System. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 2.68 - Understand how the structure of arteries, veins and capillaries relate to their function.
Specification Point 2.69 - Understand the general structure of the circulation system, including the blood vessels to and from the heart and lungs, liver and kidneys.
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Specification Point 2.40B - Understand the role of diffusion in gas exchange.
Specification Point 2.41B - Understand gas exchange in relation to respiration and photosynthesis.
Specification Point 2.42B - Understand how the structure of the leaf is adapted for gas exchange.
Specification Point 2.43B - Describe the role of stomata in gas exchange.
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Specification Point 2.59 - Describe the composition of the blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.
Specification Point 2.60 - Understand the role of plasma in the transport of carbon dioxide, digested food, urea, hormones and heat energy.
Specification Point 2.61 - Understand how adaptations of red blood cells make them suitable for the transport of oxygen, including shape, the absence of a nucleus and the presence of haemoglobin.
Specification Point 2.62 - Understand how the immune system responds to disease using white blood cells, illustrated by phagocytes ingesting pathogens and lymphocytes releasing antibodies specific to the pathogen.
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Specification Point 2.68 - Understand how the structure of arteries, veins and capillaries relate to their function.
Specification Point 2.69 - Understand the general structure of the circulation system, including the blood vessels to and from the heart and lungs, liver and kidneys.
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Specification Point 2.10 - Understand the role of enzymes as biological catalysts in metabolic reactions.
Specification Point 2.11 - Understand how temperature changes can affect enzyme function, including changes to the shape of the active site.
Specification Point 2.12 - Practical: Investigate how enzyme activity can be affected by changes in temperature.
Specification Point 2.13 - Understand how enzyme function can be affected by changes in pH altering the active site.
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Specification Point 2.5B - Explain the importance of cell differentiation in the development of specialised cells.
Specification Point 2.6B - Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using stem cells in medicine.
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Specification Point 4.2.2.4 - Coronary heart disease.
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